http://www.intentblog.com/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:18 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Most Western TV Channels and the western media are making a big hue and cry and polluting the airwaves by trying to criticize China with talk about pollution, security, lack of freedom, and whatnot.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/08/go_for_the_gold.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/08/go_for_the_gold.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:40 -0800 Will Sri Lanka take another twenty years to construct memorial?
Twenty years ago the Indian Peacekeeping Force came to Sri Lanka. Their mandate was to uphold the Indo-Lanka Accord signed between President J.R.Jayawardane and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was later assassinated by the LTTE in Southern India.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/07/20th_anniversar.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/07/20th_anniversar.html General Discussion Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:05:00 -0800 It is raining in New York. But, the rain in New York makes the Big Apple look even better, nicer and sexier. Umbrellas come out, hats are out and the raincoats, not ordinary ones but fashionable hats,

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/09/time_to_wake_up.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/09/time_to_wake_up.html Politics Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:28:57 -0800 Water, Deepa Mehta's last of a powerful and controversial trilogy of films set in India, is a powerful movie with a mixture of sadness, heartburn and beauty.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/06/chandran_rutnam.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/06/chandran_rutnam.html Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:34:51 -0800 He was born in New Delhi, But, his ancestors come from Kanchipuram, a place he describes as closer to Sri Lanka and to Buddhism. He prefers to talk more about his Kanchipuram connections rather than Delhi connections.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/05/more_sri_lankan.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/05/more_sri_lankan.html Thu, 25 May 2006 01:26:38 -0800 Late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar who was brutally assassinated by the LTTE just one month ago, on 12 August had the highest respect for India’s gentlemanly and learned Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. They knew each other well even before Dr Singh became the Prime Minister of India since the late Minister met Singh during his many visits to India.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/09/when_the_indian.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/09/when_the_indian.html General Discussion Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:09:00 -0800 Seenigma is a village situated between Ambalangoda and Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka, once famous as a supplier of sugar and jaggery Ninety km and two hand a half hours by bus from Colombo , Seenigma is well know for the Seenigma devale which houses the god, Devol, who is honoured and fears for his powers to punish the evil and wrongdoers . Devol is the god of vengeance who made his way from Kerala in India even before king Vijaya set foot in Lanka.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/08/seeking_the_god.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/08/seeking_the_god.html General Discussion Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:58:00 -0800 Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was brutally assassinated by the LTTE on Friday, was a fine human being, gentleman, sportsman, patriot, foreign minister and true Sri Lankan. One of Sri Lanka’s most loved and the best foreign minister Sri Lanka ever produced. He stood tall from his school days at Trinity College Kandy in Sri Lanka, University of Ceylon, at Oxford, at the UN and as a politician. But, more than anything he was a man who loved his motherland. a very noble thing.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/08/lakshman_kadirg.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/08/lakshman_kadirg.html Politics Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:32:00 -0800