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Author: Kamaya Jayatissa

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Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Youth

Child Soldiers, a Stolen Innocence

“When I’m gone, release me. Let me go. I have so many things to see and do.” – Excerpt from ‘Butterfly’ Even today too little is been said about them. Yet, they…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 09/18/2014
Colombo, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

‘Rally for Unity’, a March towards Reconciliation

Photo by Anushan Selvarajah, from Flickr photo set on rally It is often the case that a nation which experienced a protracted war will tend to look forward rather than backward. For Sri…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 04/30/2013
Colombo, Diaspora, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Youth

The Clash of Identities in Post-War Sri Lanka

My perspective is the one of a 25 year old who was born in Sri Lanka during the war and who came to France at the age of 1; one who is…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 11/28/2012
Colombo, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Forging a Culture of Mutual Tolerance among Sri Lankans: A Path to Reconciliation?

Photo courtesy Reuters Alertnet “” – Friedrich Nietzsche I recently learned that intervening in favor of a “ after reading such a comment. I still wonder whether Welikela’s approach would have been…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 03/07/2012
Colombo, Diaspora, Features, Identity, International, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

A Search for Identity: Tomorrow’s Sri Lankan!

Few are those who believe in the existence of what I would like to call a . Indeed, most of us will identify themselves according to their ethnicity, some according to their…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 02/29/201202/27/2012

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