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The oldest building of Thurstan College, Colombo, which was renovated to coincide with its 71st anniversary was declared open yesterday by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The building which was in a state of disrepair and dilapidation was renovated by the Sri Lanka Navy with the intervention of the Ministry of Defence. Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of
Abraham Kovoor and his son, Aries Kovoor, rendered an exemplary service to the nation; it is now largely forgotten and not acknowledged to the extent they deserve. They were unassuming characters whose ideals stand pre-eminently important in the context of retrograde tendencies in the present day society.
A resurgence in actions, based on superstitions and myths rather than rational argument seems to be escalating as evident from recent happenings in our society. Rituals and quackeries have stood in the way of the efforts to contain the pandemic. Deities not known to exist are said to have prescribed cures and disclosed causes of the illness. Listening to folk healers and soothsayers, people suffer or die in situations where a doctor would have cured their condition permanently. Children are made to feel inferior because of their horoscopes. On the eve of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination they are taken to shrines dedicated to various deities. Decisions based on superstitio