The Struggle for Freedom in India
In early January, as part of his much hyped ‘Make in India’ agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘Start-Up India’ initiative. This ode to venture capitalism is but a complement to…
Education
The Leader and the Led: Politics of Ignorance and Ignorance of Politics
Featured image courtesy Senaka Senanayake via patrimoniogallery Racial, ethnic and religious disharmony is as inevitable as death in a pluralist state where more than one race, ethnicity or religion shares the same…
Medical education in Sri Lanka: Need for urgent reform
Image courtesy YouTube Medical education in Sri Lanka commenced in 1870 with the establishment of the Ceylon Medical College. It became the Faculty of Medicine in 1942 with the establishment of the…
Politicians, Doctors, Neo liberalists and the antithesis of Education
Featured image courtesy Rose Charities Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a nation in crisis. It has a troubled past, a confused present and an uncertain future. An autopsy of the present status…
IUSF Protest (Photos)
Pictures courtesy Pavithra Jovan de Mello Yesterday (3) some 5000 students belonging to the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) marched from Nugegoda to the University Grants Commission. The students were calling for…
In the Name of Assaulted HND Students
Picture courtesy Hirunews The police treated them most inhumanely when they marched to the University Grants Commission with their grievances on October 29. Photos and video clips of this ruthless and inhuman…
University Academics Appeal to the Authorities Regarding the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka
Photo via TO: H.E PRESIDENT MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA HON. RANIL WICKRAMASINGHE, PRIME MINISTER HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HON R. SAMPANTHAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PRINCE ZEID BIN RA’AD, UN…
PODCASTS from “Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future” exhibition
Curated by Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Editor of – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace” series, theatre and…
Addressing “blocked grief” in Jaffna
Photograph via Steppes Travel Six years after the end of the war the population in the North of Sri Lanka remains passive, ensnared in wartime mentality because they haven’t been able to…
The Lucky Ones
Photo via Open, Equal Free I wish it were easier not to care. I wish I could grow up to be a corporate lawyer or a banker and just be content with…
How Free is Free Education? The Impact of Tuition on Exam Marks
Photo courtesy Rose Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s Free Education Scheme aims to provide each child an equal opportunity at educational success, but there is debate over to what extent it succeeds in this…
How Free is Free Education? Private Household Spending on Education in Sri Lanka: 1985-2010
Photo courtesy Rose Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s Free Education Scheme aims to provide each child an equal opportunity at educational success, but there is debate over to what extent it succeeds in…
How Free is Free Education?: Educational Stratification in Sri Lanka: 1985-2010
Image courtesy Rose Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s Free Education Scheme aims to provide each child an equal opportunity at educational success, but there is debate over to what extent it succeeds in…
The future of tertiary education in Sri Lanka
Photo by The Picture Press, featured in As I emphasized in my previous article, never in our lifetime will we be presented with ideal alternatives. However, as citizens of Sri Lanka, we…
Social Responsibility in Universities in Unstable Times
Photograph courtesy Vikalpa Vice Chancellor, the dean and colleagues, let me wish all of you a very good morning. When the Dean, Faculty of Arts wrote to me some time ago and…
