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1 day ago · He tried to deliver a message to and criticism of the otaku world and himself, as a long-time otaku. Pilots. In the Japanese dialogue for the original anime, the Eva pilots are referred to as "children", even when referring to an individual pilot. The English translation refers to the individual pilots as First Child, etc.
1 hour ago · The Silenced Era by Hasini Haputhanthri (From Shared ENCOUNTERS in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand – International Centre for Ethnic Studies) A Gentleman from Jaffna Watching Sound of Music at Rio Cinema, Colombo was an unforgettable childhood recollection for Swarna Pathirage. “My favorite song was ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ where Liesel jumps from bench to […]
1 hour ago · Defense cooperation between Sri Lanka and India is growing. This is significant as India’s defense engagements with other countries in the region, such as the Maldives, for example, are reducing. This is a strategic move on India’s part to strengthen its influence in the Indian Ocean island at a time when the Chinese presence in the region ...
1 hour ago · In the grim aftermath of the ’83 riots, the Navaratnams migrated to Australia, following the exodus of many Tamil families from all over the island. The silver screens of Colombo lost their glow. However, the third son of the Navaratnam family held on to the charred building. “I never left Slave Island.
1 hour ago · 2024/07/7. Anita Desai. I caught the infection of admiring almost anything Indian from my eldest brother – kind and pacifist like Gandhi; superb gentleman like Jawaharlal Nehru. His most prized possession was an autographed copy of Discovery of India, given him by Nehru himself when he visited Ceylon in 1957 in celebration of the Buddha Jayanti.
1 hour ago · 2024/07/7. by HM Nissanka Warakaulla. It was 65 years ago on June 29, 1959, that a batch of 378 students from all parts of Ceylon entered the portals of the world’s most beautiful campus of the time of the then University of Ceylon situated on a spectacular site in Peradeniya, just four miles from the historic city of Kandy.
1 hour ago · In the Oxford Dictionary it is defined as an “action of forgiving or remission of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction”. Some argue that the power to grant a pardon is a check on the powers of the judiciary rectifying any miscarriage of justice. But this executive power unchecked could result in the abuse of power.
