Sri Lanka

CHAPTER 1 Introduction As people living in the modern world we are aware about jewelry and the different purposes of wearing jewelry at different types of occasions of life while some are using jewelries to beautify themselves some are wearing jewelries to show the cultures they belong to. An at the same time jewelry become an icon that reveals different types of trends. In fact nowadays jewelry has become a medium of communication. At present there are different types of design and trends in…

Maintain and Increase Customer Satisfaction Level Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s goal is to maximize customer satisfaction, which is done mainly through their high quality products and service maintained worldwide. In order to record customer satisfaction, a particular index is established to bring the collective feedback from all stores located worldwide. This index is key to bringing improvements to their product line and in-store services throughout their various branches located all over the…

different countries for various reasons. What i never expected was to be one of those people. At the age of 12 i packed my whole life into a suitcase and moved to the united states without actually knowing why. All i knew was things in my country, Sri Lanka was falling apart due to political corruption and the only way to ensure a safer future was to leave. As a child i had been lucky enough to visit extraordinary places like singapore, china and hawaii for long periods of time. So in my mind,…

The unit discussed Funny Boy in the context of the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict in Sri Lanka. The novel has been written from a young boy, Arjie’s perspective. It documents Arjie’s struggle with discovering and accepting his homosexuality. It also documents a parallel struggle to come to terms with the second hand status that is meted out to Tamils in Sri Lanka and the impending migration to start life afresh in a new country. The unit begins with a brief discussion of the history of the…

The Tsunami boxing day was caused by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people in a single day, it was the most devastating tsunami in modern times. The tsunami left more than 1.7 million homeless affecting 18 countries. A Sri Lankan Personal…

Gender roles and social norms have allowed women to fall victim to unhealthy lifestyles and, in the case of 60 per cent of Sri Lankan women, domestic violence (VW). Women are natural targets in times of natural disaster, and the effects of disaster on the genders are not equal. Examples from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that affected Sri Lanka confirm the vulnerable perspective of women and the need for gendered approaches to disaster relief efforts. Governments…

making. At the time of Ashoka’s reign, trade routes were opened through southern India. Buddhist merchants took Buddhism with them as they used these roads. Buddhism entered Sri Lanka (small island nation south of India) at this at this time. Mahavamsa, a Buddhist chronicle, claimed the Devanampiya (ruler of Sri Lanka), was converted to Buddhism by Ashoka’s son, Mahinda. The…

positive claims about the effects of western medicine on the status of global health. When he explained how the US responded by "…rush(ing) to help treat the psychic wounds of traumatized people…" (Watters, 2011, pg. 71) after the tsunami struck in Sri Lank, he should have address how this might have also lead to a positive outcome. By only addressing the negative aspects of western (US) efforts, it shows a possible lack of knowledge; even if he does not agree, he should have injected some…

Costus speciosus (J.König)sm is a widely used medicinal plant in Ayurvedic medicine. Scientific literature prove about various therapeutic properties of its rhizome and leaves. The effectiveness of Costus speciosus (J.König)sm leaf aqueous extract on reversing insulin resistance was studied and data were published previously. This study was designed to evaluate the dose-response relationship of Costus speciosus (J.König)sm leaf aqueous extract. Insulin resistance induced rats were treated with…

Hindus have confidence in rebirth. The essential conviction is that a man's destiny is resolved by his deeds. These deeds in Hinduism are called 'Karma'. A spirit who does great Karma in this life will be granted with a superior life in the following incarnation. Souls who do terrible Karma will be rebuffed for their wrongdoings, if not in this incarnation then in the following incarnation and will keep on being conceived in this world over and over. The great souls will be freed from the hover…