This morning I saw this news article on the Kerala News Portal which says that Sri-Lanka records the Highest rate of Breast feeding in the world, which is 98%. I was so glad and felt so much of gratitude and love for all our mothers for the compassion and love they have for their children. One should not forget that our Religious and Cultural values have always made a big impact on our mothers and through out our history we have seen and experinced this unconditional love of our mothers for their children.

Also our Health and Education Systems does quite a good job in Educating our pregnant mothers about the value of breast milk and the advantages it brings for a newborn. Also its amazing how our mothers are holding on to these moral values at a time when these values are threatened by western ideology.

Let this be a tribute to all our loving mothers of Sri-Lanka…………the emerald isle………………………………………..