Odds and ends, Menike magey Hithe.

 Menike magey hithey

https://youtu.be/-_N05wLQuoo

Atom bombs

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/remembering-night-two-atomic-bombs-dropped-on-north-carolina?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_Escape_20210929::rid=5B79CAC70460A1DE3EE8726DE4693511

 

Kublai Khan

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/kublai-genghis-khan-conquered-china?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_Escape_20210929::rid=5B79CAC70460A1DE3EE8726DE4693511

 

11 Scary facts

https://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=42051

Odds and ends, A song from 'Maname',

 A song from 'Maname'

https://www.facebook.com/100000068888947/videos/465902957721727/

Robots in COVID 19

https://youtu.be/A612BKSGxng

 

Library of Alexandria

https://youtu.be/oQX9Lh65rAA

 

Ancient Medicines

https://youtu.be/lUG_zwMdkIc

Odds and ends, Top of the world.

 

Top of the world - Carpenters

https://youtu.be/ADwAmqQZgy8

Girls of  Germany during the rule of the Nazis - 1930 - 1940.

https://www.quora.com/What-advantages-did-Germans-have-during-Nazi-Germany

 

Aliens

https://youtu.be/74SssYS6VVM

Liz Taylor & Richard Burton

https://www.quora.com/Which-celebrities-dumped-their-partners-for-someone-who-was-more-famous

Odds and ends, Hair cuts, We are the world.

 We are the world

https://www.themusicman.uk/clarksville-elementary-students/?tl_inbound=1&tl_target_all=1&tl_period_type=3

Hair cut 1

https://youtu.be/WucVOPQmfCU

 

Hair cut 2

https://youtu.be/rr5wCQGSvBc

 

Haircut 3

https://youtu.be/rr5wCQGSvBc

 

Haircut 4

https://youtu.be/rr5wCQGSvBc?list=RDCMUChXIHQM-2ZCO8leLTK8hxhQ

 

Haircut 5

https://youtu.be/rrg6TpbstUc?list=RDCMUChXIHQM-2ZCO8leLTK8hxhQ

Odds and ends, 'Sasara wasana thuru'

 Sasara wasana thuru

https://youtu.be/dp5p9tjFKhA

Tamils & Greeks

https://www.quora.com/Did-the-ancient-Greeks-know-about-the-existence-of-the-Tamils-Pandyans

 

The life of the Windsors

https://qr.ae/pGooC6

 

Black lives matter

https://the-rotation.com/a-malignant-rotation-the-presence-of-racism-at-medical-school/

Odds and ends, Maori farewell

 Now Is the hour (Maori Farewell Song)

 https://youtu.be/Z4_jp4nWkh8

Fauci and lab leak theory of Covid

https://coronavirus.quora.com/Fauci-Speaks-Out-in-NYT-Podcast

 

Mc Afee dies

https://people.com/crime/antivirus-software-pioneer-john-mcafee-found-dead-spanish-jail/?utm_medium=browser&utm_source=people.com&utm_content=20210623&utm_campaign=1115255

 

Python under toilet seat cover

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/python-found-under-toilet-seat-lid-in-home-has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed/ar-AALol31

Odds and ends, Sankaraparanam

 Sankara – From the Telugu film ‘Sankaraparanam’

https://youtu.be/4xrJTAKJotg

Studying DNA of Sri Lankans

https://www.quora.com/Are-Sinhalese-Indians-or-are-they-the-descends-of-the-indigenous-tribes-in-Sri-Lanka

  

Guns and small-pox

https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html

 

Dessert land into forests

https://payani-paar-pakir.quora.com/?__ni__=0&__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=22620372210&__tiids__=30261592

Odds and ends, Aue te aroha.

 Maori song – Aue te Aroha

https://youtu.be/q1_o8HjZTAY

Small pox in America

https://www.quora.com/Who-brought-smallpox-to-America

 

Discipline a child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/alternatives-to-spanking-1094834?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=24155689&utm_term=

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein published 4 articles in 1905 called the Annus Mirabilis papers. These four works, as below, changed the world's views on space, time and matter:

1. The article that was pivotal for the development of quantum theory: on a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light.
2. The article that provided empirical evidence for the atomic theory: on the motion of small particles in stationary liquid.
3. The article that shed light on special relativity: on electrodynamics of moving bodies.
4. The groundbreaking article with the famous formula equating energy and mass (E=mc2): does intertia of a body depend on its energy.

Albert published all of the above in a single year, when he was just 26 years old.

 

Odds and ends, Now is the hour,

 Now Is the hour (Maori Farewell Song)

https://youtu.be/Z4_jp4nWkh8

Cat video

https://youtu.be/AZo8kRmAjl4

 

 

From BBC Ideas: 'The myth of race'

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-myth-of-race/p0957s4f?playlist=made-in-partnership-with-the-open-university

The fate of statues

https://flipboard.com/@thephotodesk/statues-and-monuments-targeted-by-activists-protestors-f3t248snj8rf9cl3?utm_medium=photodesk.us.media.a.20210611.436.1&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

Odds and ends, La Spagnola

 La Spagnola

https://youtu.be/eZCqgAL5VCM

Nikola Tesla

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nikola-tesla-death

 

Distance learning

https://www.verywellfamily.com/the-impact-of-distance-learning-on-kids-5118430?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=24104996&utm_term=

 

The fate of statues

https://flipboard.com/@thephotodesk/statues-and-monuments-targeted-by-activists-protestors-f3t248snj8rf9cl3?utm_medium=photodesk.us.media.a.20210611.436.1&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

Odds and ends, Irene good-night

Irene good-night

https://youtu.be/yLfT7yXbm1g

Critical race theory

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-are-people-so-upset-about-it/ar-AAKBSNx

Ayurvedic treatment for COVID  19

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/indian-doctors-protest-herbal-treatments-being-touted-for-covid-19

Chinese trilingual inscription

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGkXcxxTsnbBkFTZDkCCSGkTtDw

Odds and ends

 Que Serta Sera

https://youtu.be/b3s7gdn_NPo

Univ Peradeniya wonders

https://youtu.be/MW0AgMKFKJk

 

Canadian Indigenous children

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-thousands-of-indigenous-children-vanished-in-canada/ar-AAKNvlG

 

Autopsy History

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a25633042/autopsy-history/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=053121&utm_campaign=nl23983091&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers

Odds and ends, El Condor Pasa.

 El Condor Pasa

https://youtu.be/U9UHZT3Oo8A

Cheating mate

https://www.thoughtco.com/why-people-cheat-on-their-partners-3026688?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=24022409&utm_term=

 

Strong willed child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/signs-raising-a-strong-willed-child-1094963?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=24022535&utm_term=

 

Screen time for kids

https://www.verywellfamily.com/restricting-your-child-s-screen-time-may-not-have-a-major-effect-in-adulthood-5089637?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=24022535&utm_term=

Odds and ends, El Condor Pasa

El Condor Pasa

https://youtu.be/x2P9YcnWlwY

Autopsy History

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a25633042/autopsy-history/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=053121&utm_campaign=nl23983091&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers

Chinese trilingual inscription

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGkXcxxTsnbBkFTZDkCCSGkTtDw

Food items of Sri Lanka & Thamilnadu

https://ta.quora.com/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88

Odds and ends, Easter Sunday attack song.

 Nanda Malini – Easter Sunday attack song

https://youtu.be/uzJQySeQVgs

THe PHONETIC ALPHABET Morse Code Words  

Bravo Charlie Delta Echo _I Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa 'Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yanke

Bill Gates & Melinda meet the therapist

Their therapist asks Bill and Melinda "how was your love life?"

 

Melinda replies "micro and soft".

Flying pea-cock

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/605804587373189491/

Odds and ends, On Covid 19,

 

COVID update

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opinion/herd-immunity-covid.html

 

Taiwan, Singapore upsurge in the COVID drama

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57153195

 

COVID virus origin

https://youtu.be/OlO8sKRynBY

Odds and ends, Jerusalema,

 'Jerusalema' - Song & Dance

https://youtu.be/Y85SBnERUc0

Prince Philip

https://www.quora.com/After-looking-at-a-bunch-of-pictures-of-Queen-Elizabeth-II-and-Prince-Philip-do-you-think-that-she-loved-Prince-Philip-more-than-she-loved-being-the-Queen-of-the-UK

 

Orchids

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/physicscentral/PhysicsBuzz/~3/XeZArhdpES8/an-orchids-best-friend.html

Buddhism origins - From ;Quora'

First, the term “Hinduism” is of modern colonial origin, so whether Buddhism is a school of Hinduism depends on how you retroactively define Hinduism. At the time of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, the lands in which he lived, which later came to be called Nepal and India, were full of many schools - not primarily of thought, which wasn’t the point, but schools of spiritual practice. Many of their practices, lineages, and/or scriptures survive, and most of them were included under the umbrella of “Hinduism” when it was coined.

Gautama Buddha’s school fit right in with the others at the time, for the most part. It was not something radically new or different. It was one of the more heterodox rather than orthodox schools, departing as it did from the Vedas which were the basis of most of the schools, but it was not unique in this, nor did it depart all that far. If you study these schools as they were in India at the time, and ask “Which of these are schools of Hinduism and which are not,” the answer wouldn’t be obvious. It’s easy to say they were all schools of Hinduism. Certainly Buddhism grew entirely out of Hinduism, much like Christianity grew out of Judaism; the question is if, and at what point, it left its parentage and went and became something different. It’s a subjective question, a matter of opinion, since Hinduism is a vast umbrella term, only vaguely defined.

Of course, unlike most forms of Hinduism, Buddhism proselytized, and spread to lands far from its birth. This is the main reason why it didn’t get included under the “Hinduism” umbrella, since Hinduism was originally defined as the non-Abrahamic religions of India. Of course that ignored the fact that Hinduism was widespread in Indonesia and other lands far from India, so that definition has had to be revised, but that was how it started. But Buddhism was found in China and Japan, in many lands clearly not “Indic” in character, so it obviously didn’t fit the initial definition of “Hinduism”. By the time the definition of Hinduism was reconsidered, everyone was already used to Buddhism being a “different religion” - itself a rather Abrahamic concept. So that’s how it’s now usually considered by those who are neither Buddhist nor Hindu.

Do Buddhists perceive themselves to be a school of thought in Hinduism? No they don’t, nor did they ever, since there was no such concept as “Hinduism” until modern times. Hindus didn’t perceive themselves as such either. Buddhists perceived themselves to be followers of Buddha Dharma (or Dhamma in the more Pali-influenced Theravada). Similarly, a Hindu might consider herself to be a follower of Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya, or this or that other spiritual lineage. It all blended in the same general cultural milieu.

Do Hindus consider Buddhists to belong within the folds of our religion? Frankly yes, many of us do. But it’s not like we “own” them or any such meaningless nonsense. Rather, I as a Hindu recognize Buddhists as being fellow practitioners of spiritual Dharma, in a way just as similar (and as different) to my own as that of many people who call themselves Hindus. The distinction seems somewhat arbitrary to me.

Buddhism is objectively not an independent religion altogether. It grew from the exact same roots. It is another branch of the tree. And the branches often intermingle: It’s common to find Buddha worshipped with reverence in Hindu temples, common to find shrines to Hindu Gods in Buddhist temple complexes, common to find Hindus practicing Buddhist meditation techniques, common for Buddhists to worship Hindu Gods and go on annual pilgrimages to their temples (such as in Sri Lanka), etc.

We are all beings on the same Wheel of Dharma.

Obituary, Dr. ELT De Silva.

 

Pictures above taken one day before his death

Picture taken in 1960

Was a very active batch mate. He married Dr. Merle nee Vincent of the same batch. He got the second Astra-Zenica vaccine at the LRH on Saturday where I met him and took the photos below. He got unsteady on his feet on Sunday and was rushed to NHSL and was dead on admission. Throat swab post mortem was negative and they ruled out Covid infection.

He built a Nursing Home in Avissawella and did GP practice for more than 40 years. He was a well known and popular figure in Avissawella.

Odds and ends, Jerusalema

 Jerusalema

https://youtu.be/sCpfmcVp-5c

COVID  IN INDIA

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/28/crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy-india-covid-catastrophe

 

Good looking women of Sri Lanka

https://www.quora.com/Who-is-the-best-looking-woman-from-Sri-Lanka

Artificial insemination

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-unusual-circumstance-that-a-major-medical-breakthrough-was-discovered

Odds and ends, Jerusalema

 

Jerusalema challenge Top 10

1.       https://youtu.be/unVoLZClhqw

2.       https://youtu.be/4XhP32AyWHM

3.       https://youtu.be/bomPEO3Jd4Y  - English

4.       https://youtu.be/6efHtpJK-Ns  - Steps

email from Kamalini

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2013/02/1930-1979-email-from-kamalini.html

 

School in the UK – From Kamalini

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2013/02/birmingham-uk-email-sent-by-kamalini.html

 

Toy dentures for my Grand-son

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2010/12/toy-dentures.html

 

Chilbirth

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2013/02/email-from-lawrence-ratnam.html

Odds and ends, Titanic song.

 Titanic  - Theme song

https://youtu.be/253gydVXZrQ

Clean Singapore

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Singapore-so-clean-1

A  look at Ireland

https://qr.ae/pN0ULk

Interacting with your child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/writing-letters-as-a-family-tradition-2997387?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23135941&utm_term=

Odds and ends, Recalling Milroy

                                                                   Dr. Milroy De Silva

 Recalling Milroy

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2021/04/recalling-milroy-de-silva.html

Areola size and breast feeding

https://www.verywellfamily.com/breastfeeding-and-the-size-of-the-areola-431666?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23623409&utm_term=

Bullying at school

https://www.verywellfamily.com/skills-kids-need-to-avoid-bullies-at-school-460786?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23623405&utm_term=

Making toddy

https://youtu.be/6QEcAOvYNAw

Odds and ends, Yodelling.

 

Yodelling

https://youtu.be/CHspo7fphCI

Update – Wearing masks

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/ditch-mask-outdoors-experts-weigh-risks/story?id=77168195

British East India Company

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/british-east-india-trading-company-most-powerful-business?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Compass_20210424&rid=5B79CAC70460A1DE3EE8726DE4693511

Water melon Chicken

https://youtu.be/9XVWG0kYycw

Shiranie's Birthday dinner. Celebrating-Sinhala-Thamil-new-year-2021

Shiranie's Birthday dinner.

Celebrating Sinhala - Thamil New year 2021

Please click on the web-link below :-

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/2021/04/celebrating-sinhala-thamil-new-year-2021.html

Odds and ends

 

Aztec brutality

https://www.quora.com/Among-the-countries-of-the-world-which-of-them-have-the-most-disturbing-histories

 

 Chirac and the person insulting him

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-coolest-line-in-history

 

Socrates and death

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-coolest-line-in-history

Odds and ends, Few interesting photos from Instagramme.

Overloading

Feeding a younger sibling

Comparing skin color

Last occupant will fall off

Admiration

Give me a 'five'

Transport

Doing a balancing act

Keeping on the track

Yummy straw-berries

 

Odds and ends, Denmark in Thamilnaadu

 Lily Marlene

https://youtu.be/6Zag6Hr7m94

Denmark artifacts in Thamilnaadhu

https://ta.quora.com/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D

Jerusalema on violin

https://youtu.be/DBoEuWxCMfI?list=TLPQMzEwMzIwMjG_-1eNlicDkw

 

Moves of Jerusalema

https://youtu.be/imzMnXKIOKs?list=TLPQMzEwMzIwMjG_-1eNlicDkw

Odds and ends, Jerusalema,

 Origin of the song Jerusalema - Londe londe

https://youtu.be/gYhm6PCUtSg?list=TLPQMjkwMzIwMjGmxE6eUlx_ZA

Micro-aggression

https://flipboard.com/@howstuffworks/what-s-considered-a-microaggression-%E2%80%94-plus-other-social-justice-issues-8sdaprfghi4jfvji?utm_medium=10today.media.sat.20210327.436.1&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

Rural Nepal wedding

https://youtu.be/pkCeE1cJlyQ

'Rajapaalayam' dog breed https://youtu.be/9pIvL5XJzI4

Odds and ends, Londe londe,

 Londe londe

https://youtu.be/DR0jMfloQcs

Camilla & the royals

https://www.postfun.com/celebrity/william-and-harry-have-a-sister-that-you-never-hear-about/25/?utm_source=qt&utm_campaign=vge-d-na-n-0-0-210322-pu-qt-g9&utm_medium=blank&utm_content=blank&utm_term=blank&firefox=1

 

Japanese after defeat

https://www.quora.com/Did-Japan-ever-regret-starting-a-war-with-the-U-S-A

 

Living in China

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-things-people-who-do-not-live-in-China-can-never-understand

Odds and ends, Obata thiyana,

Obata thiyana

https://youtu.be/IJcb-Bz3hEE

Vaccination fiasco

t1tnSfpo3 hrsennsorredg

Kodak Brownie

https://mymodernmet.com/kodak-brownie-camera/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20210322.rank&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign

Tribal dance – South Africa

https://youtu.be/DR0jMfloQcs

Odds and ends, Kandy lamissi

Kandy lamissi

https://youtu.be/b7ph3bQRehU

The Kodak Brownie

https://mymodernmet.com/kodak-brownie-camera/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20210321.rank&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign

 

The Polaroid

https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-polaroid/

 

Teens talking back

https://www.verywellfamily.com/disrespectful-back-talk-teen-2609130?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23260036&utm_term=

Odds and ends, What a wonderful world

 What a wonderful world

https://youtu.be/qfuw3CZQuwk

Covid update

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/how-to-evaluate-covid-19-risk-vaccinated-or-not

 

Particle physics update

https://www.inverse.com/science/particle-collision-antarctic-ice-glashow-resonance?utm_campaign=inverse-daily-2021-3-14&utm_medium=inverse&utm_source=newsletter&utm_session=68e8c43b-cf1d-44e5-bc1f-43b02e2007da

 

Beta blockers

https://www.resperate.com/blog/hypertension/treatments/medications/what-you-need-to-know-about-beta-blockers?utm_source=RESPeRATE+USA&utm_campaign=6a53ec2dc4-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ac3cc1206e-6a53ec2dc4-297429217

Odds and ends, The end of the world.

"The End Of The World" - Skeeter Davis 

https://youtu.be/cxtUUTRBN70

Interacting with your child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/writing-letters-as-a-family-tradition-2997387?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23135941&utm_term=

 

The pea-cock throne

https://www.quora.com/What-did-Nadir-Shah-do-with-the-Peacock-Throne

Travancore Sisters refers to the trio of Padmini, Lalitha and Ragini who were actors, dancers and performers in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. They were active from late 1940's to early 1960's.

 https://www.oldindianphotos.in/2015/07/travancore-sisters-padmini-lalitha-ragini.html?m=1

 

Odds and ends, Moon River

"Moon River"" on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/SneFlvjTS0YSongs

Aluminum foil dangers in cooking

https://www.thealternativedaily.com/3-scary-reasons-ditch-aluminum-foil/

 

10 longest rivers

https://www.thoughtco.com/longest-rivers-in-the-world-1435149?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23084656&utm_term=

Does the UK use toilet paper?

When I was a child, there was a little poem we used to recite:

In days of old,

When Knights were bold,

And paper weren’t invented,

You’d wipe your arse

On a piece of grass

And walk away contented.

To be serious, we have been using it a long time. Where I lived as a child, in the Northeast of England, some people still had outside toilets, because there were still lots of Tyneside flats.

Traditionally, poor working class families hung squares of newspaper on string on a peg to use as toilet paper, though that was fast disappearing even 60 years ago.

I recall that there was a special kind of shiny paper you used to get in toilets in institutions like school, which was totally non-absorbent and utterly useless. I’m glad this has now disappeared. Horrible stuff.