Lotus symbolically represents karma in many Asian traditions. A blooming lotus flower carries seeds inside itself while it blooms. Seed is symbolically seen as cause, the flower effect. Lotus flower is considered as a reminder […]
Just the tip of the iceberg
The latest power outage – the longest power failure island wide in 20 years in Sri Lanka represent just the tip of the iceberg, the small, perceptible part of a much larger problem that remains […]
Was Power grid in Sri Lanka allowed to erode to correct on failure?
The modern power system of transformers and lines that brings electricity from the generators at a power plant to the outlets at homes or offices is extraordinarily complex. There are dozens of possible points of […]
Truth will triumph in the End…..
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke. When things aren’t going well you may have to face the brutal truth. One of the most […]
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true”
It was Late Abdul Kalam, the scientist, author and former President of India who said “You have to dream before your dreams can come true”, and it is my dream that all able Sri Lankan […]
Concerned Environmentalists
Environmentalists are concerned today of the lost opportunity at Sampur, where little is being done to promote renewable, as the Sampur plant of 500 MW capacity will be added to the total state-owned capacity after […]
Water crisis at Jaffna Peninsula!
Background Jaffna District population gets its drinking water from underground reservoirs that are layers of limestone aquifers on underground rock, capable of trapping water that can be pumped out for domestic consumption, agriculture and industry. […]
Sharing views of a Consultant
Greetings from a Development Consultant, who believe that the basic concept and nature of life is that one relies on something for its existence and nobody is excluded from it. With over 20 years of industrial […]
Powers available to develop province
Northern Province of Sri Lanka made up of five districts is an agriculture based region consisting of mainland and a peninsula with few islands. All the agriculture related activities in the peninsula and the islands […]
Garbage as compost in a nationwide agriculture plan
It is said the country spends foreign exchange on importing food to the value of Rs. 400 billion of which Rs. 60 million had been spent on sugar, while Rs. 50 billion for milk. A […]
