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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Still on the Rotten Bridge

“Homo Sapiens is prone to orgies of stupidity, brutality, and destruction.” Martin Wolf (The crisis of democratic capitalism) So back in the Chalk Circle but this time play ends in Act 2.…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 03/26/202303/28/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Rusted Metal, Bloodied Minds – Crisis and Struggle

When the GotaGoGama Protest site was attacked by supporters of Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9, a row of tents were destroyed and burned to the ground by the rowdy gang that descended…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 02/17/202302/18/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Development, Disaster Management, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

2022: A Year Like No Other

2022 was one of the most momentous years in Sri Lanka’s recent history. An unprecedented people’s movement drove out an elected president and prime minister and forced the resignation of the entire…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/31/202201/02/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

Aragalaya – A Utopian Fantasy or a Long March to Real Reform?

It seems like a long time ago but the reality is that it’s been just 150 days since the urban middle class and their semi-urban cousins stepped out of their comfort zone…

Sandya Salgado Sandya Salgado on 08/02/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

A Janus Moment

“A wandering fire at a terrible height – can it be a star shining like that? Osip Mandelstam (Poem 101) A walking path bordered by the sea and a bit of lawn…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 07/24/202207/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Media and Communications, Photos, Youth

The Evolution of Gotagogama and Its Periphery in Colour: One Photographer’s Perspective

The strange poetic irony of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s fall from grace is difficult to miss. So palpable and stinging is his graceless exile and retirement that it is only fitting that he should…

Sandesh Bartlett Sandesh Bartlett on 07/21/202208/15/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

Taking Aragalaya Ideas Seriously

The emergence of Frontline Social Party (FSP) in July as a major voice of the aragalaya (‘People’s uprising/struggle’) movement has led to many negative reactions. Searching questions are being raised and debated…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 07/19/202207/29/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

If the President Resigns: What Next?

On July 9, an unprecedented number of Sri Lankan protesters marched on the president’s official residence. They demanded one thing: his immediate resignation for his role in causing the most devastating economic…

Gehan Gunatilleke Gehan Gunatilleke on 07/11/202207/15/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

The Moral Right to Govern

On July 5, in the midst of a worsening economic crisis, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa no longer has the moral right to remain in office. This statement is…

Bhagya Samarakoon Bhagya Samarakoon on 07/11/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Poetry, Politics and Governance

To The New Administrator

The fourth wall has crashed and the audience is now on stage making tea and frying omelets in the kitchen, lounging on the guest beds, diving into the swimming pool. Unheard of,…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 07/10/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Our Day Has Come!

We are drained. At last, after a ninety day struggle, we have a lot to celebrate but nothing left to celebrate with. No fuel, no kerosene, no petrol. No energy. And once…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 07/09/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Corruption, Disaster Management, Economy

Sri Lanka Goes to the IMF

Sri Lanka has taken the (rather delayed) initiative to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid and assistance to cure the economic crisis. Before I delve into what the IMF conditionalities and its…

Shania Dedigama Shania Dedigama on 07/04/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

The Tea is Cold: Cinema as Social Responsibility

A young man from Colombo, Randika, travels to Jaffna on an assignment to find out how the war has affected people there. At first he is more interested in sharing photographs on…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/04/202207/05/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Good Governance, Bad Governance and No Governance

Good governance means a system of governance that ensures economic efficiency guaranteeing economic stability throughout a nation. This economic efficiency can only be brought about by the observance of transparency, accountability and…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 06/28/202206/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Looking for a Way Out of the Abyss

Our country has collapsed. Government spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena announced that fuel supply has come to a standstill and fuel will be available only for essential services. These is no one to blame,…

Godwin Constantine Godwin Constantine on 06/28/2022

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