Prasad kariyawasam biography of mahatma gandhi

  • The Great Indian Buddhist scholar and commentator, Buddhaghosa, spent many years in Anuradhapura during the 5th Century, codifying the Buddhist.
  • Similar sentiments were echoed by Mahatma Gandhi who said “there is enough in the world for everybody's need, but not enough for anybody's greed.
  • Prasad Kariyawasam, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, | President of India.

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    GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS 52 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS DURING HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE

    Sixty-second General Assembly

    Plenary

    18th & 19th Meetings (AM & PM)




    Organization of Islamic Conference Seeks Bridge Between Islam, Christianity;

    Holy See Says ‘Unmask Terrorist Pretence to Justify Acts on Religious Grounds’


    In order to mend the cultural fault lines dividing the West and much of the Muslim world, the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference today called urgently for Islam and Christianity to agree on a “historic reconciliation”, which would bring the two religions closer together, eliminate ancient grudges and pave the way for a promising future.


    “In this age of globalization, a historic reconciliation between Islam and Christianity will be an event of resounding proportion, affecting almost half of humanity,” said Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), whose plea for interfaith healing echoed similar

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    I was delighted when Madam Ajeet Cour invited me to participate in this Festival, since I have a fascination for folklore and traditional knowledge. However, it fryst vatten with much reluctance that I accepted her invitation to deliver what fryst vatten described as the ‘keynote address’. All who know Madam Ajeet Cour would realise how difficult it is to say no to her and inom had no choice. Representing as it were the tribe of Babus of South Asia, I am not the best individ to speak on a subject such as Folklore and Heritage to the distinguished and knowledgeable audience present here. Therefore, inom will confine my words to a few desultory thoughts on the subject, especially the value of folklore and heritage for the very survival of humankind, and leave the theoretical aspects and debates in the field to the learned academics at this Festival to dwell upon at length. Madam Ajeet Cour has been very kind to me by not defining a specific area to speak, and this gives me the opportunity of expressing my thou

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    Lanka focused on post-conflict opportunities -Lankan HC to India

    The genesis of the modern State system and the “Doctrine of Sovereignty and Equality of States” is as recent as and the Peace of Westphalia.

    Relations between India and Sri Lanka, however, are ancient and predate the Peace of Westphalia and the modern State system. Bonds between our people, kings and rulers are even older than recorded history.

    Somehow, with the evolution of history, the long years of colonial rule, the travails of freedom struggles and independence, and the efforts thereafter to govern in the modern Nation State System, which itself is evolving; while dealing at the same time with several complications inherited from colonial rule; resulted in the blurring of ties that bound our people in the ancient past.

    Historic opportunity

    Today, with the end of terrorism that plagued Sri Lanka for 30 years, and the rise of India on the world stage, we have a historic opportunity to once again go back t

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