Politics of Patience
Our motherland thrives when the number of messages shared throughout society by people who have mastered the art of self-discipline increases and those messages are given due value. That is the basis of true nationalism. ...
Strong Institutions for Sustainable Development
Sri Lanka’s advancement towards sustainable development has been noteworthy, especially since the end of the three-decade long conflict. In order for the development to reach all strata of the society, government institutions need to take...
Reengineering National Security
An Exclusive Interview with General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc MPhil , Secretary, Ministry Of Defence The thinking pattern of our people needs to change, General Kamal Gunaratne Secretary, Ministry of...
Bliss of Togetherness
Transformed Life of Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP Story of a man who transformed his life to shelter and educate hundreds of kids affected during armed conflict and social-disparity in Sri Lanka An Exclusive Interview with...
Sri Lanka Turkey Relationship: Detailing Warm Friendship
Starting from this issue of Lanka Courier endeavours to interview and solicit the ideas of diplomats and ambassadors serving in Sri Lanka for our new feature, Diplomacy in Focus. For this issue, we sat down...
Where charisma meets courage
A front line warrior as social media likes to call her, Dr. Dinu Guruge, has spent her weeks and months living on a meal a day so she can save on a PPE Kit, doing...
Virtue, Mindfulness, and Wisdom
Excerpts from Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom written by Rick Hanson with neurologist Richard Mendius. More than two thousand years ago, a young man named Siddhartha—not yet enlightened, not yet...
A Rite of Illumination Vesak
Commemorated by Buddhists all over the world, Vesak has special significance in Sri Lanka, which boasts the longest continuous history of Theravada Buddhism of any Buddhist nation. Celebrated on the day of the full moon...
Grounded in history and healing
The cacophonous sound of the city’s traffic is punctuated by the soothing call to prayer. Although the prayer calls on Muslims to congregate at the mosque for the five daily prayers from dawn to dusk,...
Responsibilities of Indian Diplomacy
Following excerpts adapted from the keynote address by Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary of India, at the Inaugural Session of the International Relations Conference 2021 organised by Symbiosis School of International studies The pandemic has...
