The influence of Gitanjali and Malgudi Days

Buddhism is the fountainhead of Sinhalese literature. Pali texts brought by Ven. Mahinda were translated to Sinhalese and designated the Hela Atuva. These texts were translated back into Pali by Ven. Buddhagosha, who came from India in the fifth century. The Sinhala texts disappeared or were destroyed, and Pali became the official language of Buddhism. The earliest extant prose works of importance in Sinhalese date from the 13th century and were pietistic - the Amavatura of Gurulugomi, the Butsarana of Vidyachakravarti,

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The ‘Maoist’ security issue in India

This week the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), a Sydney-based non-governmental organisation, released its Global Peace Index (GPI) for the sixth year in succession. The 2012 GPI ranks 158 nations on the basis of indicators gauging conflict levels, safety and security, and levels of militarisation.

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Rent-a-Mob in action:

Tiger mobsters target the City of London

President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended every one of the events that he and Madam Rajapaksa had been invited to by Queen Elizabeth and the organizers of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Not only was the Sri Lankan leader present at every occasion; even the BBC couldn’t hide the fact that he had been given a prominent position at all the events he attended,

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