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Bully Boys and Bully Girls
A few evenings ago, parents were invited to our son’s school which goes up to Grade 8 for a presentation...
Continue reading »The Power of Graciousness: Treading the middle-path in post-war Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy The Economist, Truth and consequences I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing...
Continue reading »Educating the Soul, the Spirit and then the Mind
Photo courtesy The Schools Project Background Over the years, I have spent much time with children and teachers in schools...
Continue reading »The Ethical Public Servant
The article BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION: The Bane of Our Country by Dr. Daya Hewapathirane prompted me to go deeper into...
Continue reading »The Growth Ideal or not so Ideal
© TechNation As Sri Lanka eases away from the emergency and security phase to a growth and development phase, there...
Continue reading »Reptiles and Bad Referees
A couple of days ago, I watched an inter school girls basketball match in Colombo and I was appalled by...
Continue reading »People in glass houses…
“Where you from” asked the precocious teenager from Jane, a World Bank official I was escorting to a remote hillside...
Continue reading »A Tribute to our Unsung Heroes
The teenage girls singing a Tamil song “Tomorrow is Ours” is interrupted by my wife Samantha and I walking in...
Continue reading »The Path Less Travelled: Ethics in Sports, Politics and Governance
A few days ago a parent of a potential player of a big match for a Colombo school told me...
Continue reading »Justice Everywhere?
This article is inspired by a programme called Justice Everywhere – an exhibition and events with Martin Luther King III,...
Continue reading »Saving the World from Ourselves through Spirituality
Authors note: I was inspired to write this as we have an election around the corner and saddened to see...
Continue reading »In Praise of the Devil’s Advocate
This article is a tribute to those devil’s advocates who were hurt or killed just because they asked questions “I...
Continue reading »Sri Lanka can Lead the way for us to Win at the Game of Climate Change
It was almost a decade since I had been involved with climate change activities, so I was happy when I...
Continue reading »Can we End this Cycle of Hatred?
I am amazed at the mobilization of young people from the Tamil Diaspora around the world to protest against the...
Continue reading »Crows and Reptiles
At least three mornings, a week Samantha (my partner) and I go to a club in Colombo, a quiet private...
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