“Serious Suicides” I really cannot understand suicide for a start. To take one’s own life, no matter what the circumstances are, is SO useless. The really sad part of the situation lies with the relatives and loved ones of the unfortunate one, who has preferred to ‘end-it’, by using a cowardly road out.  Then, I remember, as a child, reading about many Japanese fighter pilots, having been told that they MUST commit ‘Hari-Kari’, in order to win World war 2. These young guys gladly gave their own lives,  diving headfirst into Ships & buildings, but I dread to think about how each one of them really felt, taking that last dive. Never, ever to go home again ?. More serious  suicides occur then,  AFTER too many military people RETURN home, the reason being that, having volunteered to go out in a bid to save their Country, they are not adequately ...

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           “WHERE BUTTERFLIES DIE” – By Des Kelly     The subject of another beautiful Sri Lankan song I have recorded. This superb article and scenic memories will doubtlessly be enjoyed by many thousands of our Ceylonese people  (as I like to call them), all over the World.            Sri Pada’ samanala kanda  pene’, (you see Sri pade’, the butterfly mountain), is the opening line of the song which explains that, in addition to it being the mountain on which is reputed to have the footprint of either Adam (as in Adam’s peak), or Lord Buddha, depending on which religion you belong to, is also the final resting place of millions of Sri Lankas beautiful butterflies, who fly there to simply connect with this sacred place and die. It is a mountain range that offers the most glorious scenic views, not only ...

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“The beautiful butterfly mountain” – By Des Kelly Legend has it that it is here, that all these beautiful little winged creatures of Ceylon then, (Sri Lanka now), finally come to rest. In the meantime, gorgeous little butterflies flutter by, here, there, and everywhere, giving us all something pretty to feast our eyes upon. “Samanala Kanda” will therefore make for very interesting reading, in addition to bringing back some wonderful memories to many eLanka readers, some of whom were forced to leave our beautiful homeland for political reasons. Here’s hoping that all Sri Lankans reading this will have good reason to be very proud of our Motherland, it’s natural beauty, the mountains, valleys, hills and dales,  waterfalls, verdant shades of green, all around, it’s flora and fauna, large and small, right down to the little winged butterflies, learn to appreciate all these beauties of nature, and desist from turning large areas ...

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