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Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka
In Tom Stoppard’s superlative play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Ros shouts “Fire!” and when questioned by Guil, Ros reassuringly...
Continue reading »LIVE AMMUNITION AND CITIZEN ENEMIES
Photo courtesy www.dbsjeyaraj.com If the time ever does come for a comprehensive evaluation of security policies and legislation adopted during...
Continue reading »‘BE YOUNG AND SHUT UP!’: A COURSE IN CIVIC DISENGAGEMENT
‘Sois Jeune et Tais Toi’ – Be Young and Shut Up, May 1968. Image from Qwiki. It is always intriguing...
Continue reading »A review of the Gaza Monologues
Photo courtesy of Ruvin de Silva , 2010 ‘I feel that all of Gaza is sitting on moving sands. Any...
Continue reading »Happy International Peace Day
Click for larger image. Photographs above are of the Separation Wall at the Bethlehem-Jerusalem border in Israel. When I took...
Continue reading »Have we faltered in Sri Lanka?
‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’. Edmund Burke Pictures of...
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