A Royal – Thomian Family
“A cricketing fiesta such as this is my idea of nirvana†Into the passionate Soul of sub-continental cricket, Emma Levine The setting: Big matches are as unique as they are similar. There…
“A cricketing fiesta such as this is my idea of nirvana†Into the passionate Soul of sub-continental cricket, Emma Levine The setting: Big matches are as unique as they are similar. There…
The improved Groundviews e-newspaper now features: Top stories from Christian Science Monitor Top stories from New York Times International Edition Daily Dilbert Comic This Day in History in addition to top stories…
The latest survey conducted by the Social Indicator, the survey research unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives reveals that Sri Lankans express mixed opinion on the recent crossover by the 18…
In many countries across the world, peace education is part of the school curriculum. Through this, people are able to acquire an understanding from an early age about the root causes of…
Speaking at a media conference to launch “Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka: Struggle for survival“, a damning new report on the state of Sri Lankan media drafted by…
Interview was taken from: MRS.GNANAPRAGASAM ARASAMMAH, 53 years. Displaced from: PALAI NAGAR, MUTHUR 2, Trincomalee Now at the welfare Centre: SRI KONALINGA MAHA VITHYALAYAM IDP’S CAMP – LINGA NAGAR, Trincomalee We all…
Uvindu Kurukulasuriya’s inaugural piece in Groundviews is an aptly Niemölleresque exhortation to greater civic responsibility in the defence of political freedom, civil liberties and the Rule of Law. It comes at a…
My first article to Groundviews is on the rise of Hitler in Germany. The article is in Sinhala. All I ask the reader to do at the end of the article is…
Lets talk about white vans, disappearances and abductions. How much do people who don’t speak in Tamil know about these subjects, and conversely how much do people who speak in Tamil know…
Photo credit: Nazreen Sansoni “on one level, Sri Lanka needs a revolution to really change what’s going on here. There is such a domination by the powers that be… there needs to…
Jaffna people are a little happy now. All the essential item prices are down a little bit and things are available at pavement shops. Still the prices are double or triple the…
Sri Lanka’s Muslims have long kept quiet while Tamil militancy has made its own demands. Now they are becoming restive, fearing that silence may have cost them too much. By | Dilrukshi…
Amidst shackles – Notes of a citizen journalist Sunanda Deshapriya’s article in Sinhala explores the recent statements of Champika Ranawaka, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the Rajapaksa government and a…
Most readers in Colombo would have seen the posters of the National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) calling for the peace, media and leftist ‘Tigers’ to be identified and destroyed. This columnist was…
CIRCLES OF VIOLENCE : A Return to Sri Lanka is film that about which Sam got in first got in touch with me around two years ago. He filmed 3 – 4…