Sri Lanka, Dec. 7 -- One of the world's greatest statesmen, Mahatma Gandhi has said that, "the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
It is in this amazing spirit of living for others and serving the country to build a just and fair society that the United Nation on December 5 marked the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development. Its values and virtues go far beyond party politics where there is power and plenty of scope for big business, legally or fraudulently.
In a statement to mark this ...