Remembering Rajiv on his Fifteenth Death Anniversary
Fifteen years ago on May 21st Rajiv Gandhi was
killed at a place called Sriperumbhudoor in Tamil Nadu. He was not
prime minister then. An election campaign was going on then to elect
a new Lok Sabha or Parliament. The Congress led by Rajiv was the
front runner. After Rajiv's death it was a Congress government that
assumed office under Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao.
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A POINT OF VIEW: A Christian perspective... The Da Vinci Code
movie ban
President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the
Public Performances Board to ban the screening of the movie 'The Da
Vinci Code' in local cinemas and on local television channels.
Apparently the Catholic Bishops Conference made the appeal through
an epistle.
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Engelbert Humperdinck: Sings for Sri Lankans again
ARNOLD Dorsey on his passport or Engelbert
Humperdinck to his millions of fans is a singer whose popularity has
propelled him into concert-sized venues. But his appeal,
characterised by his intimate ballads about lost love, is
quintessentially cabaret.
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