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Spoil Sports, or an Oppportunity for a Dignified Exit
This morning, I woke up to the news that the LTTE had declared an unilateral ceasefire during the SAARC conference....
Continue reading »Going home…
This video was filmed approximately two and half hours after the bomb exploded on a crowded bus at a bus-stop...
Continue reading »Sloppy Journalism?
Reuters reports that Mr Fernandopulle was “the second minister to be killed since January”, citing Minister for nation building, D.M....
Continue reading »From Akkaraipattu
This video clip contains a brief interview with A.L Thavam – Chairperson of Akkaraipattu Pradeshiya Saba (local government). It is...
Continue reading »Groundviews Person of the Year ?
A day or two ago, Time Magazine announced its Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin. I wonder, if this audience...
Continue reading »Western baloney on “human rights”
The following article, which is a commentary on HLD Mahindapala’s speech given recently at the BMICH, arrived in my inbox...
Continue reading »Too tired to say ‘human rights’
I got a glimpse of Louise Arbour last Thursday, late in the afternoon. She had just completed her meeting with...
Continue reading »A night in war time …
Earlier today, a friend sent me an email saying he was reading Dr Rajan Hoole’s “Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of...
Continue reading »BELOW AVERAGE : Reflections after the presentation on Globalisation and Cultural Change
Recently, the group Beyond Borders – a networking initiative of the British Council for young people in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan,...
Continue reading »Missing in Action – the sound girl …
Exhausted after reading too many verbose analysisez of Sri Lanka’s conflict? Ashamed of having to recite “Namo tassa, bhagavato arahato,...
Continue reading »Pledges
PLEDGE (plĕj) A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something… UN official says Sri Lanka pledges...
Continue reading »Emergency…
Here is an extract from “Emergency ’58 – The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots”, a book Tarzie Vittachi wrote...
Continue reading »Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced
The 28 minute documentary “Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced” that was produced by COHRE, and directed and written...
Continue reading »Diaspora ‘Wisdom’ – An interview with Lionel Bopage
Groundviews | VOR Radio podcast Perhaps the word ‘wisdom’ is too strong when describing what the Sri Lankan diaspora can...
Continue reading »Rizana’s future: what WE CAN DO.
The beheading of Rizana, a Sri Lankan migrant worker in Saudi Arabia feels unstoppable. I first heard about this issue...
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