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No 13 “Plus”? APRC Proposals are better!
For the sixth time over, President Rajapaksa snubbed the Indian Big brother, on devolution and 13th Amendment with a “Plus”....
Continue reading »LLRC Recommendations: Can the Rajapaksa Regime Digest?
Photo credit Ada Derana Finally, the full report of the long awaited Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is in...
Continue reading »State Capitalism: Revitalising under performing businesses the Mussolini way
The factory of Sevanagala Sugar Industries Limited. Government supporters have stormed and occupied the factory earmarked for nationalisation under a...
Continue reading »Sinhala Buddhist Rationale In An Omnivorous Society
Photo courtesy Ada Derana My new neighbour, a quiet middle class, young Sinhala Buddhist professional from beyond Matara, who started...
Continue reading »De-greasing social speculation over “grease devils” in Sri Lanka: Part II
Read Part I here. ### Basically the whole plethora and all variations in media, from print to electronic to the...
Continue reading »De-greasing social speculation over “grease devils” in Sri Lanka
Image courtesy Amber Whispering campaigns in Sri Lanka are the most speedy and penetrating campaigns that product promoting advertisers have...
Continue reading »Can a ‘Sinhala patriot’ explain pesticides, arsenic and fertiliser?
Photo courtesy Arsenic and toxins found in baby rice food – what you need to know There is a new...
Continue reading »For those who have missed out and want to know humanity
Belated, but worth it. I read through this collection of Sinhala poems by a Sinhala “creative activist” friend, who moves...
Continue reading »How will Delhi listen to Jayalalithaa calling Rajapaksa a ‘war criminal’?
“Declare Rajapakse a war criminal: Jayalalithaa tells Centre” was a banner headline on 13 Friday in the “Indian Express”, following...
Continue reading »Opening a public case against the US and its President(s)
President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden...
Continue reading »The stupid modern “Man” and his hushed “conscience”
Over 4 years ago, on a short visit to the US, I was introduced to an Elementary – Teacher in...
Continue reading »Is it worth the wait for international support after the UN Secretary General’s report?
Photo courtesy Inner City Press Finally, yes finally, one big phase of the game came to a close with just a...
Continue reading »Political Opposition in a Nihilistic Sinhala Society: Responses and clarifications
[Editors note: This response by Kusal is to the intense and interesting debate generated by Political Opposition in a Nihilistic...
Continue reading »Political Opposition in a Nihilistic Sinhala Society
[Editors note: The intense and interesting debate this article generated resulted in a longer response by the author. Read it...
Continue reading »Julian Assange’s turn for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011
Photo courtesy Wired A week or so ago, a veteran editor cum journalist in a conversation on conflict and peace...
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