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Author: Thyagi Ruwanpathirana

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

The Aftermath: Aluthgama Three Years On

The words of a Muslim man I met on my visit to Aluthgama, two weeks after the violence broke out in 2014 rang hollow as I returned to Aluthgama a few weeks…

Thyagi Ruwanpathirana Thyagi Ruwanpathirana on 07/05/201707/05/2017
Batticaloa, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Vavuniya

Where have all the young men gone?

All photos by the author. See full set of photos here. Snippets from hearings of the Presidential Commission to investigate into complaints regarding missing persons Sathurukondan, 09/09/1990 Q: A: An eerie silence…

Thyagi Ruwanpathirana Thyagi Ruwanpathirana on 08/07/2014
Colombo, Features, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Religion and faith

The aftermath: Aluthgama two weeks on

Two weeks have passed since violence broke out in Aluthgama and Beruwala on the 15th June- a day that will go down in the history books of Sri Lanka as nothing short…

Thyagi Ruwanpathirana Thyagi Ruwanpathirana on 06/30/201406/30/2014
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Yet another fleeting opportunity

Photo courtesy Xinhua Anxiety dominates the post-Geneva political climate in Sri Lanka, the result of a heady mixture of different reasons, which sees the ruling regime pursuing short-sighted solutions in order to…

Thyagi Ruwanpathirana Thyagi Ruwanpathirana on 04/23/2014

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