By Lynn Ockersz Easily one of the greatest poems in the English language, renowned modern poet T. S. Eliot’s, ‘Journey of the Magi’, defies easy interpretation. On the face of it, the poem focuses on the arduous journey ‘The Three Wise Men’ of the East, or the Three Kings of Christian legend, made to a […]
By Lynn Ockersz Lights go out, one by one, As darkness mingles with desolation, Among people left to their devices, Their hearths dimming by the hour, Amid the thinning aroma in eating places, While hand-to-mouth micro-businesses, Forlornly put up their worn-out shutters, Since there’s no life-line for the afflicted, And begging, for some, becomes an […]
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By Ifham Nizam
Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) Executive Director Hemantha Withanage has been elected the chair of Friends of the Earth International.
Withanage is the first South Asian to clinch the top post of the Netherlands based institution which has a membership of 75 countries.
The Lankan Environmental Scientist succeeds Karin Nansen of Uruguay, whose two terms as chair ended in June 2021.
Speaking to journalists, Withanage said, “I am honoured to be elected as the chair of the world’s largest grassroots environmental justice organisation which, for 50 years, has been leading the fight against polluters and natural resource exploiters for a just and equitable future.