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Author: Kanishka Ratnapriya

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Batticaloa, Colombo, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

The ‘Grease Devil’ Phenomena in Sri Lanka: A Brief Collation of Reports

A ‘snapshot’ visualized version of the ‘Grease Devil’ phenomena that emerged in Sri Lanka from the 7th of July 2011 to the 29th of August 2011. Incidents concern; sightings of Grease Devils,…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 09/01/201109/01/2011
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Deliberative Democracy and the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Committee System

Any State policy affects its citizens. All State policies should be designed to benefit citizens and ideally citizen’s perspectives or representations should be included within the principles of a particular policy. Hence,…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 06/09/201106/08/2011
Colombo, Long Reads, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Reconciling Sri Lanka

Due to Sri Lanka’s geographically strategic location coupled with its natural and economic resources the absence of war will give us a chance to move in the direction of a vibrant South…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 01/01/201101/01/2011
Colombo, Development, Disaster Management, Politics and Governance

Colombo goes under water, and not for the first time

These pictures were taken between 10.00am and 11.30am on the 14th of May 2010 after Colombo experienced rains for about 2 hours. It speaks volumes of the continued failure of the CMC…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 05/15/201005/15/2010
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Elections, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

The 2010 Elections: Finishing the War on Terror & Beginning the Battle for Democracy

The 26th of November 2009 went by without Vellupillai Prabhakaran making his annual Mahaveera Speech. We can effectively say that he and the LTTE died on the beaches of the Nandikandal Lagoon…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 12/28/200912/24/2009
Colombo, Gender, Politics and Governance

A response to Gomin Dayasiri’s “Return of the Colombians”

Friends, Colombians and Countrymen, a few weeks ago the commercial capital of our country; Colombo was attacked. This was not a conventional armed attack and nor was it a terrorist attack, but…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 08/14/200908/14/2009

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