Samaal Dias

The International Day of Peace: Every Small Step Counts

When we think of the International Day of Peace, celebrated every September 21st, our minds usually jump to grand images. We picture global leaders signing treaties, white doves flying into the sky or massive crowds call

Coastal Cleanup Day: A Simple Habit with a Global Impact

Every third Saturday in September, along shorelines around the world, something remarkable happens. Volunteers, non-profit organizations, university groups and community groups come together to clean the coastal areas. T

VIRTUAL HEART – CHAPTER 03

“இருளின் அழைப்பு” – பகுதி 4

தம்பளாதெனியா பாலத்தின் இரகசியம் மழையின் வேகம் கூடிக்கொண்டே இருந்தது. ஜன்னல் கண்ணாடியில் வழியும் மழைத்துளிகளுக்கு நடுவே, அந்தப் பழைய மரப் பாலம் அர்ஜுனை நோக்கி அச்சுறுத்தலாக உருப்பெற்றது. ரயில் தம்பளாதெனியா நிலையத்தை நெருங

“අඳුරු සෙවණැලි” – පස්වන දිගහැරුම…

මුළු පරිසරයම ඝන අඳුරේ ගිලී තිබුණ ද ඈත දැල්වී තිබුණා වූ විදුලි පහන් එළියකින් ජනේලය අසල කිසිවෙකු සිටින සිටින බව ඡායාවකින් මෙන් හඳුනා ගැනීමට ඇනි අම්මාට හැකි වූවාය. නමුදු හදේ ඇති ගැස්ම සහ බිය නිසා ඇනි අම්මාට ඇඳෙන් නැගිටීමට ත

VIRTUAL HEART – CHAPTER 02

“අඳුරු සෙවණැලි” – පළමු දිගහැරුම…

ගණ මීදුම් දුමාරයෙන් හාත්පස ම වැසී ගොසිනි. කාළ වර්ණ සළුවක් ඇතිරූ කලෙක මෙන්ම මුළු පරිසරය ම අන්ධකාරයෙන් ගිලී ගොසිණි. අහසේ පාවෙන අර්ධ පූර්ණ චන්ද්‍රයාගේ මළානික එළිය තැවරී ගිය ගස් කොළන්, අද්භූත සෙවණැලි විදහා දැක්වී ය. සීතල සුළ

World Lung Cancer Day: Breaking Stigma, Advancing Hope

Every August 1st, the world unites for World Lung Cancer Day – dedicated to breaking stigmas, advocating for health equity and honoring millions of lives touched by this disease. “Anyone can get lung cancer. All you need

World Wide Web Day: Celebrating the Invention That Connected the World

“The web as I envisaged it, we haven’t seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.” – Sir Tim Berners-Lee Every year, August 1st, the world observes World Wide Web Day – a global celebration honoring t

International Self-Care Day: The Most Important Relationship Is the One You Have With Yourself

“You can’t pour from an empty cup.” We’ve all heard the saying before. Yet somehow, in the rush of everyday life, we continue trying. Our days are filled with deadlines, responsibilities, family commitments, social oblig

World Day for International Justice

As we witness catastrophic conflicts across the globe, innocent civilians continue to be sacrificed in the name of power. War serves no true purpose other than bringing devastating consequences to human civilization, eco

World Youth Skills Day

World Youth Skills Day, celebrated globally on July 15th, is traditionally a day dedicated to empowering young people to equip themselves for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. It brings together government in