NO WAY, MR. RAJAPAKSA
Photo by AP Photo/Sanka Gayashan, via Japan Times A slogan from one of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s campaign websites for tomorrow’s election reads, “Let’s start afresh”. Looking at it harder, the slogan is as…
Author: Nigel Nugawela
Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka
In Tom Stoppard’s superlative play, , Ros shouts “Fire!” and when questioned by Guil, Ros reassuringly responds, “It’s all right – I’m demonstrating the misuse of free speech. To prove that it…
LIVE AMMUNITION AND CITIZEN ENEMIES
Photo courtesy www.dbsjeyaraj.com If the time ever does come for a comprehensive evaluation of security policies and legislation adopted during the privation and emergencies of war and the peacetime ‘stability’ of a…
‘BE YOUNG AND SHUT UP!’: A COURSE IN CIVIC DISENGAGEMENT
‘ . The idea that this form of indoctrination should be forced upon university students, and its acceptance by many in the country, is a remarkable detraction from what we strive…
A review of the Gaza Monologues
Photo courtesy of Ruvin de Silva , 2010 Ahmad, 1993, Al Wehda Street, Gaza On certain occasions, one must excuse the ardour of overtly political theatre; it is after all a medium…
Happy International Peace Day
Click for larger image. When I took these pictures last year, I knew I was standing in front of what would be a perverse chapter in history. Then again, a few perverse…
Have we faltered in Sri Lanka?
Pictures of Sri Lankans mourning the victims of the bomb blasts in the past few months have occupied local and international press agencies; the former to a greater degree. What were once…