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Deepawali – Festival of Lights

Numerous Hindu devotees every year on the 14th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Aipassi (October) rejoice the victory of good over evil. Roots of Deepawali The word Diwali or Deepawali stands for “rows of clay lamps” and the mythical story behind Diwali is a holy quest to ancient times of the world. According…

Darrshini Parthepan October 17, 2017

Action on Climate Change

The international day of action on climate change serves as a day with different organizations building various platforms for environmental activists, lawyers, civil society, and leaders from around the world to raise awareness on climate change. The day falls on 14th October. Mass audiences are sent messages about preventive measures on reducing harm to the…

Natasha Fernando October 17, 2017

Slavery in Australia

Slavery According to the Commonwealth Criminal Code 270.1 Slavery is “the condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised, including where such a condition results from a debt or contract made by the person”. However, the traditional view of this is that people…

Chathu Alahakoon October 6, 2017

International Day of Older Persons

October 1st is the International day of Older Persons. This day we remember and celebrate the older persons in our community by visiting them and taking care of them. With our busy schedules, we tend to run through life and we forget our elders in our society. The neglect goes as far as abandoning our…

Prisillah Wacheke October 1, 2017

Family, Education and Well-being

“Family” is a word we hear, experience and live throughout our lives. Why is it so important? The Root of “Family” The Latin word “Familia” is the root of “family”. Familia refers to an entire household: not just the parents and children who formed the traditional nuclear family but also the household domestics. Though the structure…

Chathu Alahakoon September 25, 2017

Homeless Animals

Homelessness is a pertinent and serious issue. Rising number of soup kitchens and social media campaigns on the treatment of the homeless is a testament to that. However the fact that homeless animals outnumber homeless people 5:1 plays on the strings of very few hearts. International Homeless Animals Day was on the 19th of August. But…

Ashanee Kottage September 5, 2017

Social Inclusion and Social Integration in Sri Lanka

“We move in a world which we do not control, but which controls us, which is not directed toward us and adapted to us, but toward which we must direct and adapt ourselves”. – Gumplowicz Social Inclusion Social Inclusion is the act of making all groups of people within a society feel valued and important….

Anuradhi Perera August 12, 2017

Youth – Pathfinders of a Nation!

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt It is the youth who bring laurels to a country. Buoyancy, energy and inspiration of youths are the driving forces of their passions and dreams which is one of the greatest phenomenon you…

Darrshini Parthepan August 12, 2017

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.” – Rigoberta Menchu, indigenous rights activist Who are Indigenous Peoples? Indigenous Peoples are groups living within or attached to traditional habitats or ancestral territories. An estimated…

Kasun Pathirage August 8, 2017

The Ageing of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is significant for having a meteorically ageing population. Today the Asia-Pacific region is home to about 60% of the world’s elderly population. Statistics connote that the population pyramid of Sri Lanka is gradually converting into an upside-down pyramid due to rapid phase in population ageing. The determinants of ageing are, Fertility rate –…

Darrshini Parthepan August 1, 2017

Free Your Mind: Importance of Mental Health

On the 15th of July I attended an event recommended by a friend. The message was brief and didn’t include much information. The words “walked 550km” caught my attention. The second session of the Good Human Series organized by The Better Tomorrow Movement was an eye opener. “If you have saved one life through your…

Ashanee Kottage July 30, 2017

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