by Rex Clementine Sri Lanka’s struggles to gain Test status were many, but since becoming full members of the ICC in 1981, the three decade period has been an eventful one. Sri Lanka became World Champions in ODI cricket in 1996 and on four other occasions reached finals of various ICC events, once ending joint-champions [...]
Archive of entries posted on 16th September 2012
Historic House in Thiruwatteeswaranpet Where ‘Thamizh Thaathaa’ Swaminatha Iyer Lived is Being Demolished
by B.Kolappan Thyagaraja Vilas, the house of the grand old man of Tamil literature (Tamil Thaatha), U.V. Swaminatha Iyer, and one of the city’s landmarks, will soon disappear. The descendants of Iyer have reportedly sold the property at Thiruvatteeswaranpet and the buyer is demolishing the house. The inner walls have been brought down. Nameboards bearing [...]
Activation of the Death Penalty is no Solution to Our Problems
by Kishali Pinto Jayewardene It is a profound paradox of sorts that while Sri Lankans fight to save a hapless Sri Lankan housemaid from public execution in Saudi Arabia, this government itself is readying the hangman’s noose for implementation of the death penalty after more than two and a half decades of being a de [...]
