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Author: Laksundara

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Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2015

Sri Lankans voted for Sirisena: Not Tamils, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians or Sinhalese

Photo courtesy Yahoo I have been hearing one group of people saying “Maithri won because of North and East votes (Tamil and Muslim votes)” and another group of people trying to prove…

Laksundara Laksundara on 01/10/2015
Disaster Management, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Vavuniya

Sri Lanka: The best humanitarian crisis business destination

It will not be long before areas in the north and east will be declared Industrial Zones or BOI areas, opening up opportunities for development. But wait; business is already going on…

Laksundara Laksundara on 08/12/200908/12/2009
Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Vavuniya

Truth, more bitter than fiction for IDPs in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, there are events in motion that have created just the perfect environment for “event-horizons”. An “event-horizon” in the movies is usually a black-hole where any hapless space faring vessel…

Laksundara Laksundara on 04/11/2009
Jaffna, Peace and Conflict

The verdict sans representation

The Jury’s verdict comes in. “Guilty” is the call of the day. And next you proceed to execute the sentence. So it is that in a country that hardly executes convicted criminals,…

Laksundara Laksundara on 03/16/2009
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

What we do now will be remembered

The scene is reminiscent of a scene straight out of a movie. The scene is full of blood and gore. Except the zombies who are in the movies are not there and…

Laksundara Laksundara on 03/03/200903/02/2009
Colombo, Disaster Management, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict

Painting the tomb white

The disturbances in Sri Lanka are slowly drawing to an end. I call it disturbances as many times we have heard the authorities say that it is not a war. But if…

Laksundara Laksundara on 02/17/200902/17/2009

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