Poll: Prospects for Peace in Sri Lanka in 2007
The deterioration in the security situation can be attributed to the political interests of the two main protagonists – the GOSL and the LTTE. Neither side was interested in a regeneration of…
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Groundviews now up
Thanks for your patience. We traced the problem to Critters in the system, who we convinced to go after Gremlins and leave us alone.
Groundviews down
Seems like we are having some problems with WordPress (we think) that’s resulted in the corruption of Groundviews webpages – we’re working hard to get things up and running again.
“Hey Groundviews, keep that censorship button on mate”
So came the earnest appeal by “Ryan”: Author : Ryan (IP: 60.231.53.136 , CPE-60-231-53-136.qld.bigpond.net.au) E-mail : [email protected] URI : Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=60.231.53.136 Hailing from Queensland, Australia, Groundviews received over 30 caustic submissions…
After Today’s BMICH Explosion
I was with some Tamil students, as a training course was winding down for the day, when news of the explosion at the BMICH reached us. The details of the incident were…
Groundviews upgrades: Preview websites before visiting them
Using SNAP, readers now get a preview of any link to a website within a post. All you need to do is to hover over a link to see a small window…
Poll: What does the Minister of Special Projects do?
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Poll: Is the international community partial to the LTTE?
As we move towards the Donor Conference towards the end of January, it would be useful to see what the Groundviews community think of the partiality, or lack thereof, of the International…
Groundviews upgrades
Following this article in the Daily Mirror today, we’ve experienced a surge of traffic to & interest in Groundviews that I hope will be sustained in the months to come. We’ve now…
The promise of Citizen Journalism: Article on Madrid11
Madrid11 features an article I wrote on Groundviews, where I explore the potential of citizen journalism to support & strengthen peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. Read the full article here.
If this is not war, what is?
I find it somewhat ironical and amusing when politicians and peace activists alike still talk about . What peace process? Which peace process? I believe the majority of them are still referring…
Update From Trinco
Security is tight in Trinco. It was tightened for the LTTE mahaviru day on November 27 and has remained tight up to now due to the land operation into Vakarai. At the…
The Lessons We Never Learn
 The second commemoration of the tsunami disaster is around the corner. In the past month or so, I have come to know of many organizations and collectives scrambling to put together…