The civil war in Sri Lanka between GoSL (government of Sri Lanka) and LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) forces came to a bloody end in May 2009. According to the latest USAID report, there are still over 270,000 Sri Lankan Tamils in IDP camps. Tamils around the world in Canada, Australia and the UK [...]
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Alright, so I have to ask, because I’m trying to figure out if this is a cultural thing, or if my family is weird (and I/we should “fix” it somehow). :) I never hug my family members unless it’s a special occasion (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) or they’re going on a trip. I’m not even sure if [...] Heshani’s Car aka: Maggie MayThere was a post on Boing Boing a few days ago linking to a video of a [somewhat] busy street in India. I was going through some of my own videos from Sri Lanka and found a couple of what it’s like to drive there. Pictured above was the car I [...] Jacqueline Fernandez and Chathurika Fernando (photo from Lanka Library)I know I’m a little late on this, but since I don’t normally pay attention to these things I only found out about it when I was in Edinburgh. It seems that Jackie won the Miss Sri Lanka 2006 competition! :) I first met her at my [...] Sorry for the lack of posting. I’ve got a lot of things on my plate at the moment. My father went to Sri Lanka for his mother’s funeral. I didn’t know her that well, but I’m glad I got see her before she passed away. My condolences to the other Selvarajah’s reading this. My mother [...] “Ragi’s dad has been shot dead.” was the message I got from my aunt yesterday at 15:48 EST; a couple of hours after the shooting. My instant reaction was utter shock that his father was murdered. It took me a split second to remember that Ragi’s dad was Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister. I [...] Here’s something Heshani sent me that was in the local Sri Lankan papers! I thought it was hilarious! The caption below the pic of my AUNT and I says: “A Young Couple at Koluu’s Party”. YIKES! I think that’s quite the compliment for my aunt! She thought it was really gross! Although her friends said: [...] The results of the 11th blood test came back with some really high levels in my liver enzymes. While I was in the hospital last week, the levels were normal (in the 30s) then they went up to 90, 160 and now 200 something. I don’t really know what it means but they said it [...] Not once did I get [even slightly] sick while I was in Sri Lanka. It looks like the 6 months I spent there finally took its toll. I got in and was perfectly fine for two days then my body decided to shutdown. I just spent the last 5 days in hospital; seems I gave [...] |
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