We will no longer tolerate …
It seems that students from the Sri Lankan diaspora are getting activated. An email is doing the roungs urging people to participate in an email campaign. I have pasted this email message…
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Mahinda – Better than G.W Bush ?
Photo credit: Al-Jazeera A friend recently forwarded me this story – an interview featuring the Sri Lankan President on Al Jazeera. I am slightly confused by it – and thought it would…
(non) Patriotic (non) Nationalism
These thoughts are triggered by the call for a Sri Lankan identity. I am not convinced that Sri Lanka’s problems will go away if the people who live there identify themselves as…
Self Colonising …
Recently, I noticed an Q&A style article titled “India Is Colonising Itself” by Arundhati Roy and Shoma Chaudhuri. I thought the first Q and A was very interesting, and perhaps parts of…
Flying Tigers…
From Australia: This image occupies almost half a page in the World section of today’s Age – the leading paper in Melbourne. I am sure it has also been printed in the…
Asylum Seeking Downunder…
The 82 Sri Lankan asylum seekers are making news in Australia. They haven’t been sent to Indonesia to be ‘processed’ and it’s unlikely they’ll be handed back to the Sri Lankan Government.…
Liberation and Relief
I haven’t heard Crowded House play on the radio here before, but the other day, while driving, the sounds and words of “Don’t Dream It’s Over†filled my car. It’s one of…
Remembering the tsunami – along the south coast…
A couple of days ago (26th), I travelled along the South Coast, leaving Colombo early in the morning. I was with a friend who had come here to film some stuff relating…