World Day Against Child Labour on Tuesday:

Human rights and social justice, the key to ending child labour

“Every day, millions of children in the world are carrying schoolbags where books have no place.” That is the theme of one poster featured on this page. What does this mean? It means that they go to work, not to school. The bags are usually used to carry implements needed for their work,

Full Story

Vignettes

The infinite variety of JK's philosophy

For most of us philosophy is old hat because philosophers down the ages have been discussing the same subjects. However, the Indian-born Jiddu Krishnamurti is an exception to the rule. He keeps on giving us new dimensions in philosophy even after his death. This may sound impossible,

Full Story

Thorns on the Side

A sweet deal

We hear a lot of bad things about sugar, but that has not stopped Sri Lankans from consuming nearly half a million tons of the sweet stuff every year, at a cost nearly Rs.40 billion. Apart from the health aspect, what is more worrying is that more than 85 percent of that quantity is imported.

Full Story