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  • German Hamlet of Asia!

     The silent waves of Gulf of Mannar towards the sandy shores of Marawila, a western coastal town of Sri Lanka was creating a symphony of ecstasy, made by mind often in a state of standstill.Watching the horizon of the shiny blue sky, above the Indian Ocean, while sipping blended coffee is always an unforgettable experience at the beach-end restaurant of Aquarius Sports Resort Hotel, which is surrounded by greeneries of scenic view, which is unique only to this Island-paradise.More than enjoying the taste of the nature's gifts around there, conversing on the issues of world affairs focusing Germany and rest of the Europe will become always a hot topic in the restaurant and will make at times, the environment into a German hamlet of Asia.More

  • German Memories in Asia: The Memorable Moments of Our Tsunami Mission!

     We were moving fast and in a few minutes we reached the military barrier.We didn’t have any difficulty crossing the military and LTTE barriers.While on our way the kerosene-lit houses made us wonder whether we were in this century or some centuries behind.More

  • Dutch Jaffna and the Rise and Fall of the VOC, the World's First Multinational Company!

     During the Dutch period in Asia, all Dutch colonial operations were overseen by the VOC, the “Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie” or the Dutch East India Company.When the Estates-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia, the VOC, the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stocks entered its acitivities in Asia in 1602.The VOC employed not only Dutch nationals, but also enlisted men from Belgium, Friesland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Austria.More

  • An Exploration into Eurasians, the Burghers of Sri Lanka

     Asia was from time immemorial a crossroad for human migration and a meeting point for the different Homo sapiens cousins.Negroid, Indo-Europeans, Dravidians, Semites, Mongoloids and other tribes mixed together in Asia and contributed to a blend of culture and religious practices as seen today.Even there were pre Indo – European presence in the region before Indo – Aryan invasion.More

  • German Memories in Asia: The German Kindness

     I recalled memories of two months ago. At the event “Night of a Thousand Dinners” I gave a brief speech on various issues ranging from landmines to world affairs. I can’t forget those moments when the German Praktikum (Internship) students were spellbound listening to my speech.More

  • German Memory in Asia: Memories of the Old Europe

     While we were passing a junction, the driver told, he wanted to visit a deity, because he had made a vow some time back and turned the vehicle towards a more isolated passage.Though he was Catholic by religion his faith in deity worship is not strange in Sri Lanka. Ancient nature worship and Hindu traditions are deeply rooted in the daily life of many people.More

  • Malaysia and Singapore: Asian Nations of Economic Success by Globalization

     The brightness of the glittering Twin Towers of Malaysia, the one time tallest buildings of the world is telling many success stories of Malaysia how it has been transformed into one of the Asia’s wealthiest nations.The serene beauty of the sky-high towers with a celestial background of shining stars in a clear dark night in the far distance, propelled my thoughts back into the good old Malaysia where, while Dr. Mahathir Mohamad was criticising the western capitalism, how cleverly he applied the open economic strategies which made Malaysia to trade all over the world and its entrepreneurs to become international players.More

  • John F. Kennedy, the Charismatic US President and the Global Visionary

     I was overwhelmed often by then US President John F. Kennedy for his charismatic leadership and his eternal love for peace.As the 35th President of the United States, he served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.More

  • Wars in Asia: War and Peace in Sri Lanka, the Chaos and Stumbling Blocks

     The days have come in Indian Ocean's war-torn island to realize the war is un-winnable after the decades long never ending war.The world is not any more ready to watch both parties waging a war for just passing the time until a solution comes.The political leaders has started to realise that they can't stay in power by encouraging some military high officials by uplifting their stars and colours and the ranks at the expense of some of the poor soldiers from the underprivileged families in the fields.More

  • War And Peace In The Indian Ocean's War-Torn Island: Myths and Realities

     In Sri Lanka too permanent solution to the ethnic crisis would be more successful and long lasting if a solution is found with a federal system or loose confederation model.Once Abraham Lincoln said: "A good leader gains less glory and more defame than what he actually deserves". In Sri Lanka then Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe too might have felt the same in his effort to solve the decades-long ethnic crisis by the pressures from many angles, what the Late US President experienced in his tenure to solve the civil war and his struggle to liberate the slavery of African Negroes in the United States of America.More