Srilanka, May 1 -- Writing about a historical figure is no easy task. Readers could tire of reading about the same feats year after year. However, every year there are readers who could gain knowledge of facts and changes in history created by our own men and women.

The glory of May Day goes to A.E. Goonesinha and it's essential that we commemorate him on this day as the father of the labour movement and the trade unions in Ceylon. If not for his courageous fight on behalf of the workers' rights of this country during colonial times, the workers wouldn't be able to live with dignity, let alone liberty. The cruelty and disrespect shown to their colonies by the British knew no bounds. You allied with them and did their bidding or you foug...