Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Hence, the Tamil people found no reason to reject or protest against the national anthem. Once the meaning of the Sinhala words was known, no Tamil found it objectionable. With an appropriate ...

launching Sinhala and Tamil language versions of its newest packages. Last week it launched Microsoft Windows Vistas and Microsoft Office 2007 in Sinhala -a Language Interface Pack (LIP) with over one ...