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INTERVIEW-Rescued sex slave writes to Indian PM with plea to free others "There were many girls like me there. I didn't see any of them escape or leave" By Roli Srivastava MUMBAI, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 29-year-old Indian woman who was sold into sexual slavery as a teenager has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to rescue hundreds of thousands of other girls who are trapped in brothels and raped daily. In a two-page letter written in Hindi, the woman - who identifies herself as Tavi - described how she was duped and trafficked to a brothel in …

FEATURE-Sri Lanka's war widows trafficked as slaves to Gulf by Amantha Perera | @AmanthaP | Thomson Reuters Foundation Wednesday, 9 August 2017 00:01 GMT "People who have not gone through a conflict will not understand how difficult it is to take care of young children on your own. We suffered during the war and we are suffering now" By Amantha Perera JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Nathkulasinham Nesemalhar took a flight from Colombo to Muscat in March she believed the boarding pass she clutched in her hand was her golden ticket to a better life after decades of war where she lo…

The Accord offered the best chance to resolve the Tamil national question but was undermined by successive governments in Colombo M.A. Sumanthiran July 29, 1987 was a watershed in Sri Lanka’s history. That was the day Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed an accord with Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene in Colombo, in which Sri Lanka promised to share power with the Tamil people. One cannot also forget the attack on the Indian Prime Minister later that day by a Naval Rating at a Guard of Honour. If not for his quick reflexes, the rifle butt that was swung at him would most certainly have cracked his skull. The history of Sri Lanka…

Prasanth Subendran’s Startup BusSeat is Transforming Sri Lanka’s Transportation Industry Yathursha Ulakentheran July 11, 2017 AddThis Sharing 0167 SHARES Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to MoreMore BusSeat.lk is a very well-known name to those who book long distance bus seats online in Sri Lanka. Despite the existing competitors in the market, BusSeat.lk has already marked its name in the IT based transport industry. So has the founder of the company, Prasanth Subendran. Who is…

AUDACITY OF HOPE IN A BROKEN CITY The Northern Province is in a state of economic isolation. While the state is in a political dreadlock, ordinary people have taken charge June 28, 2017 By Devin Jayasundera 16 min read For the last three months, Kamalnath*, 26, has been arriving to work in Chunnakam two hours late, leaving two hours early and spending his free time at a friend’s home in Nallur. He works at his family’s fancy goods store, retailing beauty accoutrements like bangles, hairpins …

TamilCulture June 29, 2017 AddThis Sharing 0460 SHARES Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to MoreMore The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canada’s largest financial institution, has acquired Wiser Investments, headed by CEO Ajantha Ganeshalingam. The acquisition is part of a $20 million investment that RBC is making towards establishing an in-house Innovation Lab of which Wiser is a foundational component. Wiser’s CEO Ajantha shared the following statement on his LinkedIn page followi…

ஒரே செக்டார்... ஒரே பங்கு... நல்லதா? பங்குச்சந்தை பயில்வோம்! - மினிதொடர் பாகம் 1 பங்குச்சந்தையை `சூதாட்டம்' என்கின்றனர் பலர்; `பணக்காரர்களின் பொழுதுபோக்கு' என்கின்றனர் சிலர். ஆனால், பங்குச்சந்தையில் செய்த தவற்றைத் திருத்திக்கொண்டோ அல்லது ஆரம்பத்திலேயே எந்த ஒரு தவறும் செய்யாமலோ நீண்டகால அடிப்படையில் முதலீடு செய்தால் வெற்றி நிச்சயம். பங்குச்சந்தை என்பது முதலீடு செய்வதற்காக நமக்குக் கிடைத்துள்ள மிகப்பெரிய வாய்ப்பு. சந்தையை நன்றாகப் புரிந்துகொண்டால், எளிய முறையில் பணத்தைச் சேர்க்கலாம். சந்தையில் பணத்தைச் சம்பாதிப்பதும் இழப்பதும் நம்மிடம்தான் உள்ளது. நம் எல்லோருக்கும் பரிச்சயமான நிறுவனம் எம்.ஆர்.எஃப் டயர்ஸ். வெறும் 500 ரூபாய…

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The pilot snoozing in the business cabin made a passenger feel "unsafe" / Dawn/Twitter A business class passenger who noticed the snoozing pilot claimed he felt "unsafe" Pakistan International Airlines has come under fire after a pilot on a flight to London was caught napping in the business class cabin while his first officer and a “trainee” flew the plane. A concerned passenger snapped a photo of the snoozing pilot, Amir Akhtar Hashmi, and complained to cabin crew. The purser’s report, shared with Pakistani newspaper Dawn, said that the passenger did not “feel safe” while the captain was asleep nearby. “It had been explained that two other crew me…

An Insight into Jaffna’s Growing Startup Culture Yathursha Ulakentheran April 15, 2017 AddThis Sharing 075 SHARES Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to MoreMore Startups, especially IT based startups, was a new concept introduced to me by Yarl IT Hub (YIT), an incubator based in Jaffna. Born to parents who …

Scientists switch on the world's largest 'artificial sun' The bright experiment could lead to new forms of clean energy Photo engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of xenon short-arc lamps in the DLR German national aeronautics and space research center in Juelich, western Germany AP Scientists have just turned on the "world's biggest artificial sun". The huge structure could help sed light on new was of making green fuels, among other technologies, the engineers behind it hope. In all, the sun is made up of a honeycomb of 149 spotlights, which together make the structure known as "Synlight". Inidividually, they are the kinds of xenon…

Meet Patricia Narayan – Director, Sandeepha Chain of Restaurants based in a city that simply adores food, Chennai. A proud winner of “[Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry] “FICCI Woman Entrepreneur Award” (2010); after successfully fighting all the odds of failed marriage, addict husband, and taking care of two kids, lives in a well-furnished duplex apartment in Velachery with a shining luxury car parked outside the door. Whatever happened in Patricia’s life which led to her entry into the world of entrepreneurship was evidently not a planned one but was more due to the twist in circumstances that life threw before her. Instead of cribbing and living…

I had a very productive week of meetings in Geneva at the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Many people I have worked with since 2009 have moved onto different roles, however, it was great to catch up with those who still remain in Geneva. I was able to meet many new people and stakeholders who have a lifetime of work behind them, with inspiring stories of courage, conviction and success on key human rights issues and situations around the world. And as always, reconnecting with my colleagues and my many friends from around the world was always a delight. Despite its shortcomings, I have always felt that the UNHRC is a place where advocacy …

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Sri Lankan Muslims Are Low Caste Tamil Hindu Converts Not Arab Descendants By Rifat Halim – The recent execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia has underlined the bogus claim of Arab ancestry by Sri Lankan Muslims (formerly known as Ceylon Moors). Ms. Nafeek, a domestic worker from a poor family in the East of Sri Lanka, spoke no language but Tamil. She requested a Tamil translator but was provided with a Malayalam-speaking minor employee whose command of the Tamil language was said to be insufficient. The Saudi authorities showed no clemency. Also, they refused to recognize her as a person of Arab descent. Her status was indistinguishab…

How do I love thee, tree? Let me count the ways; you change carbon dioxide into the oxygen we breathe, you sequester carbon, and you provide shelter for countless critters. There are many reasons for which we should all be tree-hugging hippies, but within the scope of this article, all we’ll focus on is how amazing some of them look. Granted, not all of these amazing beautiful trees are trees (the Wisteria is a vine, Rhododendrons are shrubs, and bamboo technically belongs to the grass family), but we’ll give them a pass because they are amazing, huge and beautiful. So once you step outside and take a breath of fresh air, hug the nearest tree and say thank you! If you…

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How to Fix All Your Sleep Problems With Science We spend about a third of our life sleeping. Both the quality of our night’s rest and our overall health depend directly on our sleep posture and on what we do before going to bed. We at Bright Side have put together recommendations from top specialists on how to sleep properly to fix all of your health problems. Shoulder pain If you wake up with a sore shoulder, avoid sleeping on your side, especially on the painful shoulder. It is also not advised to sleep on your stomach since it causes misalignment of the shoulders. The best sleeping posture is lying on…

A Boeing 777 departed from Doha, Qatar on Sunday and landed in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday after flying 9,031 miles (14,535 kilometers). The return flight touched down in Doha late on Monday. The scheduled time for that leg is 17 hours and 30 minutes. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, who traveled on board the inaugural flight, said the new Auckland service was "an important milestone" in the airline's global expansion. The previous record was held by Gulf rival Emirates. Its Dubai to Auckland service is now the world's second longest at 8,823 miles. Related: The world's shortest super jumbo flight One airline does fly a longer route — …

If getting up close and personal to scavenging birds of prey is the type of thing that makes you uneasy, then be glad you weren't on this Middle Eastern flight. Reddit user "lensoo" posted this photo yesterday of an airplane cabin brimming with a ridiculous amount of birds, and it's since gone crazy viral. The Reddit post was titled "My captain friend sent me this photo. Saudi prince bought ticket for his 80 hawks," though Business Insider notes that the birds are likely falcons, not hawks. The falcon is the national bird of the United Arab Emirates, and falconry is a popular pursuit of the wealthy. Falconry in the desert of Dubai. Pho…

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