America has decided. It is Donald Trump to rule the United States of America for the next 4 years. The presidential election has turned into something we have never seen before in US history. The result was caught most of the people off-guard. Roots of a deeply divided and insecure society emerge beneath the tolerant and progressive ‘super-democracy’ which everyone ...
Man always seeks pleasure and a way to hide from fear, sorrow, and misery of life. Unlike other animals, human needs are complex. The man has a lot of concerns other than finding food and mating. He invented the concept of recreation. Finding pleasure has become the lifelong quest of mankind. The man has a verity of ways to get ...
(Photo Courtesy https://goodmenproject.com )I’ve come across a post published by one of my friends regarding crying and its gender dynamics. The social norm is that it is not for the boys to cry and crying is something acceptable for girls. As boys when we had tears in our eyes, the grown-ups humiliate us saying ‘don’t cry like a girl’. When ...
(Photo courtesy http://www.digitalaboratory.it/ )Social media is the collaboration between people in the means of exchanging content virtually via networks. There are many definitions about social media but I shall emphasize on the definition given by Merriam-Webster dictionary. It defines social media as“forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to ...
The human society is comprised of men and women. The society has given specific roles based on the gender which has now changed dramatically. Both men and women go out for work and provide financial support for the family. This is mainly because of the economic conditions which force women to earn and the high educational and professional standards of ...
Education is a basic need for a human being. The right to education is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We get education until we die. Humans are the only creatures in the world who have the capability to pass their collective knowledge in to the next generation. New knowledge piles up from generation to generation making humans ...
(Photo Courtesy: http://climate.nasa.gov/ )Since the beginning of mankind, humans tried to master the environment around them. Now thousands of years later in the 21stcentury it seems that the humans have finally conquered the Mother Nature. Humans have habitats in all possible places in the earth ranging from freezing Antarctic ice caps to scorching deserts regardless of their hostile environment. It ...
It is true to say that we now live in a global village thanks to enhanced communication links, powerful computers and the internet. Information and communication technology helps man to connect to one another in every aspect of life today from financial transactions to meeting friends. This interlinked world may appear to be fast and convenient but have we ever ...
Youth unemployment is an increasing problem in the world. More and more youth are out of jobs and it is increasingly difficult to find a job if not hold it for some time. We tend to neglect and put a blind eye to it because there are little statistical help to indicate the growing youth unemployment. Since the situation is ...
When we look at today’s youngsters, we can clearly notice a growing problem. The new generation seems not to be focused on education, they lack extra-curricular activities and aesthetic skills, and they don’t have respect for adults and teachers. School violence has become a major issue in majority of our schools. Overall, we feel that our children are becoming a ...
World’s population is now more than 7 billion and rising rapidly. It has reached that point one year ago in October 2011. As humans, we have an immense impact on planet earth so complications arise naturally with the rising population. Overpopulation is now a major challenge to the long list of obstacles faced by humankind.Throughout the human history, overpopulation has ...
Paris AttacksThe Parisians awoke in 13th of November in to a terror stricken world. Paris terror attacks have killed more than 130 people and left many injured, some are still in critical condition. The jihadist group ISIS has claimed responsibility. Now it is the 3rd attack beyond ISIS controlled territory after Russian airliner bombing and Lebanon attacks. After the Second ...
A sad day indeed for Sri Lankans. The passing away of Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha thero, the Chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society had shocked us. We grieve not as Buddhists or members of a certain political party but as Sri Lankans who expected a change and fought for it. Although Sri Lankans knew Sobitha Thero as the ...
(Photo Courtesy : http://www.asianmirror.lk/ )University students, according to some, the eager young minds that are going to take the future of our country, were always in a disadvantaged position in their quest for winning their claims. It has been recently proven again by the police crackdown of HNDA (Higher National Diploma in Accountancy) students at Colombo 7 last week. Unlike ...
Desiring for something I cannot gain; My depressing experience. The story continues...I am the lonely window shopperlooking at the most beautiful thing for salepriceless jewel it is, fit for any crowndesiring it to be mineeveryday I imagined I'm the king with that crownand cleaned the window of the shop and swept the floorsat in a bench in front of the ...
The human civilization was never free of problems and chaos in which war and destruction was common. In human history, there is no point in time which was free from conflicts and warfare. In the last century, the world was plagued with two world wars, struggles for independence, cold war which was fought as a set of proxy wars and ...
Sri Lanka has celebrated another children’s day amidst of celebrations, national functions and more and more promises of making a world a better place for children. It is the same country which experienced a tragic rape and murder of a girl-child and a murder and a decapitation of a small boy. Although there were many incidents of child-murders those two ...
The 19th amendment to the constitution is now debated in the parliament of Sri Lanka. At time of preparing this article it has passed the reading for the second time and at the stage of the committee debates on the changes to it. Anyway, the final outcome is still not visible. One thing is for sure; never before an amendment ...
Sinhala and Tamil New Year have arrived. The whole country is in a festive mood despite of the economic decline and political instability. People are celebrating the New Year with enthusiasm optimism never seen before. Indeed a lot have changed since last year, but is this all worth the celebration? What is a New Year? I believe that it is ...
Woman is the most amazing creation of the GodThe enigma which the man can never understand Like an unpredictable thunderstorm with a mighty forceA force to be reckoned with and respected by allShe showers us with warmth of a motherRespects us with a tenderness of a daughterBe with us with an eagerness of a sisterKeeps our heart locked away in ...
