A Great Tree Has Fallen: Father Harry Miller S.J. Passes On
As the New Year dawned in 2019, I received the news that Father Harry Miller had died. Members of the Batticaloa Peace Committee had been visiting him in recent weeks, and had…
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Remembering, celebrating and missing Sunila Abeysekera
Featured image courtesy the New York Times/Patricia Williams Ever since Sunila passed away 3 years ago, I have wanted to write about her, but found it difficult to articulate my experiences and…
Everyday Heroes: Untold Stories of Black July
July 23. The date has an awful significance for some, and has been blotted out by time for others. On that date, in 1983, a group of LTTE militants killed 13 Army…
Muhammed Ali – A Positive Muslim Role Model Par Excellence
Featured image courtesy Huffington Post ‘People Will Forget What You Did , But People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel ‘ –Maya Angelou King of the Ring, Muhammed Ali left us…
S P Jeevanantham: Eminent teacher and social worker
Featured image courtesy johnians.org The Principal of St. Johns College, Jaffna, in appealing for contributions to a memorial fund in the name of the late S.P.Jeevanantham, has described him as a great…
The courageous role the Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero played should continue to the future!
Picture courtesy SithTV We are deeply saddened by the demise of the Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, the chief incumbent of the Kotte Naga Maha Vihara. He contributed immensely as the Convener and…
