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World Photography Day on Tuesday:
Celebrating 175 years of pictures
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is an old
adage which refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed
with just a single still image. It also aptly characterises one of
the main goals of visualisation, namely making it possible to absorb
large amounts of data quickly.
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Bellanwila pageant enriches Lanka's perahera culture
Culture can be defined as an understanding and
application of art and literature. Sri Lanka is proud of its rich
culture and civilisation which it inherited from Buddhism which was
the greatest gift to Sri Lanka from India during the reign of King
Devanampiyatissa in Anuradhapura.
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Lesser known facts of Gandhi
He was Mahatma to the world at large, a man of
saintly virtues, a half-naked fakir to the British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, his arch enemy. Moreover, he was a cunning fox
and a Hindu revivalist to his contemporary and a sworn enemy Mohamed
Ali Jinnah who carved out a slice of his motherland.
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