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The not so curious case of Hirunika Premachandra
Original photo published in The Nation Hirunika Premachandra is either one confused woman or one shrewd woman. One moment she...
Continue reading »Is post-war Sri Lanka at grave risk of a “Fat Tail” failure?
Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm earlier this year listed ten countries that may fall...
Continue reading »A disturbing and growing McCarthyism in Sri Lanka?
The yardstick which President Mahinda Rajapaksa and many in his government used often to illustrate the “unbridled” freedom the media...
Continue reading »Why are we wasting our lives in traffic jams for corrupt politicians?
“You should not let these men (politicians) to come out. Their presence in public places itself threatens the common men....
Continue reading »“Today’s terrorist is today’s and tomorrow’s murderer”: Resolving violent conflict in Sri Lanka
“There is a false and foolish and evil saying that today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s freedom fighter. Today’s terrorist is today’s...
Continue reading »Misguided cultural policing in Sri Lanka: Where’s the morality amongst politicians?
No more scantily clad foreign cheerleaders at cricket matches in Sri Lanka as it goes against our “culture”, the Minister...
Continue reading »The Rajapakse regime: Rewarding the corrupt and sheltering the criminal?
If there is one thing that is crystal clear about the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, it is that it rewards wrong...
Continue reading »The tamasha that is SAARC – Who really cares and benefits?
An interesting advertisement by a tour operator caught my eye in a daily paper last week. It said “Get away...
Continue reading »When meritocracy dies and nepotism reigns supreme
The country got a new Inspector General of Police (IGP) on July 1 with Jayantha Wickremaratna’s appointment to the highest...
Continue reading »When servants of the people become oppressors in Sri Lanka
In the Republic of Sri Lanka, sovereignty is in the people and is inalienable. We elect a President, Members of...
Continue reading »The pitfalls and u-turns of party politics in Sri Lanka
“True party politics is a bad idea. It causes one more division among the people of this country who are...
Continue reading »Hawks and hypocrisy in the Rajapaksa administration
When President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with some editors and senior journalists recently, he was asked about the attack on the...
Continue reading »A malicious “patriotism” and its impact on media and journalists
Journalists in Sri Lanka are trying to recollect whether they had a worse time under the regime of President Ranasinghe...
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