About Rajapakse ( a short profile)

 Mahinda Rajapaksa, the 5th President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, assumed his second term of office on November 19, 2010. Percy Mahendra (aka "Mahinda") Rajapakse was sworn in as Sri Lanka's fifth President on November 18, 2005 -- his 60th birthday.

Like his predecessor and rival Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Rajapakse had the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in his blood, with his father, D.A. Rajapakse, joining Chandrika's father S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike to form the SLFP in 1951,.................

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/sri-lanka/rajapaksa.htm

The bliss of flying.

அனுமானின் காலத்தில் அவனுக்கு
மனம் எண்ணிய எண்ணியாங்கு
வான ஊர்தியில் செல்வதென்பது
ஏனோ சீதையை மீட்பது தொடர்பாக
முறையே நடந்த பெறலரும் பேறாயிற்று

இன்றைய மாந்தரெலாம்
எத்துணை பாக்கிய சாலிகள்!

பேருந்தில் செல்வதுபோல
நினைத்த மாத்திரத்தில்
இப்போதெல்லாம் ஏறிப்போகிறார்கள்.

இயற்கை மாறுபாடுகளும்
இயந்திரக் கோளாறுகளும் மட்டும் இல்லையென்றால்
இதுவே மனிதனை
இன்பத்தில் கொண்டு சொருகும்
சொர்க்கம் ஆகும். அதாவது
இன்ப உலகு ஆம்..


Please let us know how many times Hanuman flew in RamAyaNa?

AIR ASIA FLIGHT - BLACK BOX

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/contact-with-airasia-flight-qz8501-bound-for-singapore-from-surabaya-lost-033803688.html
A press release on Sunday 11 Jan says navy divers located the black box wedged between pieces of wreckage at a depth of about 30 metres. 

According to a report from Reuters, Indonesian rescuers have successfully retrieved the flight data recorder, one part of the two all-important black boxes, from the downed plane.
Divers are still working to locate the cockpit voice recorder, however, says Indonesia's national search and rescue agency BASARNAS.
Day 15 (Sunday)
Indonesian authorities confirm that the black box of AirAsia QZ8501 has been located. 

The black box will be retrieved on Monday morning. 

On Sunday, search teams also said they have detected the fuselage of the plane.
Indonesian authorities also assured family members of those on the plane that the search for passengers' remains is still a priority. To date, 48 remains have been recovered and 29 have been identified.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/contact-with-airasia-flight-qz8501-bound-for-singapore-from-surabaya-lost-033803688.html


For my air asia  experience, pl see:    http://sivamaalaa.blogspot.com/2015/01/air-asia-flight-black-box.html