Looking back at the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord

It is 23 years since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement was signed on July 29, 1987. The agreement is popularly referred to as the Rajiv-Jayewardene Accord, after its architects - Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President J.R. Jayewardene.

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The Morning Inspection

I wish I could understand Beethovan’s ‘Eroica’

My earliest memories about things musical are the Sinhala kavi my mother and grandmother sang to me, and later my sister. My mother sang verses from the Guttila Kaavya. She sang, I remember well, paaru kavi and gel kavi.

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In search of a knowledge city

A vision to be realized:

Sri Lanka is to be developed as a knowledge hub in the region. This is a key target in relation to the proposed massive leap forward of the government in transforming the country into a strategically important economic centre in the world, as envisaged in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana Vision for the Future’.

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