A man among men
The 71st birth anniversary of former minister
Lalith Athulathmudali falls today:
LALITH ATHULATHMUDALI was a politician par
excellence, difficult to be described by someone like me. However, I
did have the distinct privilege and pleasure of working closely with
him in politics. I soon discovered that working for Lalith A. was an
exercise in independence because once he set a task he never
interfered - he expected you to use your discretion and get the job
done.
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New agricultural strategy to uplift farming community
ACCORDING to FAO estimates, around 854 million
people worldwide were undernourished in 2001 to 2003 period, which
includes, 9 million in industrialized countries, 25 million in
countries in transition, and 820 million in developing countries.
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Sethusamudram project: fundamentally flawed
I oppose the rupture of Ram Sethu to dredge out
a seabed furrow called the Sethusamudram channel on religious,
economic, environmental and national security grounds. However, even
if the project is economically viable, which it is not,
environmentally acceptable, and safe from the perspective of
national security,
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