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Author: Sharanga Ratnayake

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Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Let’s get rid of the ‘virtuous society’

Photo by ISHARA S.KODIKARA/AFP, via How many of you can honestly say that you have never visited a pornography website? I don’t have the numbers, but if I had to guess, only…

Sharanga Ratnayake Sharanga Ratnayake on 06/09/201406/10/2014
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Vavuniya, War Crimes

Time and Distance

Photograph courtesy JDS Towards the end of the 12th century, a man named Temujin would create an empire that would grow into the largest empire there ever had been. Even up to…

Sharanga Ratnayake Sharanga Ratnayake on 12/07/2013
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Politics and Governance

Sovereignty vs. the Right to Life

Photo courtesy The most fundamental and important right a human being has is her right to life. This cannot be justified through first principles because this is itself a first principle. In…

Sharanga Ratnayake Sharanga Ratnayake on 11/18/2013

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