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Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Remembering Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj would have celebrated his 46th birthday this year. In the spirit of citizens’ journalism, unionblackcolombo remembers his friend, killed in November 2006 in a video exclusive to Groundviews.

unionblackcolombo unionblackcolombo on 07/03/2008
Colombo, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The persuasive power of numbers (Part 2): “54 per cent of Tamils live outside the North and East”

My earlier article (The persuasive power of numbers and the mystery “8.5%” figure) highlighted the dangers of using incomplete census data and how it has been manipulated to bolster political agendas. Another…

unionblackcolombo unionblackcolombo on 01/03/200806/23/2008
Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

The persuasive power of numbers and the mystery “8.5%” figure

Having decided to write in to Bloomberg.com for including what looked like a clear underestimation of the proportion of Tamils in its news items and to highlight the sensitive nature of a…

unionblackcolombo unionblackcolombo on 11/10/200706/23/2008
Issues, Peace and Conflict

The Storyteller

I first met him in 2004 and liked him immediately. His storytelling was a joy to experience. On our journeys up to Jaffna, the 10 hours would fly as he shared his…

unionblackcolombo unionblackcolombo on 12/11/200607/03/2008

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