Where the mind is without fear, 

And the head is heal high.....

Into that Heaven of freedom, My Father,

Let my country awake....

                                                  - Rabindranath Tagore

Dear reader,

Still in the state of shock, not very far from the place where this human carnage is still at work, I would like to ask all of your silent and collective prayers for France, particularly, the Parisians, the, victims, theirs families and relatives, those who are still trapped and those who still wait for their dear ones at home. It is horrifying and I write with the sentiments that I cannot express. The death toll is unfortunately mounting and everybody airs their different views about the cause, scale and the aftermath of the horror. Please pray that the number count of the deads would come to a halt and that we, human beings, realize that we kill ourselves with the ideologies that we ourselves create, no matter who we are, which group, colour, caste, religion or country we belong to. 
With the affected, 
Rashmi Fernando