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“Den munta sadda nethuwa inna wenawa Sir. Rata ape!”: News of KP’s arrest on a bus coming home
I settle into my seat for the ride from Kalmunai to Colombo. There is a fifty rupee premium for reserving...
Continue reading »Sri Lankan media awards and Lasantha who?
Those posts written with a heavy heart have a tendency to backfire on one, and I suspect that this would...
Continue reading »Messiah
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or...
Continue reading »Hands off my TV, please!
The Minister of Mass Media and Information, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, in Gazette Extraordinary dated 10th October, reveals the overarching magic...
Continue reading »Koti, Deshadhrohi and UNP-Karayas
The title roughly translates to Tigers, Traitor and UNPiers. I’ve come to understand, that the moment you talk about the...
Continue reading »Is ethical and balanced journalism needed?
In my view, there are reporters and there are journalists. Reporters do exactly that. They report. But journalists on the...
Continue reading »Plus 25: Things we can’t do because of “National Security” in Sri Lanka
25 years after Black July, the term “National Security” is used to thwart lot of things. V from the movie...
Continue reading »119, Buddhism and being Sinhalese
Take it from me, being a responsible citizen in this country sucks, big time. Take last Saturday for example. There...
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