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Counter-Thuggery Doesn’t Pay
Out there, in the Northern parts of post-war Sri Lanka, anyone who cares to look will see a difficult situation prevailing. There live people who have not been re-settled in places they…
Out there, in the Northern parts of post-war Sri Lanka, anyone who cares to look will see a difficult situation prevailing. There live people who have not been re-settled in places they…
Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images via Al Jazeera America This past couple of weeks I’ve been rereading Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy. I first picked up ‘Northern Lights’ (Book 1) in…
Image taken from video produced by I just came across an excerpt of a statement made by Mr. Nishantha Warnasinghe, the National Organiser and Media Spokesperson of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),…
AP Photo/Jeff Widener, courtesy ‘s terrific photo essay ‘Tiananmen Square, Then and Now‘ In 2009, Canadian author Denise Chong published a book called . The main subject of the book is a…
Image courtesy The news, based on an exclusive interview, that Mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa may formally enter mainstream politics by contesting Colombo at the parliamentary election () casts a significant light — some…
The other day, on the banks of the Diyawanna waterfront close to the Sri Lankan Parliament, I noticed a man sitting in meditation. What a surprise? He is none other than my…
An article published in the on its site – the comments section is a cesspool of bile by those hiding behind veils of anonymity – I would like to flag just two…
Image via Last time I am writing opened letter. Peoples are reading it and telling me, The Silva, you are writing very intelligent things in support of Our Majesty and his country.…
Photo courtesy Tell me my brother in the North, Who is not allowed to weep today Tell me about the times when you laughed On your long road to defeat and subjugation…
Image courtesy Wikipedia Caste is observed by the overwhelming majority of Sinhalese and Tamils but the subject remains virtually taboo in public discussions. If it is mentioned in public, it is often…
Eshantha Peiris is currently a principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, co-director of the Old Joes Choir, and director of Contempo Choir, in addition to being the keyboardist of…
Kalana Senaratne is a distinguished columnist and researcher. Readers of would be most familiar with his writing on the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, though he has written consistently of…
Paving paradise to put up a parking lot with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hot spot? In the words of Nobel laureate and economist, Amartya Sen, freedom is the…
Click here for larger version. ### This article is part of a larger collection of articles and content commemorating five years after the end of war in Sri Lanka. An introduction to…
Photo courtesy the Lankans in general are distressingly indifferent to the plight of the country’s most majestic mammal, the elephant. But an unaccustomed wave of public outrage ensued when a plan to…