The Moving Image: From Imprint to Expression
Where does art end and science begin? The
boundaries have begun to overlap. In the beautiful short story by
Arthur C. Clarke The Ten Billion Names of God, an American Scientist
has come all the way to a monastery in Tibet where all the names by
which God has been referred to down the ages lay inscribed in
scrolls, and he - the scientist - over several months downloads all
those names into his computer.
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NE problem: SLFP proposals deserve serious consideration
While most parties in the Opposition are not
supportive of the SLFP proposals for different reasons, to the
credit of the SLFP, it has correctly insisted that their proposals
have been put forward only for consideration and debate during
deliberations of the APRC and not as a final solution.
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Resolving the conflict: The role of patriotic citizens
Sri Lanka, known as Ceylon in the good old days,
was such a beautiful country in which we Sri Lankans -- the
Sinhalese, the Tamils, the Muslims, the Malays, the Burghers and
many others belonging to various ethnic groups -- lived in peace and
harmony with mutual love, respect and understanding for each other
and with malice towards none.
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