Charge of the Lion Brigade – Sri Lanka’s epic victory over terrorism

30 Oct 2009

The Poem included in the book 'Charge of the Lion Brigade – Sri Lanka’s epic victory over terrorism' by Patali Champika Ranawaka.

(With apologies to Tennyson)

Half a mile, half a mile
Half a mile onwards
Into the land of Tigers
Walked them in hundreds
“Forward, the Lion Brigade!
“Charge for the guns’
Into the land of Tigers
Walked them in thousands

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කරන කලට පවු මිහිරිය මීී සේ.....

28 Oct 2009

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The rise and fall of Royal-Thomian- Bridget's era

25 Oct 2009

There are twelve local rulers in our country since we were given so called ‘independence’ by our colonial masters in 1948. And do you know that eleven out of these twelve rulers (11/12) were products of schools with Christian/Catholic background!!

Following is the list in the order of the terms;

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The Social Venoms of Sri Lanka - From liquor to ‘Ran Depaya’

23 Oct 2009

There are two major social venoms in Sri Lankan society. The first venom, namely intoxication was strategically spread by colonial period. This resulted in considerable portion of mentally crippled and feeble male population in the society. Eventually this segment of the society became the nursery of servants of colonial masters together with handful of traitors without spinal chord and dignity. This effectively helped them to rule our country for over four hundred years.

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Rajaratnam Vs Kotelawala crooks of same feather

18 Oct 2009

Name:
A - Raj Rajaratnam
B - Lalith Kotelawala

How they were known (marketed in media) to the public before?
A – Entrepreneur. The richest Sri Lankan born billionaire. A model of successful Tamil live in exile. A generous charity fund raiser.
B - Entrepreneur. The most successful businessmen in Sri Lanka having the largest number of companies in Sri Lanka. A generous charity fund raiser.

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Raj Rajaratnam - St. Thomes College, Mt Lavinia saga. A by-story of reveal of a crook

Before October 16, Raj Rajaratnam was hailed as world’s richest Sri Lankan born person and he was frequently referred to as the model for success story of Tamil Diaspora. Tamil people were encouraged to migrate to West promising greener pasture and luxury. On hay days of Raj Rajaratnam, he was a gem stone and every one want to promote him. No wonder St. Thomas College, Mt Lavinia was proud that Raj Rajaratnam, the world’s 559th wealthiest individual is a product of them.

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Delicacy of Foie Gras - A mirror of Western Inhumanity

17 Oct 2009

What is Foie Gras?
Foie gras (translated literally from French as "fatty liver" and pronounced 'fwah grah' means "Fat Liver". It's very very luxury menu that originates from France.

What’s wrong with Foie Gras?
Foie gras is produced by cruel and inhumane farming practices. It is the liver of a duck or goose who has been force fed to the point where his liver is over 10 times its normal size.

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Film: Capitalism - A love story

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Reveal - Raj Rajaratnam Funded LTTE

Raj Rajaratnam, the New York hedge fund billionaire and the world’s 559th wealthiest individual indicted today in an alleged $20 million insider trading scheme, was a major contributor to the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and also the single largest known U.S. contributor to a charity linked to the Tamil Tiger terror group LTTE in Sri Lanka.

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American Ambassador’s residence in Sri Lanka raids

It has been reported on Adaderana that the American Ambassador’s residence has been charged by the Water Board for the illegal usage of water. Report further says that the Embassy has paid Rs. 370440 as compensation for the loss after a raid conducted by the Non Revenue Water Unit of the Water Board. After the raid the Embassy had paid the compensation to the Rajagiriya Water Board on October 14. Sources claimed that in May this year the American Centre on Galle Road had been guilty of the same offense and been charged Rs. 890469 compensation which was subsequently paid in June.

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Charge of the Lion Brigade, Sri Lanka’s epic victory over TERRORISM - Patali Champika Ranawaka

Charge of the Lion Brigade, Sri Lanka’s epic victory over TERRORISM by Patali Champika Ranawaka was launched at the BMICH, Colombo on Friday October 16. Following is the
speech by Minister of Environment and Natural resources Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka on the occasion.

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The Result of Southern PC election – A strong message to Mahinda Rajapaksa

11 Oct 2009

The Southern PC election has ended giving strong political message to MR government. The Sri Lankan nation closely looked at Southern PC for various reasons. Firstly, this is the PC election of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s home base. On the other hand this is the last one of the PC election series leading to next General Election.

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Feudalism

10 Oct 2009

Feudalism is a decentralized sociopolitical structure in which a weak monarchy attempts to control the lands of the realm through reciprocal agreements with regional leaders.

Outside of a European context, the concept of feudalism is normally used only by analogy (called semi-feudal). Some have taken the feudalism analogy further, seeing it in places as diverse as ancient Egypt, the Parthian empire, the Indian subcontinent, and the antebellum American South.

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Lanka Rising – The beginning of socio-cultural-eonomic (R)evolution of Sri Lanka

9 Oct 2009

Lanka Rising blog was initiated on July 2007 with the objective of facilitating “Rising of Sri Lanka”. However, it was a time that terrorism had dominated over democracy. Therefore, the bulk of the effort of Lanka Rising had to be devoted for “Fight against terrorism” because defeating terrorism was a pre requisite for true economic, social and cultural (r)evelution of the country.

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The political clown-ship of Hillary Clinton

3 Oct 2009

‘Sex’ is a bitter word for Hillary Rodham Clinton ever since Bil Clinton - Monica Lewinsky saga. This time, in UN Security Council meeting, she has alleged that “Rape was used as a weapon of war in Sri Lanka”. She had made these accusations without any basis.

The LTTE accused the GOSL of many crimes and injustices, but never rape – not even on Tamil.net. Why should such accusations be made now, when the war against the terrorists is over?

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Why aren’t much beggers in America?

Simple Answer: American people hardly donate money to a people in need (even if one is really in need !) . On the other hand a poor person on the street can hardly servive the winter if he can not find enough money for food and heating. Therefore, by the end of the winter the poor fellow is died and this will never be reported on CNN.

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