Sri Lanka Floods 2017: Sharing the Blame
Once again Sri Lanka is in the grip of a natural disaster. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed by the floods and landslides. The tragedy is that this time the rains…
Author: Amjad Mohamed-Saleem
Muttur Siege: Reflecting 10 years on
Ten years is a significant milestone: a decade; a generation. A lot can happen in ten years and a lot has. Ten years ago, the smartphone was still a concept that was being…
Sri Lanka Floods 2016: Avoiding the Mistakes of 2004
Featured image courtesy SBS Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst natural disaster since, arguably, the tsunami. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed by the floods and landslides caused by the unprecedented…
The Sri Lankan Muslim Diaspora Dilemma
Image via Transcurrents This past week, incidents in Sri Lanka and abroad have illustrated the dilemmas facing the Sri Lankan Muslim community and its Diaspora constituents. These incidents though isolated in occurrence…
A Tale of Two Countries
Image from Niti Central “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch…
3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka
Picture courtesy JDS Last month saw the official marking of three years after the end of the 28 year old war that plagued Sri Lanka, killing thousands and setting the country back…
21 Years of Hopeless Existence
Image credit PaperMag June 20th was World Refugee Day. For many it is about remembering the plights of many people the world over, who today are without rights, a state and an…
The ramifications of the Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’
The recently telecast Channel 4 documentary on ‘Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ sheds no new light (despite claims to the contrary), in terms of groundbreaking evidence, regarding the incidents related to the…