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This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Odds and ends, Yodelling
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Odds and ends, A summer place
A summer place
Choosing a suitable gift
British mercenaries investigated over Sri Lanka war crimes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55071099
Kids educational web-links
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Odds and ends, What a wonderful world.
What a wonderful world
Mark Twain quotes
https://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=18411
Historical photos
https://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=38121
Moderna COVID trial
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Odds and ends, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo ,
Perry Como - Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Parrot
tells firefighter to 'f*ck off' during rescue attempt
By Morgan
Sung
Aug 14,
2018
This bird
was not in the mood to be saved.
Jessie, a
bright yellow and turquoise Macaw parrot, escaped her home in Edmonton, UK over
the weekend and stranded herself on her neighbor's roof for three days.
Concerned that she was injured, her owners called the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for help. When the RSPCA was
unsuccessful in coaxing Jessie down, the London Fire Brigade stepped in.
Jesse's
owners told the firefighter to say "I love you" to try to bond with
the bird and lure her back to safety. But when a firefighter trekked to the
roof to tell her, Jessie started hurling expletives at him.
Watch
manager Chris Swallow told Metro, "We then discovered that she had a bit
of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement."
Although Jessie responded with "I love you," she also told the firefighter to "fuck off."
The Breast Tax or Mulakaram.
I was completely shocked to know
about this disgusting part of history.
Women in Kerala used to pay a
whooping sum of tax to cover their breasts, Those who were unable to pay, they
kept their upper body naked.
This tax was imposed on the Shudras
and Dalit’s to show this class their ‘AUKAT’
The breast was bared as a symbol of
respect to higher-status people only. A society where men even stare at the
cleavage, these women faced the oppression with naked breasts.
Torn Self respect, deteriorated
confidence and the noxious stares eating the very pieces of diligence everyday.
Even the women who covered their
breasts were not spared, the officers used to come and examine the size and
weight of the taxpayer women with their own hands, utter disgrace.
Later, A women named Nangeli
protested against this law by cutting off her breasts and presenting them in
front of the officer, she died of blood loss, which eventually resulted in mega
protests.
Finally, the heel piece law was
removed, but only at the cost of a sacrifice.
CREDITS: MULAKARAM (SHORT FILM)
Otto Von Bismark – Quotes
“If you like laws and
sausages, you should never watch either one being made.”
“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards,
children and the United States of America.”
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