India's Second Freedom Struggle

Worldview ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Michael Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Freedom Struggle ◽  
The Past ◽  
Western Nations

During the Indian Emergency a cartoon appeared in a Sri Lanka newspaper that depicted two Gandhi-capped congressmen in conversation, one of them saying: "The thing I really miss is lecturing the Western nations on how to run a democracy." If there has been resistance in the past to Indian lectures, there is now widespread openness to learning from India's nineteen-month Emergency. There may be lessons for all countries that claim to be democratic.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Smokeless Tobacco and Areca Nut Cessation Among Dental Surgeons in Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe ◽  
PR Jayasooriya ◽  
H Amarasinghe ◽  
PVKS Hettiarachchi ◽  
BSMS. Siriwardena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Areca Nut ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
The Past

Abstract Background: Prevalence of smoking in Sri Lanka shows a gradual reduction whilst the use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut shows an increasing trend. At present adequate numbers of smokeless tobacco / areca nut cessation counseling programs are not being carried out in Sri Lanka. As the Dental surgeons could play a significant role in smokeless tobacco / areca nut cessation activities, capacity building programmes for dental surgeons on smokeless tobacco/ areca nut control were carried out. The study was planned to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices related to smokeless tobacco/ areca nut control among dental surgeons.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted. Two questionnaires were used to assess the improvement of knowledge and change of attitudes following programmes on smokeless tobacco / areca nut control. Results: There were 663 participants in the study. 27.1% of them had received formal tobacco cessation training in the past. Majority had a good knowledge on harmful effects of smokeless tobacco but not on areca nut. Their knowledge on the current legislation on smokeless tobacco control in Sri Lanka and carcinogenicity of areca nut was not satisfactory. Almost all agreed that proper counseling leads to patient quitting the habit, a formal training is necessary to conduct tobacco control activities and it should be the part of the regular treatment modalities. More than 80% of the Dental surgeons believed that they should support strict legislation. Almost 50% agreed on tobacco and areca nut free environment in their dental clinics. Most important factors leading to poor involvement in tobacco cessation activities were lack of expertise and inadequate educational material, not breach of patient privacy and lack of financial incentives. Surprisingly, 20.1% of the dental surgeons had consumed smokeless tobacco / areca nut products in the past and only a few were current users of tobacco and/or areca nut. Conclusions: Well planned workshops are efficient and cost effective in improving knowledge, practices and attitudes of Dental surgeons towards smokeless tobacco / areca nut cessation.

Monastic Patronage and Temple Building in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Caste, Ritual Performance, and Merit

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY SAMUELS
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
First Century ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Ritual Performance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Caste Discrimination ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Lay Buddhists ◽  
Monastic Patronage

The current article examines temple building and shifting monastic patronage in twentieth and twenty-first century Sri Lanka. Drawing heavily on fieldwork conducted in two separate upcountry villages over the past five years, the author argues that far from passively accepting the failings of local monastics, lay Buddhists are actively and directly involved in shaping their own religious experiences. In examining closely numerous conversations centered on temple construction, this article pays particular attention to how notions about ideal ritual performance, caste discrimination, and merit-making provide lay donors with the needed impetus for building new monastic institutions and, thus, establishing a choice of temple patronage where little or no such choice previously existed.

Recent Economic Trends in Sri Lanka

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hooley
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

While Sri Lanka is geographically closer to India, there are greater similarities in economic structure with many Southeast Asian countries. Sri Lanka is a small open economy. Foreign trade has always played a pivotal role in the functioning of the economy. Politically the country has exhibited a preference for democratic parliamentary forms of government, which are compatible with an underlying cultural individualism. There are important differences, however, in both the tempo and direction of economic growth over the past two decades, and these differences, along with the underlying policy strategies that produced them, are potentially instructive in any consideration of economic performance in the region.

scholarly journals Evaluation of successfulness of a capacity building workshop on smokeless tobacco and areca nut cessation conducted among Dental Surgeons of Sri Lanka: A cross sectional study 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe ◽  
PR Jayasooriya ◽  
H Amarasinghe ◽  
PVKS Hettiarachchi ◽  
BSMS. Siriwardena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Areca Nut ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Abstract Background- Prevalence of smoking in Sri Lanka shows a gradual reduction whilst the use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut shows an increasing trend. At present, to the best of our knowledge only a few well-structured smokeless tobacco (SLT)/areca nut (AN) cessation programmes are conducted in Sri Lanka, which is a gross underachievement considering that betel chewing related oral squamous cell carcinoma being the commonest cancer in Sri Lankan males. As General Dental Practitioners (GDP) do not contribute significantly to SLT/AN cessation activities at present, capacity building programmes on SLT/AN control were carried out. The study evaluated the knowledge, attitude and practices related to SLT/AN control among dental surgeonsMethods: Following an one day capacity building programme/workshop on smokeless tobacco / areca nut control, two self-administered questionnaires were used to assess the improvement of knowledge and change of attitudes among 663 GDPs . Results - 27.1% of the participants had received formal tobacco cessation training in the past. Majority had a good knowledge on harmful effects of SLT but not on areca nut. Their knowledge on the current legislation on SLT control in Sri Lanka and carcinogenicity of areca nut was not satisfactory. Almost all agreed that proper counseling leads to patient quitting the habit, a formal training is necessary to conduct tobacco control activities and it should be the part of the regular treatment modalities. More than 80% of the participants believed that they should support strict legislation. Almost 50% agreed on tobacco and areca nut free environment in their dental clinics. Most important factors leading to poor involvement in tobacco cessation activities were lack of expertise and inadequate educational material, not breach of patient privacy and lack of financial incentives. Surprisingly, 20.1% of the dental surgeons had consumed smokeless tobacco / areca nut products in the past and only a few were current users of tobacco and/or areca nut. Conclusions - Well planned workshops are efficient in improving knowledge, practices and attitudes of dental surgeons towards SLT/AN cessation.

scholarly journals THE TORTUOUS PATH OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO ENSURE POST-WAR RECONCILIATION—THE CASE OF SRI LANKA

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jehan Perera
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Counter Measures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post War ◽  
Main Engine ◽  
Horizontal Inequalities

For the past three decades Sri Lanka was stalemated between governments that were not prepared to devolve power to the Tamil majority provinces and a Tamil militant movement that wanted a separate country. In February 2002, the Sri Lankan government and LTTE signed a ceasefire agreement under Norwegian government auspices that appeared to offer the real prospect of a final end to violence as a means of conflict resolution. The ceasefire between the government and the LTTE held for nearly four years despite significant problems affecting the peace process, problems that led to the LTTE’s withdrawal from the peace talks. However, the ceasefire collapsed in early 2006 with a series of ambushes of government soldiers by the LTTE, eventually leading to counter measures and counter attacks by the forces of the government, measures in which the government wrested back control of territory placed under the control of the LTTE by the terms agreed upon by the Ceasefire Agreement. Today Sri Lanka is a country that continues to be deeply divided on lines of ethnicity, religion and politics. Horizontal inequalities, defined as severe inequalities in economic and political resources between culturally defined groups, were undoubtedly a contributing factor for the perpetuation of Sri Lanka’s long-running conflict. No sooner it won the war, the government asserted economic development to be the main engine of reconciliation.

scholarly journals Achievements and challenges in psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Aruni Hapangama ◽  
K.A.L.A. Kuruppuarachchi ◽  
Raveen Hanwella
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Psychiatric Education ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Medical Curricula ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Training

When compared with other Asian countries, psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka has made significant developments during the past two decades, such as introducing psychiatry as a separate final year subject in the undergraduate medical curricula. However, further developments in psychiatric training in medical education are needed.

scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): A New Opportunity for the Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyad Alshammari ◽  
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽  
Zakiuddin Ahmed ◽  
Zaid Al-Hamadan ◽  
Abdulwahhab Alshammari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
North African ◽  
African Region ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
African Health ◽  
Education Delivery

During the 2018 IMIA General Assembly (GA) held on Oct 2018 in Sri Lanka, a new organization, the Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA) was established as a regional non-governmental organization to promote Health Informatics in the region. Health Informatics activities in applications, education, and research have been growing in the Middle East and North African region for many years. Over the past year, health informatics initiatives within the region focused on the education sector and the workforce. The need to enhance the education delivery and methods is essential in promoting Health Informatics in the region as well as establishing master programs in many countries within the region.This paper provides an overview of the variety of initiatives that are occurring in the region and are endorsed by MENAHIA.

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