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Month: February 2012

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Colombo, Economy, Education, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Youth

Youth unemployment in Sri Lanka: The foundations of violence?

In an interview broadcast on public TV recently, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Studies at the Open University of Sri Lanka and co-author of looks into what is a…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/29/2012
Colombo, Development, Environment

The Loss of Identity: Development and Agriculture

The ecological impact of increasing energy input into a system has been well documented.  In any ecosystem an increase in the flow of energy tends to organize and simplify that ecosystem, with…

Ranil Senanayake Ranil Senanayake on 02/29/2012
Colombo, Diaspora, Features, Identity, International, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

A Search for Identity: Tomorrow’s Sri Lankan!

Few are those who believe in the existence of what I would like to call a . Indeed, most of us will identify themselves according to their ethnicity, some according to their…

Kamaya Jayatissa Kamaya Jayatissa on 02/29/201202/27/2012
Colombo, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons: Plagiarism and the fate of LTTE surrendees

Photo courtesy When I first read Shamila’s piece posted on 24 February (, posted on 17 March 2011, without giving due acknowledgement. Although Groundviews is a citizen journalism website, and not an…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 02/27/201202/28/2012
Colombo, Education, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

When a Prophet Speaks: Stephane Hessel on Sri Lanka

A prophet spoke at the UNESCO in Paris this week, though he joked that having lived for 90 years, he had written thirty pages and found he had been turned into ‘a…

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka on 02/26/2012
Colombo, International, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

In Memory of Marie Colvin

Photo via CBS News and courtesy AP Photo/Ivor Prickett Sunday Times – Marie Colvin A few days ago, I was in a conversation with a fellow journalist and a human rights activist…

Nirmanusan Balasundaram Nirmanusan Balasundaram on 02/26/2012
Colombo, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

New wave of abductions and dead bodies in Sri Lanka

Image from Transcurrents In the past 5 months – October 2011 to February 2012 – there has been a disturbing rise in the number of abductions, especially in and around the capital,…

WATCHDOG WATCHDOG on 02/26/201202/26/2012
Colombo, Jaffna, Post-War, Reconciliation, Reconciliation: From Invoking to Understanding, Religion and faith

History after the War: Challenges for Post War Reconciliation

[Editors note: Also listen to podcast by author here.] The end of the war is certainly not the end of the conflict that led to the military confrontation between the military forces of Sri…

Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri on 02/25/201203/12/2012
Colombo, Jaffna, Post-War, Reconciliation, Reconciliation: From Invoking to Understanding, Religion and faith

History after the War: Challenges for Post War Reconciliation (Podcast)

This podcast is based on  penned by the author. As noted in the article, From the point of view of a post-war reconciliation that should accommodate the legitimate demands of Tamils in…

Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri on 02/25/201202/24/2012
Colombo, International, International Relations, Politics and Governance

How bad is the crisis for Mahinda Rajapaksa?

Photo courtesy Lanka Standard – President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Ada Derana Online / February 19, 2012 01:27 am) That perhaps is the easiest of the answers possible for any Head of State under pressure…

Kusal Perera Kusal Perera on 02/24/2012
Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict

Female ex-combatants of LTTE in post-war Sri Lanka

[Editors note, 27th February 2012: It was brought to our attention by Valkyrie, a contributor to this site, that significant portions of this article have been plagiarised. A detailed account of this…

Shamila Shamila on 02/24/201202/27/2012
Colombo, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

A Road to Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Will We Take It?

Photo courtesy REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Despite the many limitations and criticisms levied at the final report of the LLRC, it must be recognized that in the presentation, the report reached a level of professionalism,…

Gnana Moonesinghe Gnana Moonesinghe on 02/23/2012
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Trincomalee

In Search of Something More than the 13th Amendment

Photo courtesy During his recent visit to Sri Lanka, India’s External Affairs Minister, Mr. SM Krishna reminded that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was committed to a ‘13th Amendment Plus approach.’ This has been…

Dr. Kalana Senaratne Dr. Kalana Senaratne on 02/20/201202/19/2012
Colombo, Environment

Vihara Maha Devi: Where have all the trees gone?

Photo courtesy Asia Explorers Over the course of roughly a year Vihara Maha Devi has been through some significant changes and they are still on-going. Seemingly, this is related to the transfer…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 02/19/201202/19/2012
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Polls, Post-War

The 97% and the 3% in Sri Lanka

Photo courtesy Daylife/Reuters We all know about the 99% and the 1% and most of us know where we are or which we sympathise with. I’m with the 99%. But what about…

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka on 02/19/201202/19/2012

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