Bridging The Racial Divide
Featured image courtesy the Music Project It can hardly be denied that divisions based on race has proved a major issue for Sri Lanka in the past. Racial discrimination propelled by the…
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SEARCHING FOR AN ELUSIVE ‘PEACE’: WOMEN IN TIMES OF TRANSITION
October 2015 marked fifteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. To celebrate this anniversary, FOKUS WOMEN launched a traveling exhibition and theatre performance…
Groundviews: Now on WhatsApp
Featured image courtesy Wired Following trends in social media use, is now enabling mobile updates via WhatsApp. To sign up, simply fill in this form and add the number specified within to your…
Common Ground: A series of photo essays
February 4, 1948 was a historic day for Sri Lanka. Yet, often forgotten is the struggle Sri Lankans faced to ensure independence. It was the concerted effort of people, regardless of class,…
On GLF and Evolving Culture
Featured image courtesy Amalini de Sayrah Last week saw the usually sleepy town of Galle come to life with the Galle Literary Festival. In a celebration of all things literary, Colombars descended…
One Year Of Yahapaalanaya: The Highs And Lows
Featured image courtesy Youtube On January 8, 2015, thousands flocked to Independence Square to watch Maithripala Sirisena take his Presidential vows. With his promise to promote or ‘good governance’ the atmosphere was…
Building Colombo into a Globally Competitive City
As Sri Lanka transitions towards peace, it’s time to discuss what cities of the future will look like. Colombo has numerous problems caused by urban sprawl – flooding and traffic congestion being…
#HRDaySL: A Conversation On Freedom
Picture of Human Rights Day protest in Mannar courtesy TamilGuardian Yesterday (December 10) was Human Rights Day. The theme this year, according to the UN was ‘Our Rights, Our Freedoms. Always.’ Since…
Appeal by the Families of the Disappeared
We, the Families of the Disappeared have been searching for our loved ones and calling for justice, for many years. Many Commissions were established by the previous government to carry out inquiries…
Corruption: Where is Sri Lanka Now?
December 9 is global Anti-Corruption Day. To mark the occasion, used Twitter’s new poll feature in order to gauge what our followers felt about corruption. Since the option to add short polls…
Red Lines documentary screening & discussion
invites you to a screening of the award winning documentary ‘Red Lines’ on Tuesday, 15th December 2015, from 5 – 7.30pm at the LKIRRSS auditorium, 24, Horton Place, Colombo 7. The screening…
De-stigmatising HIV On World AIDS Day
Today (December 1) is World AIDS Day. According to reports, approximately 4 people are diagnosed with HIV every week in Sri Lanka, with an estimated 5 more going undetected. The National STD/AIDS…
A Tale of Taxation – A rundown on Budget 2016
In the wake of the Budget being presented in Parliament, spoke to several people, including economists, trade union representatives and government officials, on their thoughts– from positives to reservations. Senior Economist –…
Responses to the budget: Markets, capitalism and expenditure
Photo courtesy WSJ #budget suggests 'paradigm shift'. Anti-Social Democratic position. 'Small government&Big market' theory represents real republicanism #lka — Charitha Herath, (PhD) (@charith9) November 21, 2015 A single tweet from Charitha Herath…
Civil Society in the East appeal to UNWGEID for Demilitarisation
Featured image courtesy RightsNow Members of civil society, including families of those disappeared in Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomalee have come together to issue a statement to the UN Working Group on Enforced and…