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Letter from Taipei
Reality is more complex than youthful prejudicesMay 11, 2013, 6:15 pmThis correspondent in front of his Taipei hotel Unfortunately he could not live up to its eponymous expectationsKumar DavidThe...
View ArticleA Comment on Gamini Gunawardane’s response
May 11, 2013, 6:18 pmGamini Gunawardane’s response to US Ambassador Sison in the Sunday Island of May 5 contains the following sentences which seem to me to be of enormous importance: "I had the...
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The Malaysian election and Sri Lanka
May 11, 2013, 6:22 pmby K GodageThe ruling coalition the Barison Nationale won the 13th general election after Malaysia’s (then Malaya’s) Independence from Britain and the second under the leadership...
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Selestina Rodrigo aka Mrs. Jeremias Dias
May 11, 2013, 6:23 pmI appreciate very much the positive review by Leelananda de Silva of the book on my grandmother that appeared in your newspaper on April 28 - Selestina Rodrigo, by Manel Tampoe....
View ArticleMore on Selestina Rodrigo (Mrs. Jeramias Dias)
May 11, 2013, 6:24 pmLeelananda de Silva who hails from the South of Ceylon, has in THE SUNDAY ISLAND of 28 April 13 paintakingly written a good story to remind us of the Philanthropy of Selestina...
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Madame ambassador, please leave us alone for the moment!
May 11, 2013, 6:25 pm(Continued from last week)You had said that "by reconciliation we mean finding a way for all Sri Lankans to live together in peace, harmony and security in a unified country……a...
View ArticleEditorial Island.lk
Spreading the sunshineMay 11, 2013, 6:13 pmThe ability of the political establishment to look after itself and its fellow-travelers was demonstrated anew by last week’s cabinet decision to give...
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Start-up incubators in India
VENTURE capital is hard to come by in India. But contacts are an even more important currency. “Business is extremely personal here,” says Shailesh Gupta, co-founder of AadhaarUp, a mobile payment...
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The arrest after the settlement SAC Capital New York
OFTEN the drama of a prosecution concludes with a legal settlement. In the case of Steven Cohen and his $15-billion hedge fund, SAC Capital, it may only mark another chapter of the legal troubles.On...
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Ulundu Dosai
Posted by Malathi Karunadasa 1 cup ulundu (Urad dhal)2 cups raw rice or rice flour (3cups)1/2 cup coconut milk1/2 cup water1 tsp uluhal (fenugreek seeds)1 onion, finely chopped1 tsp cumin seedssaltSoak...
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Kukul-Mas Buriyani (Chicken Briyani)
Posted by Malini on September 27, 1997 Serves 5-6Ingredients2 cups Long grain rice,washed and drained 1 lbs Chicken, cut in to 2-3 inch pieces2 medium onions, sliced1/2 tsp turmeric2 tsp chillie...
View ArticleFearing China, India pulls out of war games with US, Japan Shishir Gupta &...
Chinese Naval ExercisesConcerned at how it would be perceived by Beijing, India last month suddenly withdrew from the planning of a naval exercise with the US and Japanese navies off the US Pacific...
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Mukesh Ambani gives up Rs. 24 crore in salary HT
Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian and chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, wants to set an example by keeping his salary unchanged at Rs. 15 crore for the fifth consecutive year,...
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Mamta Kulkarni sets jailed lover free by marrying him HT
Sexy siren of yester years Mamta Kulkarni's marriage to drug trafficker Vicky Goswami, who was serving a life sentence in Dubai since 1997, has reportedly helped Goswami walk out free. Vicky, 52,...
View ArticleIn a bid to rejig its portfolio, RIL has offloaded holdings in HDFC Bank,...
In a major revamp of its investment portfolio, Reliance Industries has sold off its holdings in four banks, HDFC Bank , Axis Bank , Canara Bank and PNB , but has tanked up its holdings in two others...
View ArticleClarifies the decision to let Bansal and Ashwani Kumar go was taken jointly...
Seeking to downplay media reports that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were not on the same page on sacking former Cabinet ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani...
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Cognizant CEO gets over $10-mn pay package PTI
Offshore-centric IT services major Cognizant has paid its India-origin CEO Francisco D'Souza a pay package of $10.6 million in cash, stocks and other benefits. The US-listed company, which has a large...
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Redesign dams, not rivers Sunita Narain | New Delhi BS
Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga. This is where I left our conversation in my previous column. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial committee in which I participated as a member was...
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TNPF urges mass struggle to course-correct IC imposed devolution deviation
[TamilNet, Monday, 13 May 2013, 21:14 GMT]Sinhala State and IC should be brought to a point to concede Tamil sovereignty through a democratic, non-violent mass struggle with sacrifices, said Tamil...
View ArticleTamil polity forced to focus on Indo-US agenda of ‘PC devolution’
[TamilNet, Monday, 13 May 2013, 01:08 GMT]A civil society move, undertaken by the Mannaar Bishop Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph to bring unity among mainstream Tamil political parties in the country of...
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