Photo courtesy The Economist, I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people Einstein This government inherited…
Photo courtesy The Schools Project Background Over the years, I have spent much time with children and teachers in schools running leadership programs not only in Sri Lanka, but also in Canada,…
The article BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION: Dr. Daya Hewapathirane prompted me to go deeper into this issue in the public sector. I must also note that corruption is not confined to the public…
© TechNation As Sri Lanka eases away from the emergency and security phase to a growth and development phase, there is a wonderful opportunity for us to create a balance between growth…
A couple of days ago, I watched an inter school girls basketball match in Colombo and I was appalled by the level of refereeing in terms of being biased towards one team.  …
“Where you from” asked the precocious teenager from Jane, a World Bank official I was escorting to a remote hillside community in the middle of Sri Lanka to show a community based…
The teenage girls singing a Tamil song “Tomorrow is Ours” is interrupted by my wife Samantha and I walking in to the classroom. They giggled coyly as we looked around at them.  …
A few days ago a parent of a potential player of a big match for a Colombo school told me of calls they got asking them for one lakh of Rupees to…
A young TV journalist asked me whether Martin Luther Kings’ philosophy of non-violence will work in bringing true peace to Sri Lanka ? I cannot remember how I answered it facing the…
Authors note: I was inspired to write this as we have an election around the corner and saddened to see the way our human values and even human life is sacrificed to…
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it” said Voltaire after reading Rousseau’s We respect the courage and honesty of Voltaire and other…
It was almost a decade since I had been involved with climate change activities, so I was happy when I was invited to a capacity building session held in Kathmandu in July…
I am amazed at the mobilization of young people from the Tamil Diaspora around the world to protest against the Sri Lankan government’s purported human rights violations. When often the younger generation…
At least three mornings, a week Samantha (my partner) and I go to a club in Colombo, a quiet private place for some exercise and a swim.  I enjoy this morning routine…
Sri Lanka boasts about the foreign exchange income earned through the labour of our women overseas. Yet, we do not place much importance to the social cost of this.  Sri Lanka will…
