http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/14383 2026-04-20T15:51:26Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/14581 Potentiality for Social integration through cult of goddess pattini among the Tamil Hindus and Sinhala Buddhist – a study Sachithanantham, P. Social integration is becoming prime concerned of the academics for building up social cohesion among the multi ethnic communities in Sri Lanka in the post war arena. all the Communities Were living with the cordial relation form ancient time through their similar religious, cultural practices in Sri Lanka. Integration of Tamil Hindus and Sinhala Buddhist Has broken due to The ethnic crisis. That’s why the Social integration has to be reiterated in the after the civil unrest over. Despite the Sinhala Buddhist and Tamil Hindus have been divided as two major ethnic groups, their marginal cultic practices bridge them as one community. Especially the cult of pattini is bonding them together. Religious doctrine and practices are influencing on the day today life of the public in Sri Lanka. Pattinic cult is identified as common practices among both pattern, in the pattini worship in the east cost of Sri Lanka and other part. This research has intended to examined the potentiality through identifying the similarities of ideology, rituals, cultic practices of pattini worship through employing the data from the related literatures, participant observation, interview. Eventually the research found that the pattini worship in both communities have number of similarities. That theoretical basis of the religious doctrines and practices provide the way to the Social integration. The research suggests that the similarities should be cultivated to the public and make them aware and participate into the pattini worship. If do so the possibilities for integration and social cohesion would be effective. 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/14580 Social Harmony Among Multi - lingual Students Population in Sri Lankan Universities: A Research Special Reference to Eastern University Sri Lanka Sachithanantham, P. Universities consist of multi religious, multi - cultural and multi lingual student population, where it is expected to have social harmony among those undergraduates. However there have been recorded incidences and evidence to prove ethnic friction and linguistic Barriers in sustaining harmonious atmosphere in university education. Therefore, it is understood that the existing administrative mechanism has not improved social harmony among undergraduates of multicultural and multi linguistic background. Eastern university is teaching social harmony in English to have a common medium of instruction. Most of the Undergraduates who entered the Eastern University come from rural area and poor family background and they learnt in their mother language at the schools. Though majority of the university programmes are taught in English, schools have their curriculum in Sinhala and Tamil. Therefore students enrolled in to the university where their programme is in English will have trouble both in understanding the subjects as well as in communicating with other. These students face some problems such as transferring ideas, communication and interaction, mutual trust. Highlighting one community culture might be perceived as threat to others. Even after teaching social harmony at the university there are notable incidents challenges to normalcy between different students communities. The research intends: a ) to learn how teaching social harmony contributes to make stability in the cohesive relationship among the students in the university; b ) to learn what are the programmes practised in the universities; C ) to learn what are the programme undertaken in other universities; and d ) to identify the challenges to sustain the harmony between different students communities. Undergraduate population of EUSL are of Sinhala and Tamil in terms of language, where majority of the programme are conducted in English except. For faculty of Arts and Culture. Social harmony programme no exception. However informal communication is primarily done in their mother languages which might lead to misunderstanding and therefore will widen the gap between different undergraduate communities. Therefore more emphasis should be laid on social harmony programmes that will bring multi ethnic students together. Cultural activities should be encouraged in addition to teaching social harmony in class 2015-08-06T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/14579 Attributes of Democratic and Resilient Leadership Style as Reflected in Bhagavad Gita Sachithanantham, P. The present paper focuses to identify the salient characteristics of the democratic and resilient leadership styles reflect in Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad Gita is one of the worldrenowned Holy Scriptures which potentially deals with the qualities of leadership because it has been developed in the form of conversation between the leader and the follower. Further, to some scholarly interpretations, criticizing the norms of Bhagavad Gita as those of autocratic and other leadership styles, contemporary leadership approaches also pay less attention and highlights its importance demanding its holistic view of leadership as reflected in Bhagavad Gita. Contrary, the scriptures profoundly advocate the leadership skills in a holistic manner as the democratic and resilient leadership are very much related to the personality of a person in terms of physical, mental and spiritual development of a person. So that, it can be suggestive that Bhagavad Gita practically revolves around a Democratic leader who develops leadership qualities and behaves and guides his followers in the extremely curial situations, even in the battle-front towards success. Through the analysis to textual and scriptural sequences, the present study enabled identifying the role of a leader as a Negotiator, Coach and Motivator, Team Builder, Friend, Advisor, Guide and a spiritual Mentor, This is particularly reflected in the conversation between the lord Krishna and Arjuna. Thus, it can be concluded that Bhagavad Gita brings the characteristics of leadership through ‘’ the leader attempts to influence his or her followers to establish and accomplish a goal or goals’’. To accomplish the goal, the leader exercises his or her power to influence people. That power is exercised for motivating followers to get the task achieved and this is reflected in the Gita. Personal traits of leader such as assertiveness, high tolerance in frustration, charisma, inspirational, role model behaviour, responsibility, performance orientation, risk taking, flexibility is also reflected in the Gita. Ultimate outcome of the study brings back the interconnectedness of the personality traits and the characteristics of a democratic and resilient leadership styles that are reflected through Bhagavad Gita. 2018-12-14T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/14578 Fostering Social Harmony among the Undergraduates and Its Challenges in the North Eastern University. Sachithanantham, P. After the end of the civil unrest, the necessary of social harmony and peacebuilding is paid more attention in the reconciliation process. The important of peace and harmony have become a central theme of investigation among academics as well as other sectors for the sustainable development of the country. As far as higher education is concerned, universities had to play a pivotal role in building up mutual trust and relationship among the multi ethnic community undergraduates for the betterment of the future, because the possibility of interaction between the multi ethnic communities was affected by the civil unrest. Hence there is prime need for understanding each other when they come together in the universities specially in the north eastern universities, where the number of multi ethnic undergraduates increased rapidly after the war. Thus the Eastern, South Eastern, Jaffna universities are facing difficulties in handling the multi lingual student population and creating harmonious relationship among them. Clashes among undergraduates that have been recorded in the universities clearly indicate that unrest prevails in the universities. Therefore, this study intends to identify and investigation; a) what social harmony programmes are being implemented in these universities, b) what challenges are faced by the universities in fostering social harmony among the undergraduates, c) what can be suggested further to improve and strengthening the social harmony. For this, research has been primary using data obtained through interviews, participation observation and used research books, encyclopedia, universities hand books, and related, materials, such as e-resources. The research found those universities incorporated the social harmony subject as a compulsory component in their curriculum. In addition, the IRQUE, and the HETC Projects, also contributed in various ways for enhancing social harmony activities such as cultural programmes, field trips, inter-university student exchange programmes for fostering social harmony among the under graduates, even though various elements are contributing to disturb the peaceful environment of the north-eastern universities. 2016-11-17T00:00:00Z