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Colombo, Human Security, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Religion and faith

The Limits of Tolerance

Photo courtesy  There is a limit to tolerance, and this is it. In its short history as an independent republic, Sri Lanka has seen more bloodshed than seems fair. Many of our…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 06/17/201406/17/2014
Colombo, Features, Human Rights, International, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, War Crimes

After the UNHRC Resolution Vote: Don’t Hold Your Breath for Truth, Justice or Reconciliation

Photo courtesy JDS/Guy Calaf, Agence France-Presse​ By the time this article is published, the votes on the hotly-contested UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka will have been cast and counted.…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 03/23/2012
Colombo, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

You Can’t Catch A Bogeyman

Image courtesy Amber Much of the recent discussion of the ‘Grease Yaka’ in the Sinhala and English language media or ‘Mystery Man’ as it is referred to in Tamil discourse has been…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 08/25/2011
Colombo, Education, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Sri Lanka May Yet Be Lost, or Saved

Original photo Ranga Sirilal | Reuters Two years after the comprehensive defeat of the LTTE, the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war is still playing itself out.  Take the events of the…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 05/26/2011
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Sovereignty for Citizens: A Call to Restore the Republic!

Sri Lanka is a modern republic – which means that its system of government is based on the idea that the citizens of the country rule themselves through arrangements for the representation…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 09/10/2010
18th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Finding a Moral Compass: Citizenship After the 18th Amendment

Loss of Moral Certainty It’s often seems hard to find a reasonable discussion in Sri Lanka about right and wrong, especially when it comes to questions of how our society is governed.…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 09/09/2010
18th Amendment, Advocacy, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Resisting the Loss of Citizenship in Sri Lanka

The 18th Amendment I don’t know whether I’m more angry or sad at the way in which patently undemocratic constitutional amendments are being rushed into law. I feel as if I’m watching…

T. Aruna T. Aruna on 09/06/201009/07/2010

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