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Does the present regime encourage lawlessness & promote political thuggery?
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood dimmed tide is loosed,...
Continue reading »Spirtuality, Religion and Human Conflict
Image credit NowPublic Spirituality The desire for the triumph of good over evil is an inherent human spiritual need and...
Continue reading »Burning of the Jaffna Public Library: 30 years on
Image taken from Jaffna Photo Gallery 1st June marked the 30th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library....
Continue reading »Buddhism and its impact on governance
Image from Travel Blog Today, Wesak is the most revered day in the Buddhist calendar. Unfortunately, in Sri Lanka, the...
Continue reading »Thanks, Guys
Liu Xiaobo , Winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2010, “ CHRD Vassals, serfs, dependent states, including erstwhile defenders of human...
Continue reading »Response to S. L. Gunasekara’s article titled ‘Cardinal Errors’
‘Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent about things that matter’ -Â Dr Martin Luther King I feel...
Continue reading »The Death of Democracy in Sri Lanka
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from...
Continue reading »Sri Lanka after war: Where to now and how?
Great Expectations The greatest challenge facing Sri Lanka is the quest for a just reconciliation to the ethnic issue through...
Continue reading »Should we sacrifice progress for tradition?
Are we Sri Lankans laid back as a nation? I have a sneaky feeling that we are, particularly, during New...
Continue reading »A pseudo democracy in Sri Lanka
‘the middle classes have always been the bulwark of society. Aristotle believed they were democracy’s secret weapon- the protectors of...
Continue reading »Yellow Banana
[Authors note: This was written around 4 weeks ago; the result of 48 hours of shock and anger following an...
Continue reading »Sacrificing essential liberty for temporary safety in Sri Lanka
Despite the successful military victory over terrorism, we continue to be warned by the state that a critical threat to...
Continue reading »Salute to Tissaranee, Sara and Jehan
As I scanned the Sunday newspapers today, I saw the ‘wanted’ faces of Sara and Jehan and the bold article...
Continue reading »Sri Lanka on a collision course with the West
Why on earth is the Rajapakse regime on a collision course with the West? Â Okay, we are being bullied by...
Continue reading »Shaping the nation’s fabric through Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s winning military strategies
Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Chief of Defence Staff, was recently invited as key note speaker by the Postgraduate Institute of Management...
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