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Author: Nalaka Gunawardene

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Colombo, Media and Communications, Science and Technology

Looking Back at Six Decades of Lankan Journalism: What went wrong?

Edwin Ariyadasa, who completed 91 years on 3 December 2013, is one of two grand old men of Lankan journalism still practising their craft (the other being D F Kariyakarawana, also 91)….

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 12/04/201312/04/2013
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, International, International Relations

Gamani Corea: Champion of the Global South

Robert S McNamara, who was US Secretary of Defence under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, then served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. Despite his contentious legacy in the…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 11/12/2013
Colombo, Culture, Development, Education

Innovating Under Duress: Implications of the Global Innovation Index for Sri Lanka

Science writer Nalaka Gunawardene in conversation with Dr Ajith de Alwis, engineer and public intellectual Sri Lanka was ranked at No 98 among 142 countries worldwide in the Global Innovation Index 2013…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 11/01/201311/01/2013
Colombo, Identity, Politics and Governance

Isn’t the Nationalist a Mental Patient?

Reproducing historic article by Dr E W Adikaram At a time when few practise what they preach, Lankan scholar, writer and social activist Dr E W (Edward Winifred) Adikaram (1905-1985) was an…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 10/09/201310/09/2013
Identity, International, Politics and Governance

Waiting for my own Mandela…

Editors note: Through Nelson Mandela International Day, the UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/64/13 of 2009 recognizes Nelson Mandela’s values and his dedication to the service of humanity, in the fields of conflict resolution, race relations, the…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 07/18/201312/06/2013
Colombo, Constitutional Reform

Ceylon Rationalist Association: 1970 Memorandum on a New Constitution for Sri Lanka

[Note: This memorandum was sent by the Ceylon Rationalist Association on 25 September 1970 to Dr Colvin R De Silva, then Minister of Constitutional Affairs, who was heading the group tasked with…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 06/14/201306/14/2013
Colombo, Education, Politics and Governance

Beyond Nostalgia: ‘Children of Olcott’ Must Revisit History

Review of: Mahinde Thamai Iskole (Mahinda is the School!) by Sundara Nihathamani de Mel (Suratha Publishers, Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka; 220 pages; LKR 600 I have never been able to understand why…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 05/20/201305/15/2013
Colombo, Features, Politics and Governance

Bridging Sri Lanka’s Deficit of Hope

The opening scene in the German-Sri Lanka feature film unfolds at a garbage-strewn Colombo street, somewhere in the city’s underbelly. Three young men are putting up political posters, playing hide and seek…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 01/02/201301/03/2013
Colombo, Development

Re-imagine Development: Where Nobody Gets Left Behind

Cartoon by W R Wijesoma – Development that leaves some behind Paul Hermann Müller (1899 – 1965) was a Swiss chemist. He won the 1948 Nobel Prize in physiology (medicine) for his…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 12/09/2012
Colombo, Media and Communications

March of Printer’s Ink: From Colombo Journal to Ceylon Today

Image courtesy Asia Society I was raised on newspapers – both reading them and creating them. I wanted to be a journalist even before I knew that word. I edited household and…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 11/19/201211/16/2012
Colombo, Culture, Development, Education

“Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!”

For over two decades, Deepal Sooriyaarachchi made a name for himself as an innovative Chartered Marketer and Management Development Consultant. While holding top executive positions in leading companies, he also excelled as…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 09/30/2012
Colombo, Development, Environment

Manel Tampoe: Perceptive Chronicler of Sri Lanka’s DDT Generation

Manel Tampoe, school teacher turned journalist and environmentalist, was a force to reckon with – but she didn’t look the part. Beneath her soft spoken and demure personality, she harboured a keen…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 09/03/2012
Colombo, Education, International, Science and Technology

A Child of Apollo Salutes His First Hero: Remembering Neil Armstrong

When Neil Armstrong took that first ’small step’ on to the Moon, at 10.56 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 20 July 1969, a quarter of humanity — following it live on…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 08/28/201208/27/2012
Healthcare, Politics and Governance, Polonnaruwa

Science and Politics of Mass Kidney Failure in Sri Lanka

Much of Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone is currently grappling with a drought caused by the delayed Monsoon. This is a double whammy for residents in several districts who have been engulfed by…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 08/19/201208/18/2012
Colombo, Media and Communications

The Rebel Who Peddled Dreams: On Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi (1954–2012)

Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi, who suddenly died on July 19 aged 57, is being described in tributes as a ‘veteran broadcaster’ and a pioneering figure in private radio and TV broadcasting. He certainly was…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 07/23/2012

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