It was a journey he had made hundreds of times. That day too, May 8, he woke up at the crack of dawn, had a bite of “something”, lit the tiny clay lamp near the small statue of Lord Buddha in the corner of the bare room and was on his way. |
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| ISSN: 1391 - 0531 | Sunday,
May 27, 2007 |
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On a sunny morning in Colombo some two decades ago, passers-by were taken aback by the sight of a light aircraft making a steady descent towards the green in front of the Town Hall. 
Pushpadeva Dharmawardena was an artist by the time he was four years old. Watched over by a proud father, the young boy designed his own batik creations. 
Hundreds of India's closet gays and lesbians came out to celebrate their sexuality with the launch of a 10-day festival in New Delhi, hoping to build on a campaign against the country's strict anti-gay law.
It may have been just coincidence that the top brass of Telekom Malaysia TM, Dialog Telekom’s parent, were in town even as posters appeared on Monday on city streets opposing Maxis’ planned buyout of a stake in SLT.
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