January 24, 2021
When the legendary boxer Mohammad Ali met Brojen in 1985, he told him “You are the King of the Channel and I’m the King of the Ring, but I think your achievement is even greater than mine.”
Swimming is not a sport that Pakistan is renowned for. However, over 60 years ago a Pakistani swimmer established a set of world records, that shook the world. The swimmer was the amazing and versatile Brojen Das, the only swimmer to have won Pakistan’s Pride of Performance Award for his achievements.
In Bengali the word Brojen means king of the heavens. Brojen was born in December 1927 in the village of Kuchiamora in the Munshiganj region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His father Harendra Kumar Das was a supplier for the army and ran a cement trading business.
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“Don’t speak to us of the United Nations. We have nothing to do with the UN; we are averse to the United Nations Organisation (not to its charter) …[You] should have patience in seeking to resolve the Kashmir issue; haven’t we already waited for seven or eight years on the Taiwan issue?” Premier Zhou Enlai of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had made these remarks in Beijing on February 16, 1957, to Pakistani Ambassador Ahmed, who had brought him a letter from Pakistani Premier HS Suhrawardy.
The Chinese premier added that “the imperialists will make use of the disagreements to instigate a conflict. Now, the UN is once more getting involved; this is very dangerous. Nothing good comes from UN involvement; thus, we are worried about the possibility of a local conflict…Imperialists want to make use of discord between Asian countries to instigate conflicts and profit from them; they are happy to see a conflict in Kashmir.” These m
January 10, 2021
The Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, home to more than 4,000 species of plants and trees, is a place not to be missed if you find yourself in Kandy
Green all the way.
In the central province of Sri Lanka, just five to six kilometres west of the city of Kandy, lies the green and serene Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya. Home to more than 4,000 species of trees, spices, flowers and medicinal plants, the Royal Botanic Garden is spread over 147 acres. The garden is around two centuries old.
It was formally established in 1843, though the groundwork was laid back in 1821 and the origins of the garden go back to the times of King Wickramabahu III who set up his court here near the famous Mahaweli River – which is the largest river in Sri Lanka – in year 1371 after ascending the throne.