A Donkey doing a Dog’s work: The Grade 1 entrance fiasco and the Chief Justice
This author is gobsmacked by the recent edict by the Chief Justice on school admissions to Grade 1. It is an affront on equality and human dignity. What is more, as a…
Media and Communications
The Press and Politics
Speech by Bradman Weerakoon at DR Wijewardene Memorial Award 2007 31st July 2007 at the BMICH D.R. Wijewardene The subject Ranjit Wijewardene prescribed for me was The Press and Politics and I…
The forgotten: Sriyanie’s story from Welikanda
ගරු ජනà·à¶°à·’පà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි. අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± ඇමà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½ පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶à·’පà·à¶¯à¶± කොමිසමේ සභà·à¶´à¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà¶§ යෑමට සියලූ සුදුසුකම් à¶à·’බු මේ දà·à¶»à·“යට එය අහිමි වුයේ පදිංචි දිස්à¶à·’â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶šà·Šà¶šà¶º à·€à·à¶»à¶¯à·“ම නිසà·à¶¯? එය මක෠දම෠හ෠නà·à·€à¶ අයදුම් පà¶à¶šà·Š ගෙන්වළ
An inconvenient history: A reply to Victory Ivan’s viewpoints on criminal defamation
වික්ටර් අයිවන්ට පිළිà¶à·”රක් : à¶à·€à¶à·Š බොහ෠දේ à¶à·’බේ උවිඳු කුරුකුලසූරිය “à·ƒà·à¶´à¶»à·à¶°à·“ අපහà·à·ƒ නීà¶à·’යට එරෙහිව මෙන්ම ජනමà·à¶°à·Šâ€à¶º නිදහස වෙනුවෙන්ද වික්ටර් අයිවන් විà·à·à¶½ à·€à·à¶© කොටසක් කර ඇà¶à·’ බව අවිවà·à¶¯à·’à¶à¶º. එහෙà¶à·Š ඒ සියල්ල à¶à¶¸à¶±à·Š à¶à¶±à·’වම…
Let’s stop corruption in Sri Lanka!
A litany of socio-political problems we face today can directly or indirectly be traced back to the existence and growth of corruption. Bordering on criminality, exacerbating extreme poverty, stifling economic development and…
Song of the Sleepless River: Music, racism and resistence
In the past two months Hugh Masekela and Afroreggae have given sold-out concerts in the Barbican. But this note is not about jazz or reggae; it traces some reverberations and reflections these…
Groundviews YouTube video channel
All videos posted on Groundviews (and hosted on Youtube) can now be found at Video Stories. We will add new content to the Groundviews channel regularly from videos uploaded by other content…
Dallas – Are you listening? Part II
පුරවà·à·ƒà·’ සටහන්: ඩලස් ඔබට ඇහෙනවà·à¶¯? My first post on public transport in Sri Lanka (see Dallas – Are you listening?) ended with a challenge to the Minister of Transport to do something…
“Our people are at your mercy” – Tamils flee Sri Lanka conflict
“I have a moral duty to pacify wherever there is irritation given to the Sinhalese. I have a duty to pacify them and tell them our people are at your mercy. They…
Scent of the Lotus Pond: Censoring art or protecting culture?
Groundviews was able to obtain footage of a scene the Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka seeks to completely remove from Sathyajith Maitipe’s film Scent of the Lotus Pond. In a review…
Diaspora ‘Wisdom’ – An interview with Lionel Bopage
Groundviews | VOR Radio podcast Perhaps the word ‘wisdom’ is too strong when describing what the Sri Lankan diaspora can contribute to solving the problems on this small island, but there is…
Dallas – Are you listening?
My article is based on vignettes of commuting in public transport. The first short story is on a trip down South to see my mother and the travails of a journey from…
Rajpal Abeynaike, Editor of Lakbima, offers exceptional responses to story on Groundviews
I’m breaking with the established guidelines for this site to reproduce in full the response of Rajpal Abeynaike, Editor of Lakbima, in response to the story this website ran on his practice…
Bloggers and mainstream media: Media ethics in a digital age
The Editor of the new English newspaper Lakbima grievously irked the Sri Lankan blogosphere recently by publishing articles based on blog posts without any acknowledgment of the sources. There are already many…
Rapping Peace: Lions and Tigers
An SMS exchange with a friend recently on creating new communications strategies to promote peace prompted me to upload Brown Boogie Nation’s Lions and Tigers to Youtube. Can one make an argument…