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Moral decay of society:
Reversing the trend
The benefits of learning, character building,
moral education and religion seem to have been lost, resulting in a
rudderless, sometimes murderous element, pervading our society. Can
we put an end to this moral decay? John Ruskin, British social
commentator gave us one answer.
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Vignettes
We speak Singlish... and are proud of it!
Sri Lanka is perhaps the only country where only
one component of English is taught in a haphazard manner. To learn
any language, we have to study four components of it: Speech,
writing, reading and listening. Most Sri Lankans are quite satisfied
with learning only speech,
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Thorns on the Side
20 years of SMS
If you own a mobile phone (and the chances are
that you do), there is one feature that you cannot usually live
without: SMS (Short Messaging Service) also known as texting. We now
take SMS for granted, but it was invented just 20 years ago, when
the cellular industry itself was in its infancy (Remember those
‘brick’ phones circa 1990?).
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