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Media and Communications, Photos, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Television President: Visuals and Symbols of Two Years of Gotabaya Rajapaksa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa marked the completion of his second year in office much like how he started his term in November 2019, playing one of his greatest hits for the Sinhala Buddhist…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/02/202112/09/2021
Ampara, Environment, Photos

Eating Garbage, Elephants Die a Painful Death

This is what you see when I photographed elephants looking for food in a huge garbage mountain in Oluvil in the Ampara district. The easiest way to remove garbage in Sri Lanka…

Tharmapalan Tilaxan Tharmapalan Tilaxan on 10/10/202010/10/2020
Badulla, Culture, Identity, Nuwara Eliya, Photos

Thé Kahata Exhibitions: Discovering the Creative Expression of Plantation Youth

Despite their contribution to the lucrative tea industry of Sri Lanka, the voices of plantation workers often go unheard and their potential  unrecognised.  is a series of photographic exhibitions organised by the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/11/202009/14/2020
Colombo, Environment, Photos

Documenting the Environmental Degradation of Sri Lanka

A road is cut through the Sinharaja World Heritage Site forest with the approval of the president, illegal trawling in Puttalam is destroying fish stocks, elephants die painful deaths eating garbage dumped…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/04/202009/11/2020
Features, IDPs and Refugees, Jaffna, Longing and Belonging, Matale, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War, Reconciliation, Remember the Riots

Senthooran: Black July Through the Eyes of a Survivor

It has been 37 years since the anti-Tamil pogrom of July 1983, a riot that set the country ablaze and sparked a 30-year long and bloody war. But even after nearly four…

Sarah Kabir Sarah Kabir on 07/29/202007/29/2020
Disabilities, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War

Traces of War on Their Bodies

These are the stories of people whose daily struggles come from witnessing and being trapped in the middle of a war that lasted three decades, who think that it would have been…

Maatram Maatram on 08/06/201908/06/2019
Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War

Memorialisation on May 18th: From Politicisation to Peoplisation

At the last stages of the war thousands of civilians who lived in the Vanni Region of Northern Sri-Lanka were killed, injured and disappeared. Surrenders of war and persons among detainees were…

North East Coordinating Committee North East Coordinating Committee on 05/19/201905/19/2019
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, Photos, Religion and faith

White Flags

A series of coordinated bomb explosions killed hundreds in Sri Lanka as they congregated for Easter Sunday mass, on April 21, 2019. Among the six main blast sites were three churches; St.…

Amalini De Sayrah Amalini De Sayrah on 04/24/201905/04/2019
Issues, Photos, Politics and Governance

Jana Balaya Colombo – Lessons Learned

On September 5, Colombo was nearly empty even during the after-school rush hour. The reason was the Joint Opposition’s Jana Balaya rally, the location of which remained under wraps until the last…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/07/201809/16/2018
Identity, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

Jana Bala Sena Rally (Photos)

On August 2, the Joint Opposition held the “Jana Bala Sena” rally, beginning at Lipton Circus and ending at the Vihara Maha Devi Park amphitheatre. The protest at Lipton Circus was broadcast…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/03/201808/04/2018
Issues, Media and Communications, Photos

The Year in Photos

As 2017 draws to a close, Groundviews shares a selection of photos taken over the course of the year, covering a variety of issues, from displacement and militarisation in the North to…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/29/201701/09/2018
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Photos, Post-War

#justaphotolka : Highlighting and Pushing Back Against Ongoing Surveillance in Vavuniya

On November 24, two youth were questioned in Vavuniya around posts they had made on Facebook. One of the photos was of the Divisional Secretariat of Vavuniya North, Nandukerni, and specifically, a…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/14/201712/14/2017
Human Rights, Issues, Photos, Post-War, Transitional Justice

In Their Absence: Families of the Disappeared Share Treasured Keepsakes

“Do you have anything that reminds you of your son/daughter/husband/grandchildren? Something that they used?” Mother/Father/Wife/Sister/Grandmother: “I have, son. I kept it safely. I washed my son’s blood-stained shirt, and kept it with…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 12/10/201712/10/2017
Issues, Media and Communications, Photos

The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s #Instameet

On March 26, a group of 13 or so created some confusion among the vendors at the old market on Sea Street in Negombo. “Where are you from?” was an often-repeated question.…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/29/201704/06/2017
Issues, Media and Communications, Moving Images, Photos

A Thousand Words: Seeking the story beyond the photo

View the full story compiled on Adobe Spark here, or below.

Amalini De Sayrah Amalini De Sayrah on 03/23/201703/23/2017

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