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Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Youth

Cleaning the Augean Stables – the Next Task for Sri Lanka’s Youth

Over the past four months, the young people of Sri Lanka have proved to be more courageous and innovative than preceding generations. In the past, the youth have expressed their frustrations and…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/12/202208/12/2022
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Converting Conflict into Coexistence Between Humans and Elephants

Photo courtesy of Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne The situation of Asian elephants, Sri Lankan elephants in particular, is critical due to the increase in human-elephant conflicts. Even before the current economic crisis, Human-Elephant…

Anuradhi D. Jayasinghe Anuradhi D. Jayasinghe on 08/12/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

What’s Left

  We are tired, and we have cooking gas now, and fuel shipments have docked. So we will get back to the business   of living and not worry anymore about the…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/11/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Free Joseph

Free Joseph Stalin. Let Father Jeewantha Peiris walk out of hiding in peace to attend to his parishioners.   Let Mahanama Thero stop on the side of the road to counsel passers…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/10/2022
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

The Aragalaya Awakens People’s Sleeping Sovereignty

July 9, 2022 should resonate as a historic moment in Sri Lanka’s political history – its Bastille Day. After months of public protests demanding that the president and prime minister resign amidst…

Ayesha Wijayalath Ayesha Wijayalath on 08/10/202208/10/2022
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

Life is a Never Ending Queue

Recently one of my friends updated his Facebook status. “Watching breaking news from Temple Trees,” it read, along with a selfie of him and more people watching the news on TV. “They…

Paramie Jayakody Paramie Jayakody on 08/09/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Legal System Damaged by Illegal Arrests and Detentions

Illegal arrests and illegal detentions do not only harm individuals – they also cause irreparable damage to the legal system as a whole. The recent wave of arrests of those who participated…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 08/09/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

To Survive, Even Thrive

  My country will survive corruption in parliament, arbitrary arrests ordered by the executive, bodies washing up at Galle Face, at the Beira Lake.   My country will survive farmers shooting elephants…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/08/2022
Colombo, Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Economic Crisis Badly Impacting Most Vulnerable

Families in Sri Lanka are fast adopting negative coping strategies to deal with the economic crisis. A recently concluded Rapid Needs Assessment by Save the Children revealed that families are resorting to…

Save the Children Save the Children on 08/08/202208/10/2022
Colombo, Poetry, Politics and Governance

Governor, listen

Photograph by Marisa de Silva Father Jeewantha Peiris, Mahanama Thero, Joseph Stalin, from diverse denominations and political persuasions, are Aragalaya heroes, who called the bluff of the emperor,   leading to his…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/07/202208/07/2022
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

The State Versus The People

The State, knocked down in the early rounds of Aragalaya, is back, sparring and dodging and delivering upper cuts again as if nothing   has happened, as if the struggle is a…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/05/202208/05/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

D-Day for the Aragalaya

Mahatma Gandhi said that civil disobedience became a sacred duty when the state became lawless and corrupt. To the diehard protesters left at the diminished GotaGoGama, Gandhi’s words are at the heart…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 08/05/202208/05/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Father Jeewantha Peiris: A Warrior for Truth and Justice

Rediff Ever since the aragalaya began in April this year, Father Jeewantha Peiris has been a familiar figure in the forefront of the protesters, easily identifiable by his flowing black hair and…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 08/04/202208/04/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Aragalaya: For Everybody

  This is not only about sitting on the verandah with a scotch and a pig in a blanket. This is not only about picking up the beat and dancing   the…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/03/202208/03/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Comprehensive Reforms Vital to Maximise Foreign Aid

There is good news on the foreign aid front. Foreign aid from official donors reached an all-time high at $179 billion in 2021 as developed countries increased their assistance to developing countries…

Ganeshan Wignaraja Ganeshan Wignaraja on 08/03/202208/03/2022

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