Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Marriage Made in Hell

Palestinian performer Mohammad Assaf is a finalist on Arab Idol, which is filmed in the Lebanese city of Jounieh north of the capital Beirut. Assaf hails from the Gaza strip. Photot from NPR

“Religions may begin as vehicles of longing for mysteries beyond description but they end up claiming exclusive prescriptive rights to them” - Richard Holloway (New Statesman – 15.3.2012)

Burmese monk leader of anti Muslim terror
Last week Myanmar banned the latest issue of ‘Time’ with its cover-story on the violent creed of Ashin Wirathu, the Burmese monk […]

By Tisaranee Gunasekara | Published on July 1, 2013 at 3:52 am

Rajapaksa regime- patriotism is their flag, corruption the badge, nepotism the vehicle

“Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.”
~Francis Bacon
Wrapped in the National Flag to cover all the sins that they commit without a break, the present regime and its chief ‘comrades-in-arms’ are not stopping their outlandish pillaging of the county’s coffers. Corruption has become a second nature […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on July 1, 2013 at 3:31 am