There is a high-stakes drama playing out in India these days, and the novelist Arundhati Roy is one of its most visible actors.

Multinational companies, in collusion with much of India's upper class, are lining up to turn the country into one big franchise. Roy puts it this way: "Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?"

Mr. S.L. Gunasekara, in his interview published in the Daily Mirror (1/1/2013), refers to a description made by President R. Premadasa about “Ugath Modayin.” Premadasa, who actually went to St. Joseph night school and claimed that he really went to St. Joseph’s, must have been suffering from an inferiority complex to pretend that he was a Josephian.

As Sri Lanka’s violent repression of Tamil civil society intensifies, the international community must clearly and unequivocally extend concern, protection and legitimacy to all Tamil activists – including those who demand self determination.

Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) Leader, Dr. Vickramabahu Karunarathne asserted he would continue to stand and strive for a free and dignified social fabric that would assure security and protection for women, children and individuals in a society free of terror, intimidation, criminality, corruption, racism and religious fanaticism.

In a context where people are lacking reasonable foresight and have lost their sense of social responsibility; Cinema could be identified as a useful mode to provide people with pictures of social reality.

At around 2.30 am on the 25th of December 2005 , I received a text message from a friend of mine who worked for an international news agency.

'In order to uphold independence, a Judge must be willing and able to make many sacrifices. A Judge must be willing and able to sacrifice what others are capable of enjoying, in order to uphold independence. He must stand firm through any and all apprehensions and want of personal benefits in the name of justice.'