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By Sunil Dharmabandhu U.K.sunilrajdharm@yahoo.co.uk Two years ago, the gap between the number of cats and dogs in the UK stood at 1.5 million, with 7.5 million cats and nine million dogs. The pandemic saw pet numbers soar in Britain, but now the gap has closed to just one million, with 12 million cats and 13 […]
Clement Atlee (1887 – 1967), the British By Premasara Epasinghe The former LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran,once made an interesting observation sayingSri Lankans, especially the Sinhalese, remember the good deeds done unto them only for a week or two. I see some truth in this statement. Going back to some of our colourful Independence Day celebrations […]
By Kumar David One point of theoretical interest is the thesis that material benefit alone dictates the evolution of society and culture and the state-craft are mere appendages that tack along. Is it reasonable to say that the different stages of human historical evolution are a movement of society from slavery to serfdom, from classical […]
By Kumar David Of the three constitutions of Ceylon/Sri Lanka within living memory the most liberal was the Soulbury Constitution, then the Sirima-Colvin enactment; JR crafted the most authoritarian. From this experience people of my parent’s generation draw pleasant conclusions about old British times, but I have to let that discourse pass. However, one question […]
By Kumar David There are different ways to periodise the modern world and one that I find meaningful in relation to modern times is post-pandemic and pre-pandemic (or post-Covid and pre-Covid) with the boundary in December 2019 when the WHO reported many cases in Wuhan, China. The Covid defined boundary is dramatic as it is […]