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The Clothesline: October 2011

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A space for web articles of interest. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. I was the best in the world with the offcutter'. The former South Africa fast bowler talks about what you ought to bowl to Tendulkar, digging poetry, nearly losing his eyes, and then some. I wasn't the best athlete. I had to generate pace through muscle and lots of gym work and strong legs. Over 100 metres, I think Ben Johnson would have beaten me by 20 metres. We used to steal Jonty Rhodes' shirts and swap them for beer:. I had an action.

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The Clothesline: How clever can we get?

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A space for web articles of interest. Sunday, December 11, 2011. How clever can we get? Study suggests there is an 'upper limit' to how smart humans can be - there will never be a 'Supermind'. We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. Any new drug or technology that 'raised' human intelligence permanently could be dangerous. Tradeoffs are common in evolution. It might be nice to be eight feet...

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The Clothesline: September 2010

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A space for web articles of interest. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Former female fighters strive for a better life. For many of Sri Lanka's former female combatants, the road back to normalcy will be a long one. 29 September 2010 (IRIN) - Lalitha* was 23, from Petiva Pullumalai, deep in Sri Lanka's eastern interior, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came for her. She was terrified of being identified by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) or the LTTE and putting her family at risk. The biggest pro...

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The Clothesline: November 2010

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A space for web articles of interest. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Sri Lanka's alternatives abroad. By: Kitana Ananda, V V Ganeshananthan and Ashwini Vasanthakumar. Just remittances, please. Posted by Nila Mars. Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Sri Lankan Maids Become Victims in Saudi Arabia. Razeena, left, and Mohammed Nafeek, the parents of Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan maid sentenced to be beheaded after a baby died in her care in Saudi Arabia, are pictured in Colombo on July 16, 2007. The inability to commun...

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The Clothesline: Book Review

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A space for web articles of interest. Sunday, November 27, 2011. Sarath Amunugama - A full life. Review By Manik de Silva. In a labour of love, Sarath Amunugama’s two daughters, Ramanika Unamboowe and Varuni Fernando, have produced a lavishly illustrated coffee table book titled A full life offering a delightful cameo of a man, who neither became Prime Minister nor Mahanayake as impishly predicted by his Peradeniya chums of long ago - but came close enough to the former position. It was a friendly inquir...

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The Clothesline: May 2011

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A space for web articles of interest. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. They call it ‘the voyage of the damned’. But thousands still want to try it. Australia and Canada are the preferred destination of the Sri Lankan refugees. Sri Lankan refugees in India are ready to do anything to escape their camps. Sai Manish. TEHELKA spoke to a Chennai-based agent and a few refugees who have already paid a part of the Rs1.5 lakh fee to be shipped illegally. The agents, most of whom are Sri Lankan nationals settled in ...An in...

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The Clothesline: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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A space for web articles of interest. Sunday, January 22, 2012. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Shehan Karunatilaka on a capital that straddles the beautiful and the banal. If a visitor is planning a trip to Sri Lanka, I usually advise that they skip Colombo. Not being harsh, but on the island’s buffet table of scenic delights, the city is very much a side dish. Foreign empires have colonized Colombo, from the Greeks and Persians onward. Now, the city is seeking to reinvent itself, Alfredo Caliz / Panos. Colombo hou...

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The Clothesline: Scouting Sri Lanka cricket talent in post-war north

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A space for web articles of interest. Thursday, November 3, 2011. Scouting Sri Lanka cricket talent in post-war north. BBC News, Kilinochchi. In a large green field, its grass finely cropped, young cricketers are training in the late afternoon sun. The youngest form a circle in one corner doing fielding practice while, in the middle, about 25 older boys get expert coaching in batting and bowling. This ground has come a long way from its previous incarnation. These boys - we need to give them a chance&#46...

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The Clothesline: October 2010

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A space for web articles of interest. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Book Review - Chinaman. Where in the world is Pradeep Mathew? An ambitious, inventive, must-read new novel from Sri Lanka. Then there is the rare type - those who cannot read a book without obliterating it with dog ears, notes in the margin, underlined passages and bookmarks. They convert the reading experience into a process. Perhaps they even stop every few minutes to tweet out interesting lines. Check A brutal dig at cricket? Chinaman ...