Photo courtesy Global Zero Numerous reports suggest that Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala had some interesting things to say when he appeared before the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recently; about aspects relating…
On our way to the first scheduled hearing of Northern Muslims who were expelled by the LTTE in 1990, we spotted a group of men working hard out in the open, under…
Interview III – Tissa Jayathilaka from Young Asia Television on Vimeo. In this interview, Tissa Jayatilaka speaks about the Ceylon of his childhood and the experience of being part of the last…
Professor Michael Roberts, in a letter to the editor of , has raised a matter of moral philosophy with regard to the controversy over Suraj Randiv’s deliberate no ball at Dambulla this…
The late Ray Wijewardene in conversation with Nalaka Gunawardene Sri Lanka 2048 panel on Living with Climate Change – Ray Wijewardene is second from right [Authors note: Dr Philip Revatha (Ray) Wijewardene,…
Prof. Sumanasiri Liyanage, who has written to regularly, teaches political economy at the University of Peradeniya, is a well-known political analyst, columnist and on the Board of the South Asia Peace Institute (SAPI).…
Image courtesy Transcurrents Introduction The current crisis in the UNP has thrown its grassroots supporters into a sense of hopelessness and disappointment about the future of the party. No political party can…
We last featured Rohan Edrisinha in February, just after the Presidential election on 26th January. Rohan, who lectures at the Law Faculty, University of Colombo and also a Director at the Centre…
[Editors note: We reproduce below two open letters sent to the Editors of the , and for others to critically engage with in what we feel is a vital and necessary debate…
In June 2010 the Minister for Resettlement, Milroy Fernando stated that there were 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka and that the Government would resettle them by August 2010. With…
The story about Minister Mervyn Silva tying a Samurdhi Officer to a tree as punishment for not participating in a dengue prevention programme in the Kelaniya district was bad enough. The statement…
Photo courtesy the febrile imagination On the 29th of July 2010 I read a strange and badly written editorial that appeared in the . To put it mildly, the editorial was a…
Enough conceptual theories are produced and articulated on the need and urgency of the political power sharing in Sri Lanka. Avoiding the torturous repetition and gauging the current diminishing appreciation for any…
My name is Madduma Bandara — a brave young journalist working for , “we report, you decide.” Permit me to engage your imagination a bit. Sivahamy comes from a farming family in…
How can evil ever be low intensity? It is similar to a low intensity cyclone. It appears to be a misnomer. However it does really exist. A depression given the right conditions…
