Remapping the future with innovative education

The National Action Plan on Education for Peace and Sustainable Development was launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently. The Action Plan has been formulated by the Education Ministry in collaboration with UNESCO, based on the United Nations’ Decade for Education for Sustainable Development.

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Muditha as antidote for jealousy

Envy and jealousy are close relatives. When you envy, you wish you had something another person has. For instance, a plain Jane might wish she had the beauty of Cleopatra or Venus. In a way, there is nothing wrong when you envy somebody. However, jealousy is something unpleasant. A jealous person actually hates the other person who has achieved success or is more good looking.

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James Cameron's Odyssey into the Mariana Trench

Two weeks back, James Cameron flatly defied all possibilities of danger by cruising into the fathomless watery abyss of Mariana Trench. The news that a celebrated film-maker deliberately exposed himself to high peril in the deep sea left me (and the world!) in open-mouthed wonderment. James Cameron's historic odyssey rekindled my passion to know what Mariana Trench is and why he braved such a risk in the deepest reaches of Mariana Trench.

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