According to both Geologists and Historians, the world is old. However, the concept of “old” is merely in the eyes of the beholder because Continue reading Controversial Geological history of Earth
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Herd behavior of consumer driven society
Heard behavior or mob effect is generally associated with riots. But it has a significant impact on economics ever since we started trading goods and services. I am not going to talk about Continue reading Herd behavior of consumer driven society
Society should stand against cyber bullying
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I have enabled comments for this article because I want to hear from you. One reason why I disable comments on most of the website is to prevent abusers. Feel free to send me your thoughts. 🙂I have encountered bullies few different times and often it involves “friends” from school. The impact it had on my personality was very little to none because my parents have thought me to defend myself by improving my self-confidence. In this technologically driven communication age, the problem of cyber bullying goes much deeper than conventional bullies that I have encountered in the past. If you are not well prepared to defend your turf against the Continue reading Society should stand against cyber bullying
Support sportsmanship; not the country or the team
The 2012 London Summer Olympic is probably the only Olympic games that I watched met with so many controversial issues from qualifications to post games. When racial and ethnic issues came out in the media, first I thought that I am too sensitive “it” causing my mind to focus on negative aspects of the games. But after coming across several newspaper and blog articles (references) on racial and political problems of the 2012 London Olympics, I think it is safe to say we still have a problem in our communities. Continue reading Support sportsmanship; not the country or the team
Volunteerism in a whole old level
For millions of years volunteerism has been a part of our civilization across the world. The well known African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child, is a classic example of community volunteering spirit. In recent years, developed countries like Canada promoted a new kind of volunteerism; the “mutual volunteerism”. What makes this Canadian version differ from the traditional volunteerism? This is where old traditions collide with modern traditions. Recently a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament accused Sri Lankans of not doing enough volunteer work. In addition Continue reading Volunteerism in a whole old level