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Year: 2017

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Issues, Media and Communications, Photos

The Year in Photos

Featured image by Raisa Wickrematunge As 2017 draws to a close, Groundviews shares a selection of photos taken over the course of the year, covering a variety of issues, from displacement and…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/29/201701/09/2018
Politics and Governance

Is it too much to ask for emotionally Intelligent mindful leaders in the 21st Century?

  Photo courtesy Asian Mirror Dwight D. Eisenhower said “I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let…

Lalith Gunaratne Lalith Gunaratne on 12/27/201712/30/2017
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

Local Government election dynamics in the North and East

Photo courtesy Dhaka Tribune Despite the year end holiday season, the political focus is on the upcoming local government elections scheduled for February 10th next year. With nominations closing by end December,…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 12/26/201701/09/2018
Colombo, Religion and faith

Mary’s Consent for Jesus’s birth: A Christmas reflection

Image courtesy Wikipedia Christmas is the story of Mary, a young unwedded mother, giving birth to a refugee child, Jesus, in a sheep shed. The central male character in this story is…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 12/25/2017
Religion and faith

A Christmas Reflection

“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie… The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight”  Bethlehem – Birth place of the Incarnate One…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/23/201712/23/2017
Colombo, Politics and Governance

Reclaiming Social Sciences and Humanities: Notes from South Asia

Image courtesy Hilary Burage Keynote address delivered at the 4th Annual Research Symposium of National Centre for Advanced Studies (NCAS) in Social Sciences and Humanities, Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 20th 2017….

Sasanka Perera Sasanka Perera on 12/20/201712/21/2017
Corruption, Culture, Environment, Issues, Politics and Governance

Killing Tuskers and Culling Hopes

Featured image courtesy Mstyslav Chernov/Wikimedia “Where should we go after the last border? Where should birds fly after the last sky?” Mahmoud Darwish (Earth Presses against Us) “I just passed a polling place…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 12/17/2017
Constitutional Reform, Gender, Issues

Rokheya, Sultana and the Muslim Women Dreaming of Gender Justice in Sri Lanka

‘Where are the men?’ I asked her. ‘In their proper places, where they ought to be.’ ‘Pray let me know what you mean by “their proper places”.’ ‘O! I see my mistake….

Chulani Kodikara Chulani Kodikara on 12/16/201712/16/2017
Corruption, Issues

Corruption and Complicity: Perceptions from across Sri Lanka

Discussions around corruption and its prevalence often focus on the highest echelons of power. In Sri Lanka, irregularities around the Central Bank bond issue continue to make the news – with the President most…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/15/201712/21/2017
Issues, Long Reads, Media and Communications

Conviviality vs Censorship: On Media Freedom in Sri Lanka

Featured image courtesy Reporters Sans Frontieres Under the Presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa between 2005 and 2015, government brutality and censorship towards the media in Sri Lanka reached new levels. This was to…

Daisy Perry Daisy Perry on 12/14/2017
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Photos, Post-War

#justaphotolka : Highlighting and Pushing Back Against Ongoing Surveillance in Vavuniya

Featured image courtesy NewsFirst On November 24, two youth were questioned in Vavuniya around posts they had made on Facebook. One of the photos was of the Divisional Secretariat of Vavuniya North,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/14/201712/14/2017
Development, Environment, Issues

The Human-Elephant Conflict: Moving Towards Solutions

Featured image courtesy Anton Croos Recently the famous tusker, “Dala Puttuwa” of Galgamuwa was killed by poachers, renewing the public discussion around the ongoing human -elephant conflict in Sri Lanka. Investigators found…

Kalana Krishantha Kalana Krishantha on 12/11/201712/11/2017
Human Rights, Issues, Photos, Post-War, Transitional Justice

In Their Absence: Families of the Disappeared Share Treasured Keepsakes

Featured image courtesy Selvaraja Rajasegar The following is the translation of a story by Selvaraja Rajasegar, editor of Maatram (click here and here to view the series in Tamil). As of today,…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 12/10/201712/10/2017
Corruption, Issues, Politics and Governance

The Crackdown on Corruption

Featured image courtesy president.gov.lk On November 8 President Maithripala Sirisena called the irregularities around the Central Bank bond issue a “maha vinashaya” (a huge destruction) and said that those behind it must accept…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/09/201712/09/2017
Colombo, Development, Economy, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Political philosophy, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Poverty

Vijay Nagaraj: Contributions to public discourse in many guises

Vijay Nagaraj, who passed away in a tragic car accident in August, was someone I interacted with for around six years. We didn’t meet regularly, yet when we did, we carried on…

Sanjana Hattotuwa Sanjana Hattotuwa on 12/08/201712/08/2017

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