The Australian child actor who became a star in Lanka
By Martyn Pepperell In 2021, Australian singer-songwriter Georgie Fisher started noticing comments from Sri Lankan social media users on her Facebook and Instagram pages that sent her spinning down memory lane. Growing up in Sydney during the late 1980s and 1990s, Fisher spent seven years working as a child actor in Australian television, most notably [...]
Easter: Hope, renewal and new life!
By Timothy A. Edward this Easter, Christians all over the world remember with gratitude how Jesus Christ died on that ‘Old Rugged Cross’ for humanity, and rose again reconciling us back to our loving Heavenly Father and giving us hope and life eternal. Ultimate sacrifice Billy Graham said, “Easter is meant to be a symbol [...]
US human rights official resigns and tears into Biden’s Gaza policy ‘betrayal’
Annelle Sheline wrote that America’s credibility as an ‘advocate for human rights has almost entirely vanished since the war began’ By Stuti Mishra (The Independent, UK) – A State Department official responsible for promoting human rights in the Middle East has resigned in protest at Joe Biden’s Gaza policy. Annelle Sheline, 38, resigned on Wednesday, [...]
Going and coming à la Lanka
Something typical of our Sri Lankan culture is the way we take leave of someone after a visit. Whereas in other cultures one takes leave of someone by saying something like ‘Goodbye’, ‘Adios’, ‘Dosvidanya’, or even the finite ‘Farewell’, in our culture a goodbye is never final. Among our people it is always ‘Mama gihilla [...]
Israel threatens to defy yet another Security Council resolution
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza—adopted last week by a 14-0 vote with the US abstaining—marks a significant step forward in momentarily halting the five-month-old fighting that has claimed the lives of over 32,000 Palestinians and 1,200 inside Israel. [...]
American Sinophobia: China threats now seem to be popping up everywhere
By Stephen S. Roach NEW HAVEN – The current wave of anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States has been building for years. It started in the early 2000s, when US policymakers first raised nationalsecurity concerns about Huawei. China’s national technology champion, the market leader in developing new 5G telecommunications equipment, was accused of deploying digital [...]