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The global strategy for world domination Beginning in the 16th century, with the so-called “voyages of discovery”, Europeans set out to conquer, subjugate and rule over the rest of the world. The modern era of human history officially begins with … Continue reading →

Revisiting the Peradeniya Campus and thoughts on a  Sri Lankan dilemma On the morning of 02 February, 1969, contingents of the Sri Lanka Army disembarked at the small Peradeniya University railway station with much fanfare for their forthcoming participation in … Continue reading →

Has Detroit collapsed? The City of Detroit, once the pride of the USA and the automobile capital of the world, is in decline and this is a warning to the rest of the country. The city declared bankruptcy, has $18.5 … Continue reading →

Rizana, a play, by Jolly Somasunderam This is a polemical tale based on the real life case of a poverty stricken Sri Lankan housemaid from a Muslim village in Sri Lanka who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for a crime … Continue reading →

World  financial system causing international disharmony The world has recently seen an increasing frequency of financial  crashes, each one more virulent than the previous ones. Leave out the East  Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, basically caused by a sudden outflow … Continue reading →

Letters to a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister on management The responeses to these letters are omitted for confidendiality 12 December 2011 Hon. D.E.W. Gunasekera, MP Minister of Human Resources 128 Beddagana Road Pita Kotte, SRI LANKA. COPE Report:  Under-Performing Public … Continue reading →

Quantitative Easing: What is this? Quantitative Easing (QE) came into economic lexicon after the Year 2000. Text books on economics still avoid the subject. The Oxford dictionary defines it as follows: “A form of monetary policy that is sometimes used … Continue reading →

Who killed  the Bangladeshi garment workers? The news media in the West have been giving a lot of attention to the  collapse of a building housing a garment factory in Bangladesh which killed over 400  workers, mostly young girls, on … Continue reading →

Letter to a US Congressman Due to the deepening economic crisis in the USA and a dysfunctional US Congress that is unable to pass even the annual budget, the author sent this letter to the local Congress member. The US … Continue reading →

BRICS Summit Meeting of March 2013 The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit meeting of March 2013 held in Durban, South Africa, which had an ambitious agenda which will have consequences for the world economy, has been all … Continue reading →