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Author: Bishop Duleep de Chickera

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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

Parliamentary Democracy: Re-living a Myth

Parliamentary democracy is a system of governance through which people share resources, provide for their own needs, enhance their own interests and deal with unexpected contingencies, as far as possible on their…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/31/202205/31/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Difference We Long For

A few days ago, a Buddhist monk and two Christian priests were beaten up opposite the official residence of the prime minister of the country. They were among more than 30 peaceful…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/14/202205/14/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

People’s Protest, Public Space and the Public Interest

People’s protests today occupy the public space as the people clamour to create and occupy democratic space. This receives public attention and worries the oppressor. Today’s protests demand change. The sovereignty of…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/07/202205/30/2022
Colombo, Education, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

COVID-19 is an Opportunity to Break Rigid Schooling Systems

Although they overlap, there are some crucial differences between rigid schooling systems and education. Rigid schooling prepares children for exams and qualifies them for employment. Education equips children with values and prepares…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 06/23/202106/23/2021
Colombo, Culture, Religion and faith

The VIGED, the Vulnerable and the Wise: Thoughts on the Birth of Jesus for Our Times

At the outset In the 19th Century a French sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the acronym ‘anomie’ to describe the then growing absence of norms in society. Today, global trends of governance under…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/27/2020
Colombo, Human Rights, Issues, Politics and Governance

Of False Witness and True Witnesses: Thoughts on the Mahara Prison Debacle

The Mahara prison violence has shocked the nation and stirred feelings of disbelief and indignation. A wide cross section of people and groups – class, ethnic and political – want to know…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/11/202012/11/2020
Colombo, Religion and faith

New life amidst a threat to all life: Easter in retrospect

Image via , by AFP. Last year, suffering and death struck with the arrival of Easter, to plunge us back into Good Friday. Thousands who lost loved ones and limbs were shattered…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 04/21/2020
Colombo, Disaster Management, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Elections, Human Security, Religion and faith

A Lenten Reflection

“Try again; fail again. Fail better. “- Samuel Beckett Last year at Easter, sudden acts of violence spread immense fear, injury and death, within a matter of moments. A small group of…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 03/20/2020
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Be still and nourish freedom: A Reflection

With Freedom (Independence) Day in sight we should be reflecting on how best our freedom gained, is to be consolidated and what new freedoms are to be secured. As change occurs, our…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 01/23/2020
Colombo

After the pause… a Song: A Christmas Reflection

Photo courtesy The run-up to the birth of Jesus was punctuated with pauses. Mary’s pause After the Angel visited her, Mary could not say what she would have liked to have said.…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/24/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

A place for each within a space for all: A post-presidential election reflection

Before and after the election Concerns for physical security secured a foremost place in people’s expectations and influenced the way many voted. An ‘enemy’, among us but not us, had to be…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/03/2019
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The probe for a prudent political order: A Reflection

Photo courtesy Iromi Perera’s Flickr album on 2018 constitutional coup The more visible euphoria that precedes the coming presidential election, is accompanied with a deeper, solemn realism that the country is unlikely…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 11/01/2019
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Keep it clean: A reflection

Photo courtesy CNN.   “ . “   Real stories-real racism A Colombo taxi driver informed a customer that he was a Muslim. It sounded like an apology. His two previous hires…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 06/10/2019
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Sensitivity, solidarity and social stability: A post Easter-Sunday reflection

Photo courtesy The message The worship had just reached the the affirmation of God’s intervention in history, when the police arrived. The officer was courteous but firm. The service had to be…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/11/2019
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Stable Community: A Christmas Reflection

A stable message   The birth of Christ ushers a promise of peace for the world. In the fullest teaching of the Bible, peace is the ethos of stable, just and reconciled…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/24/2018

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