Look to the left, look to the right, look ahead and all I see is destruction of the forest for no sustainable purpose! I have lived in these parts in the Ampara District for the past 25 years that is on the dirt track between Maha Oya and Rathmalgaha Ella which is my stomping ground. I have seen ...
All parents want what is best for their kids, within their ability to financially and economically manage the expense and commitment.(commitment which is very important is often forgotten. That is the commitment on the part of the parent, in time to ensure that the child develops the skills they are interested in developing and are good at, but are not ...
While their sisters are not allowed to go out and play, lest some child molester in the village will have their way, the mother’s make sure they are protected from prying eyes, and make sure they get on the school bus and come home straight after school. Lo and behold, six months before the daughter sits for her A ...
This was when I went to Sigiriya with a person who has the funds to buy it up, but refused to go even to the gardens as there was no special disabled facilities Is there any doubt that it is the under 35 traveller, not tour groups, more like back packers and student and young people, whose ratings and ...
It is surprising this took so long to happen, it should really have happened a year ago, so the Govt could have reacted better and grown reserves for debt repayment and cushioning further falls. If it had devalued a year ago by 10% by now exports would have grown and the BOP would be in better shape. There are ...
This blog has only one purpose, namely to alert the reader to basic problems in our society and to look at underlying causes and suggest means of overcoming them.Below is a complete round up of mafias at work (many not listed here) who together affect adversely the quality of life of those living in Sri Lanka, that lead to ...
After all it has dropped from Rs4.76 in 1966 to over Rs 170 to the US$1 over 50 years later! We are obsessed with it? because like everything the politicians have led us to believe it is the fault of the party they don’t belong to and that is a serious issue. If you know your economics, you can ...
Liya Diriya Mothers – This is for you – why have you failed to grow with us?Below is a description of a purely voluntary program with NO ulterior motives aimed at enhancing the quality of life of women in Sri Lanka on program that nominally encompassed approximately 2,500 women in 40 societies in the Biyagama Divisional Secretariat AreaWe have spent ...
Think “Kalpanakaranna!” The attitude one has to the enjoyment of living, and knowledge that each day on this earth theoretically can be your last, is likely to energize the productive and innovative streak in us to perform to the fullest of our expectations and abilities, and not waste a moment in self pity.We must be taught at a young age, ...
I just received 15 applications for jobs to review and place. Sadly they are so badly prepared I would just throw them all in the dustbin as none of them gives me any indication as to the capability or genuine ambition of the applicant.If I start with the basic data, most of the application is just giving the name add, ...
It's easier to recruit licensed hunters, and begat a new profession! http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Ban-on-transporting-selling-wild-boar-meat-to-be-lifted-155787.html You speak to farmers, and each one has a problem with one or other of animal that destroys their crops. I personally have the biggest problem from Monkeys in my farm in Godagama, affecting mainly my Banana Trees, but to a lesser degree reduces the yield of ...
October 15th 2016 (POYA)Dear Eminent Sirs,DON’T SEEK TO PUT BLAME ON OTHERS UNTIL YOU ARE BLAMELESSThe reports in this morning’s press arising out of your long awaited meeting yesterday, frankly, did not amount to a “HILL OF BEANS”. I would have liked to have seen some leadership emanating from your goodselves, at this crucial moment. Frankly you all appear to ...
I helped a complete stranger one day over the phone in giving ideas of how to draft a cover letter in obtaining an interview for a job, which was part of her assignment for the two year full time Diploma in English course she is currently following at the Advanced Technological Institute in Dehiwela. She has just commenced her second ...
I was saddened to hear the President of Sri Lanka explicitly state in a speech in the Batticaloa District yesterday, that the opposition is bent on preventing the improvement in living standards of the people of Sri Lanka. In my opinion the quality of life of a person and his or her ability to better themselves in life depends on ...
There was a statement that 80% of the 40,000+ unemployed graduates are women. Secondly they maintained that according to the Mahinda Chinthana jobs were promised for all the preceding years to these graduates, which have not been forthcoming, and they have commenced agitation for jobs.How is it may I seriously ask does a person go into a degree course in ...
Even a baby is outraged and you are not! Shame on you! An organization calling itself 'women for justice' has both desecrated women and justice at the same time in making this prostituted statement, at the behests of the PIMPS! Is it any wonder that the Wonder of Asia, is simply rolling in its own garbage, when no one ...
In the period January to June 2011 – 1529 Males and 449 Females committed suicide making a total of 1978. In the whole year 2010 – 2914 Males and 950 Females for a total of 3864 committed suicide. The main causes were of affairs of the heart and the predominant means was by way of consumption of pesticides.(source:Sunday Maubima – ...
NIBM (National Institute of Business Management) affiliated new University has been approved by the Cabinet, to be set up on 50 Acres of land in Homagama owned by the UDA, with an initial Investment of Rs5Billion. The Foundation is expected to be laid in March with Academic Activities set to commence in 2014. The idea is to allow students with ...
The Minister of Education has just announced yet another change to the O level syllabus, ostensibly so that students are able to adapt to the A levels! The compulsory subjects are one’s mother tongue. English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Religion and History. Three additional subjects need to be chosen from the expected subjects at A level. These are expected to ...
We are in for a difficult time in managing our personal finances as the spate of price increases does not have a limit or a time frame, as long as the threat of further devaluation of the Rupee remains. The pundits are now saying this was inevitable as the Government was living on borrowed time, but why were they so ...
