Stop taking us kids to the zoo!
Photo from Rally to help the animals in the Dehiwela zoo Some grown ups might think that they’re giving their kid a treat by taking them to the zoo, but actually they…
Photo from Rally to help the animals in the Dehiwela zoo Some grown ups might think that they’re giving their kid a treat by taking them to the zoo, but actually they…
15 – 22 September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free and open to the public. No tickets. Limited seating at venue. Led by the input of Asanga Welikala and…
Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images, via The Dish 2015 witnessed two national elections in Sri Lanka- Presidential and Parliamentary, with a mandate given to President Maithripala Sirisena’s government to usher in much needed…
Photo courtesy Article 14 The 8th parliament has been convened after a roller-coaster election. The indelible ink still stains my little finger, but my optimism about the national list wore off some…
AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, via 19 years in remand without conclusion of case, 17 years and case still ongoing in High Court, 15 years to file charges, 400-500 court hearings without conclusion of…
Photo from Balendran Jeyakumari was arrested with her then 12 year old daughter in March 2014 on charges she possessed two stolen mine detectors. Lugged in remand prison for almost a year,…
Photo courtesy @dumindaxsb How Coke is undermining the media and Good Governance in Sri Lanka Almost all major mainstream media outlets in Sri Lanka are now owned, or partially owned by individuals representing…
What role (if any) did social media play in the recently concluded Parliamentary (General) Election on 17 August 2015? Many are asking this question – and coming up with different answers. That…
Photo EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA via Upon discovering I had been chosen as a short-term observer for the parliamentary election, it felt like Christmas had come early. Dallas to Doha to Colombo. And then on…
Image courtesy Killer Coke On August 17th 2015, the Coca Cola factory in Sri Lanka leaked diesel fuel into the Kelani River, polluting the water supply for millions of Sri Lankans living…
The word ‘Robot’ to signify a self-aware machine with the capacity to destroy humans was first coined in 1920 by the Czech playwright Karel Capek in his play Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR)…
Photos courtesy @dogsinsrilanka This is a story about a dog lover called Uncle Nihal. He puts all his time into feeding the street dogs who live just outside Colombo. He wakes up…
We like to admit that we’ve moved past that and are moving forward but conflict scars a nation in ways that can’t always be healed. Our places are beautiful – sea, lagoon,…
Curated by Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Editor of – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace” series, theatre and…
Photo courtesy Sri Lanka Water Board, via On 17th August 2015, local authorities discovered a leakage of diesel into the Kelani river, the source of drinking water for millions of Sri Lankans.…