Sri Lanka national cricket team

On a Saturday morning I decided to do a family tree project for my English class. On one of the websites I went to an ad popped up on the screen telling me I can learn more about my family history through my DNA and it was for free. I decided to try it because I was curious about my family history, so I had applied for it. Three days later I had gotten a DNA testing kit. I had put the tooth cotton swab in my mouth and moved it around to get my saliva on it. After that I had sent my DNA back and…

chapters from her novel, the author lays out the role tea played by discussing: the history of tea and the representations of English national identity; the middle-class Englishness of drinking tea; as well as gender and middle-class domesticity at the tea table. She begins by describing the role tea played in Victorian history and its impact on English national identity. “According to nineteenth-century tea histories and advertisements, tea helped to define English identity, character, and…

were based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in 1976, the Tamil Tigers are widely regarded to have been one of the most organized and efficient terrorist organizations in history, their soldiers ranging from five to ten thousand guerillas. The main objective for the tigers was to create a new, independent state in both northern and eastern Sri Lanka for the Tamils, the native group of Sri Lanka. The founding of the Tigers was sparked in 1972, when the Sinhalese controlled Sri Lankan government…

Some might ask, “What is a project loon?” A project loon is described as “balloon-powered Internet for everyone”. (2) The balloons are fifteen meters across and are filled with helium. The altitude of these balloons is about twenty kilometers. The balloons contains solar-powered electronics inside a boxy gondola. These electronics send high-speed cellular Internet coverage to devices. The balloon has special software that guides these balloons while they are in flight. Project Loon is named for…

Waas manpower recruitment agency is a limited liability company which provides contingent and permanent workforce solution to the private and public sector business organizations in Sri Lanka. The company offers for its customers, a good quality and highly qualified professionals in order to fulfill the customer requirements. It will be equipped with the experts who are specialized in various fields to provide accounting, finance, IT, legal consultation, marketing, cleaning services and other…

Arjie are ostracized, and belittled by society due to the hatred that lies within Sri Lanka at the time. When the characters are antagonized, they are taught to hate themselves, and often feel the need to change, because this is what was taught to them. The characters didn’t hate others or themselves prior to this knowledge,…

with war and death and are affected in different ways. Mark’s traumas originate from his time as a war photographer. His ability to capture war’s most grueling moments grants him the opportunity to shoot in many war-torn areas such as Beirut, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, and Uganda. Mark’s first experience of war is in Beirut. He describes the fighting in Beirut as, “Total madness” (119). During a battle which Mark is photographing a boy runs to Mark looking to him for help. Mark is in no position…

Introduction Meditation is a practice that continues to flourish in the religion of Buddhism throughout the countries in South and Southeast Asia. It has been a prominent practice for thousands of years and many people who practice meditation do it as a form of discipline. Self-discipline is a main focus point in Buddhism since it is one of the methods in seeking enlightenment. Meditation was a practice that the Buddha himself once indulged in, in order to find enlightenment. In the Buddhist…

Additionally, women in Sri Lanka are the center of the household, influencing family members and neighbors. Based on my experience it is typical for Sinhalese women in a neighborhood to socialize daily. By using this opportunity to get women together to socialize, Sarvodaya can…

Disregarding Sri Lankan culture, the aid groups rushed in with their PTSD diagnostic manuals that don’t match with how Sri Lankans experience trauma. Few groups even bothered to actually register with the government or ask what kind of help the country needed. The aid groups spiraled into chaos where “rivalries broke out between counseling groups over which populations would receive which services” (Watters, 2010, p. 78). Making things even worse, what Watters termed “parachute researchers”…