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Recalling My Memories on the Day of the Indian Ocean's Tsunami! By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam In the morning of 26th of December 2004, people were running here and there in our residential area where we were staying in Colombo, the capital of the Indian Ocean's Island state of Sri Lanka. German Memories in Asia: The Memorable Moments of Our Tsunami Mission! By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam One could not help watching Fredrike's care and concern at the restaurant garden when she was tending to an infant who was with the mother inside a van. Fredrike extended one of her fingers into the tiny palm, and the infant immediately seized Fredrike's finger as tightly as possible. I noticed Freidke was enjoying those moments. I wished them all and when Freidka's turn came I observed that she looked uncomfortable. Her soft nature once again confirmed her emotional reactions. Dutch Jaffna And The Rise And Fall Of The VOC - The World's First Multinational Company By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam During the Dutch period in Asia, all Dutch colonial operations were overseen by the VOC, the "Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie" or the Dutch East India Company. When the Estates-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia, the VOC, the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stocks entered its acitivities in Asia in 1602. An Exploration into Eurasians - the Burghers of Sri Lanka By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam When we were leaving the Church premises through the narrow passage and entering into the Main Street, still the centuries old Dutch-style mansions were symbols of their colonial past. The Main Street was once an exclusive place for the Burgers, Dutch and British citizens. The Burghers are an Eurasian ethnic group, historically from this Island, consisting for the most part of the male-line descendants of the European colonists and of the maternal ancestry of Sinhalese and Tamil. Burghers always have European surnames mostly of Portuguese, Dutch and British origin and it is not uncommon to find German, French,Russian, or even Flemish surnames. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, many Burghers left the island and emigrated mostly to Australia where there is an area of Melbourne known as "Little Ceylon" as Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon during their migration. Dutch Fort of Jaffna and Our School Day Adventures By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam We used to go inside of the Dutch Fort in our junior school days with our class teacher as she was residing inside the Dutch Fort with her husband who was a senior Police Officer attached to the Jaffna Fort. Journey of the Early Man: Africa to America By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam Their studies showed that there were three waves of early humans from Africa that swept across India and Australia: There were three major waves of migration of quite different ancient people who came to the Australian continent from Southeast Asia. The early Africans crossed to Australia from Africa through Asia, and then to the Americas by crossing the Pacific Ocean. The first hint of an American aborigine settlement of South America came from cave paintings in Brazil. The Africans crossed the Atlantic and reached various parts of the Americas as well. An Exploration Into Indo - European Migration Towards South Asia By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam A new very history started in South Asia, with Indo - European migration somewhere between 6000BC to 1500BC through Central Asia towards Western Asia and South Asia. When the Indo-Aryan of the larger Indo-European family blended with Dravidians, Mongoloids, Semitic people and others, new languages and cultures evolved in the region. Historians place the Indo - European migration happened by invasion in the Indian subcontinent. The analyses of the male Y-chromosome and mitochondria show that today's genetic patterns agree with accounts of ancient Indo-European warriors conquering the Indian subcontinent. German Memories in Asia: Exploring the Human Evolution By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam While we were having a chat by the seashore, twilight has turned into night and the German team who were playing volleyball has already left the beach. We were discussing many things. The similarities of genes between the human and the chimpanzee became a hot topic in our discussion. When I was telling about genealogy, my other German friend couldn't grasp it, but Walker did quiet easily. An Exploration into Early Human Migration By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam Closing my eyes in bed my inner-eyes started to visualize many events of the past. I was able to visualize the Homo erectus who were living in the old world nearly two million years ago inhabiting the planet. I was enthralled by the 'Journey of Man' by Spencer Wells, the geneticist from Oxford University, in the National Geographic Channel, where he asserts that: "All of us are literally Africans underneath the skin, Brothers and Sisters separated by mere 2000 generations" German Tsunami Mission in Asia: My Experience and Memories By : Rajkumar Kanagasingam I couldn't imagine how a tremour underneath in the form of an earthquake by tectonic plate movements caused a massive disaster in the coastal areas of most of the Indian Ocean Rim countries. Memories of the early morning travel from George Town, the capital of Penang Island of Malaysia to the Teluk Bahang, the northern coastal front of the island still come to mind with the different panoramas of the Strait of Malacca and the silently waving southern seas of Andaman-Nicobar Islands in the far distance. My inner-eyes started to visualize in a distance spectrum gradually and now I could experience the tragedies of the coastal hamlets "Semmalai" and "Alampil", which were almost sunk underneath, where a few years ago, during my tenure as an officer in CARE International in the war - torn periods of the northern region, I visited extensively and was amazed by the hospitality of those village folk, but now everything has perished. Still I could hear those melodies of a cinema song which was aired over a radio while I was resting under the shade of a flock of densely grown coconut trees. Human Names By : Sharon White Names for humans have always been one of the most important identities and people have developed the tradition of creating and giving names for centuries. From History of Aviation By : Sharon White It was a dream of humankind to fly like birds and swim like fish. It was a human being who has tries many times to conquer the worlds where he had not been a king before: skies and waters. What is Anti Social Behaviour? By : Davinos Greeno Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is any activity that impacts on other people in a negative way. Anti-social behaviour remains a serious issue in the UK with around 66,000 reports of ASB made to authorities each day (Source: One day count of anti-social behaviour: September 10 2003). Justifying Murder By : DevilsCharm When is it right to kill something? This article outlines when it is right and when it isn't. My Amazing Experiece With A Fortune Teller By : Morgan Hamilton Are you anxious about your future? If you are, let me tell you about a strange experience I had with a fortune teller. About a decade ago, while I was window shopping with my best friend, I suddenly saw a sign for a fortune teller. Charles Dickens's Narrative Technique By : Ian Mackean Dickens's 'pictures' are an integral part of the fabric of the narrative, conveying meanings in themselves, and unlike, for example James Joyce's descriptions, we are not required to interpret the images looking for symbolism William Shakespeare's Coriolanus: Who is to blame for Coriolanus's banishment? By : Ian Mackean In William Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Coriolanus's banishment is the climax of a series of events in which several forces play a part, all pushing him towards his inevitable downfall. James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' By : Ian Mackean ames Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' is perhaps the best-known biography in English literature, and it marked a turning point in the art of biography writing. Trying to Find Good Used Books? This Article Can Help! By : Kathy Steinemann New books - especially hardcover editions - are expensive. However, there are ways to locate both paperback and hardcover copies of books at a reasonable price. Here are a few ideas to get you started. English Literature: Why should we study it? By : Ian Mackean An inspiring article on the value of reading and studying English literature, considering the insights, knowledge, and personal benefits it can bring to readers and students alike. The author is the editor of ‘The Essentials of Literature in English post-1914’, published by Hodder Arnold The Difference between Transits and Progressions By : Martin Schulman Are transits more important than progressions? Or, is it the other way around? What role do both of these play in how we work out our karma in the current incarnaation? The Karmic Effect of Astrological House Size By : Martin Schulman We often put so much effort into trying to understand the meaning of what zodiac sign each astrological house starts in that we sometimes miss something very obvious. Differences in house sizes play a very important role in how we feel and work out our karma. Lucky Charms and Numerology; your personal Magic Square Talisman By : Keith Abbott Long believed to possess great magical properties in India and the far east; numerological Yantras are Magic Squares attuned to an individual by using the numbers of their date of birth to construct the square. Learn about these simple but powerful Talismans, what they can do, and how you can make one for yourself. The Intellectual Devotional By : David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim Daily Devotionals have long been a favored tool of those looking for a regular dose of spiritual growth. Bedside volumes, read upon waking in the morning or before retiring at night, Devotionals consist of 365 exercises in learning and reflection. The Intellectual Devotional is a secular compendium in the same tradition. It is one year's worth of daily readings that will refresh your spirit, stimulate your mind, and help complete your education What is Karma Really About? By : Martin Schulman For those of us who think karma is only from past lives, guess again. There is an enormous amount of personal karma we are creating with every choice and decision we make every moment. Astrology Aspects: Out of Sign Conjunctions By : Martin Schulman The conjunction aspect is supposed to be the positive aspect in the zodiac. What happens, however, when planets forming this aspect are in two different signs? Names and Numerology; You are what you call Yourself By : Keith Abbott Even without a Birthday or Birth Name, Numerology can tell us a great deal about someone just be analyzing their Use name. Here are 10 attributes that a Name Analysis alone can reveal about someone. Numerology's Life Path (9); the Path of the Humanitarian By : Keith Abbott People whose birthday numbers reduce to (9) are on Numerology's Path of the Humanitarian. Learn about their talents, abilities, and problems; and see which famous people are on this Life Path. Numerology's Life Path (8); the Path of the Warrior By : Keith Abbott People whose birthday numbers reduce to (8) are on Numerology's Path of the Warrior. Learn about their talents, abilities, and problems; and see which famous people are on this Life Path. Numerology's Life Path (7); the Path of the Loner By : Keith Abbott People whose birthday numbers reduce to (7) are on Numerology's Path of the Loner. Learn about their talents, abilities, and problems; and see which famous people are on this Life Path.
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