Chinese Roulette in Paradise Isle
Featured image by Raisa Wickrematunge “Allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.”[i] Xi Jinping, President of China Donald Trump…
Issues
Remembering, Nine Years On
May 18, 2009 is a day that showcases division. To some, it is a day of mourning. To others, cause for celebration. Families in the North and East who commemorate their family…
Conflict-Affected Women in Sri Lanka – Still Waiting For Answers
Featured image from a visit to Sellamma, a Puthukudiyiruppu returnee who sells kotta kilangu to make a living There has been a marked increase in female-headed households in the North and East…
The OMP and the Aspirations of Families of the Missing and Disappeared
The first permanent official body created to search and trace missing persons in Sri Lanka is the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) established under Act No. 14 of 2016. This was done…
INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Types of Mis And Disinformation
Featured image courtesy Tacstrat Editor’s Note: This infographic is part of a series Groundviews is releasing addressing media literacy. The need for media literacy came into central focus during rioting and violence targeting Muslim-owned property,…
INFOGRAPHIC: How To Spot False News
Featured image courtesy Yahoo Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of infographics Groundviews is releasing addressing media literacy. The need for media literacy came into central focus during rioting and…
On Paradigm Shifts: Sri Lanka Must Forge a New Way Forward
From a No Confidence Motion to oust the Prime Minister, to a deep-rooted rift between President and Prime Minister, the swearing in of a new cabinet of ministers, religious and ethnic conflict,…
Untold Stories from Kandy
Featured image courtesy Vikalpa/Ishara Danasekara “This is the money that my daughter and I collected every day in a till. It used to be on the cabinet. The notes can no longer…
An Uneven Playing Field: Bisliya Bhutto
Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from a long-form story on online harassment against women politicians – an issue which is not restricted to one particular party. In order to ensure attention to individual…
An Uneven Playing Field: Jeevanee Kariyawasam
Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from a long-form story on online harassment against women politicians – an issue which is not restricted to one particular party. In order to ensure attention to individual…
An Uneven Playing Field: Rosy Senanayake
Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from a long-form story on online harassment against women politicians – an issue which is not restricted to one particular party. In order to ensure attention to individual…
Democracy, Nationalism and the Nation State, with Reference to Sri Lanka
Featured image courtesy British High Commission The ex-colonies at their independence were presented with a state conforming exactly to their former colonial boundaries. They were expected to build one nation into it…
An Uneven Playing Field: Jegatheeswaram Jeyachandrika
Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from a long-form story on online harassment against women politicians – an issue which is not restricted to one particular party. In order to ensure attention to individual…
LEAKED: Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider Alternatives to MMDA
Groundviews was sent a copy of the Justice Saleem Marsoof (JSM) Committee report on the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA), leaked from a reliable source. Download it here. The Marsoof Committee…
An Uneven Playing Field
The implementation of a 25% quota for women’s representation in local councils at Sri Lanka’s 2018 Local Government Election was a welcome move, and the result of years of advocacy and activism…