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Did Rio+20 assure a
sustainable future? – a feature article appeared in the Economic
Review a paper on sustainability in movies CO2 emissions,
GDP, and World Crude Oil Price nexus in the United States –
a research paper CO2
emissions per capita - GDP per capita nexus in Australia – a
research paper Electricity
consumption – GDP nexus in Sri Lanka – a research
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website of Rajaratnam Shanthini |
Wings |
Got to stretch those Wings of mine Nurtured and preened in the Absence of your mind Love to take you on the spree of delight Had you been in my lessons of flight |
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“Explaining
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walking
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jazz cooking (recipes) |
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Two Choices: take a look, very touching |
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(oh! what do we do with our lives?) |
butterflies and other
gorgeous tiny angels are flipping their wings under our nose all the times (and yet
unseen) Want her to visit
your garden? It’s simple. Let the nature manage your garden. |
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a book for university students & practising
engineers |
a book for general public about composting with
soldier flies, visit this
interesting site: http://www.esrla.com/brazil/frame.htm |
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Impact of Sri Lankan Rural Roads on Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Mitigation and Climate Change – A Case Study |
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email: rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk |
click here to give your
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updated on March 07,
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walking the earth (travelogues) |
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What I saw through the rain pounding
windows was gripping - there she was, or is, free-spirited,
wild, graceful, flowing down with shear force having detached herself from her stately,
weather-beaten, immortal companion……. |
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It was
wonderful to get up there, feeling all the way up that it was something that
you really, really can’t do, and then to sit on the top of it looking
far and wide, below and above, thrilled by those once distant clouds playing
hide and seek with you, and accepting rain as it came, leeches as they
climbed, potential falls and even possible brisk death at a stink of a
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At times
one or the other olive green bold one takes on the challenge of barking dogs;
stays put; never mind the lights; never mind me; says something in pig
dialect. I want to touch it. Caress it. And, say in pig dialect that I want
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They two had, and still have, only one purpose in this
world – that is to live, which they did in every second of their lives
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He offered no resistance. He was rather shocked - it
appeared. He asked me, as I was taking his fist downwards looking straight
into his eyes, if I was going to hit him. ……… |
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'Ninaivuhal' (in Tamil) |
'Aval Kalyanam' (in Tamil) |
'Enke Tholaiththal' (in Tamil) |
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So Powerful and Massive is the hate that crept into her heart |
Whatever
is the pain knowing
you makes me
feel full Full of
sadness And full
of happiness |
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spoons and the Remains of Frank Mills Until I
wooed them To the Warmth
of my neck Under
the thick Black
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jazz cooking Cooking
is the worst thing happened to civilization. I was lucky that I was not
initiated into cooking (thanks to my non-conventional and born-free mom who appeared
so wrong when we were growing up) until the need to find some food for myself
hit me hard. So I am very original with my cooking, and here are some recipes
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It is nice of you to think of others.
I believe that is what keeps our sanity in this insane world. Always doing my best to promote a world in which each and every life, including every human, animals, insects, trees and other living things, has an equal place and equal justice. |
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I am getting very calm inside
seeing the meaninglessness around me. |
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To do one’s best, one
need to synchronize one’s self with the world out there. So that one
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’Living is all about us - not about
others’ - a little discovery of mine that makes my life less clumsy and
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One who wants to do only the best does
nothing. They are dreamers who want to do great and complete tasks that will not
be criticized by anyone else, and end up doing nothing. Then there are those
cheaters who cheat around and get all what they want (I doubt that anyways!).
There is, however, a middle way as it is in every task, where one could
concentrate on some honest contributions to the world we live in - however
inadequate that would turn out to be. |
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I am not a
feminist as a matter of fact I don't associate with feminists because they are
very much like men. I am a woman and I know they are superior in the way they
care - and they have always been like that. Look at a woman-cat versus a
man-cat. But then it goes without saying men are more adventurous than women.
The question is "Should the world be led by those who care or those who
adventure?” I suppose there are two kinds of ideologies (that concerns poverty).
One is "let's share what we got", and the other is "let me
take as much as I could". I suppose, one belongs to one ideology or the
other, not half way in one and the other half way in the other. US and many
other countries (including Bliss of Divine can be realized with
humility and sincerity, but by worship alone. Even though seeds of majestic trees do
not sprout on rocky ground, it is full of its own variety of life forms that
are particular to its ecology. No amount of reading will change the way
I see the world. I read for information not for change of heart, which comes
from figuring out things myself, by asking questions and finding answers in
the world out there through experience. I don't take these popular figures
too seriously, because I know that there are two sides of every human and no
one is an exception. I know, you don't need to tell me, I am proud and
stubborn - which anyhow two things about me (and anyone else) I simply
adore. Unopposed victorious regime is on the
same path of ruin as the ardently opposed regime. One ought to experiments with life until
one finds out a place where one feels most comfortable with oneself. It is
better than staying where you are not feeling happy and comfortable. Everyone
ought to live a life which is trustworthy. If everyone does that, how
wonderful our lives would be, trusting each other. That is however not to be.
People nowadays live a life of “cleverness” (in search of
success) and then when they loose the grip on life, they run into those who
live it differently (keeping to values). I am kind of tired of being a
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