Media analysis and the chutzpah of the Sri Lankan government
The quality of chutzpah has been described vividly as a boy who murders his parents and pleads with the judge for clemency on the basis of being an orphan. In the BBC…
Year: 2008
How does one BECOME Sinhalese or Tamil in Sentiment?
My interpretation of the present impasse in the politics of Sri Lanka, determined as it is by the competitive jostling-cum-conflicts between the three main ethnic groups (where “Muslim” is ‘ethnic’ by virtue…
Paddy at Rs. 20 and Rice at Rs. 60 – What is the mystery?
Can we keep both the Farmer and the Housewife happy? It is hardly a secret that the rapidly increasing price of rice has now become an unbearable burden for the masses, with…
Speech by Justice P N Bhagwati at the IIGEP’s final press conference
Short speech by Justice P N Bhagwati at the IIGEP’s final press conference, held this morning in Colombo. Headphones recommended as the audio is weak.
How close is Sri Lanka to ending the war with the LTTE?
Click on the following link to respond to the poll. Compared to a year ago, how close is Sri Lanka to ending the war with the LTTE?
Media responsibility, the right to know what goes on in our own backyards & other such nonsense
The Media’s responsibility in securing it’s own freedom Despite my horror for cynicism, I find myself defeated into just that. While I would like to confine my ranting to discourses with my…
Groundviews on Twitter
New content notification on Groundviews is now available through Twitter. If you have no clue what that means, check out the video below. Twitter joins the Groundviews Facebook Fan page as a…
From the tiger’s den to an open prison
Last year, I had helped a boy from Killinochi who was arrested in Pettah and kept in inhumane conditions, worse than a caged animal, in Welikada Prison. Treatment that should not be…
Violating the Madhu Sancuary – Some brief thoughts
 Image courtesy Mannar Diocese website  The sacred shrine of Madhu is being violated. What right has the LTTE to encroach on the Pilgrim Reservation Area gazetted under the Pilgrimage Ordinance in 1982?…
Anti-competitive Activities, the source of rice crisis
Rice, which is the staple food in Sri Lanka, has become the subject of a national issue today. Government appears to being in the dark as to how to tackle issues confronting…
How high is our Social Esteem in Sri Lanka?
Our self esteem is central to our survival. Yet, we do not value its importance as we face life’s challenges. Self esteem, whether our own or others’, is strengthened or takes a…
No one to listen to our pleas
“The cost of living is sky rocketing like the Kfir jets,” said an old man standing along the road side with great sigh. He was holding his loaf of bread tightly as…
Weerawansa Disrobed or the Birth of a Sinhala Karuna
Image courtesy JVP website Some priests in ascetic orders who indulge in carnal pleasures, though not very often, do get excommunicated. A prominent catholic priest of high rank in Europe who had…
Groundviews back online, with new features and enhanced for mobile phones
is fully back online after an upgrade of its back-end content management system to the latest version of WordPress. While the site looks and feels the same, improvements under the hood make…
POWER-SHARING: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The constitutional reform debate in Sri Lanka is in a particularly enervated state as we approach the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, with a government in power that displays that bizarre concoction…
