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Remembering Sivaram
Last week’s revelation that Tamilnet had been blocked to Sri Lankan citizens took the country yet another step further away...
Continue reading »Half a Democracy
Photo credit: CDD This government does not represent me. It’s been said time and time again by the dissatisfied, the...
Continue reading »The Publicity Baby
Abilash Jeyarajah looks like any other ordinary toddler, living with his family in a small village near Kalmunai in the...
Continue reading »After the dragon has been slain
The Dragon, a drama written by the late Russian playwright Eugene Schwartz, is a modern day political fairytale. It tells...
Continue reading »Sharing the burden
Information sharing on various levels has become something of a modern day phenomenon, no doubt fuelled by the extensive use...
Continue reading »Pressing for change
The general consensus at this year’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations was that there was, in fact, very little to...
Continue reading »Causing a storm in a tea plantation
The plight of the Sri Lankan tea plantation worker is a well known issue in the country, and even though...
Continue reading »Meditation for a divided nation
While meditation may appear to be irrelevant in times of political and social unrest, there are some who believe that...
Continue reading »Language Barriers
When looking at the root causes of the Sri Lankan conflict, one issue that comes up time and time again...
Continue reading »A Wave of Relief
Since the devastating tsunami struck the coastal areas of Sri Lanka just over two years ago, there have been mixed...
Continue reading »Reaching out
Sometimes it’s important to force oneself to see the glass as half full rather than half empty. When looking at...
Continue reading »Peace in the playground
In many countries across the world, peace education is part of the school curriculum. Through this, people are able to...
Continue reading »Peace Counts
Bad news is good news: The notion that disaster and despair are more newsworthy than peace and harmony is widely...
Continue reading »Gender and Journalism
For the past three decades, journalism in Sri Lanka has been dominated by men, and as a career it has...
Continue reading »The Weligama Declaration
Sri Lanka’s current ‘no war no peace’ situation means that it is a country constantly teetering on the edge of...
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