Mahinda Weerasinghe By early 2005, subsequent to the post Tsunami devastation, Christian fanatics were claiming that “ƒ”¹…”Tsunami was sent by God’. The Island editor Prabath Sahabandu was promoting such opinion using his position, being a “ƒ”¹…”True believer’. By mid February 2005 he published an article which was especially disgusting, which targeted the basic Buddhist philosophy […]

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Dr.Tilak Fenando   ƒ”š‚ In Letters to the Editor column (sometime in June) Melville Perera in Kohuwela wrote on “ƒ”¹…”Radio/TV News reporting and Ads’ and made no bones about it when he clearly voiced his opinion viz: “Be it anywhere, people are interested in reading or listening to news, local as well as international, relayed over […]

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Nava Thakuria ƒ”š‚ It was understood that the people of Assam love Dr Bhupen Hazarika very much, but the wave of condolence poured on the legendary singer was unique and never to be repeated. Not only Assam, the entire eastern India with Bangladesh had shown their greatest farewell to the versatile genius. More to it, the […]

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