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Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Photos

An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically

Image courtesy Ron Haviv’s photo essay For many in Sri Lanka and around the globe, war is generic. Images of war victims are anonymous and nonspecific. If the caption on a photograph…

Amita Arudpragasam Amita Arudpragasam on 06/27/201207/23/2013
Colombo, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture and Politics

Duke University Press( Durham and London) has published this superb anthology edited by that most perceptive and shrewd observer of Sri Lanka and its complex social, economic and political history, John Clifford…

Tissa Jayatilaka Tissa Jayatilaka on 11/20/201111/20/2011
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War

Equilibrhythm: How home-grown music is giving Colombo some much needed harmony

Our serendipitous isle is blessed with the gift of rhythm and a rare few who understand it so infinitely that they create music that transcends simplistic notions like preference and prejudice. This…

Natalie Soysa Natalie Soysa on 11/16/201111/15/2011
Colombo, Features, Identity, Photos, Post-War, Religion and faith

In the midst of the Adi Vel festival

All photos by Iromi Perera 9.30am Saturday morning. I was walking on the pavement in Bambalapitiya when I found myself in the midst of the Adi Vel festival. I had passed it…

Iromi Perera Iromi Perera on 08/06/201108/06/2011
Features, Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance, Post-War, UN Panel Report, Vavuniya, War Crimes

Photographic evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka, or not? (Updated)

“The resulting carnage, photographed by Harun, was indescribable, but worse was to come.” The Living Scotsman’s review of by former UN spokesperson Gordon Weiss flags, inter alia, photos taken by Ret. Col….

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/02/201107/02/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Jaffna, Kandy, Media and Communications, Moving Images, Photos

Watch Moving Images at Kandy International Film Festival (KIFF)

We are very pleased to announce that films from Moving Images will be part of the first Kandy International Film Festival (KIFF). Though the official schedule is still being finalised, we have…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/10/201106/10/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Features, Identity, Moving Images, Photos

Proud of being a ‘half-caste’: Perceptions of Eurasians in Sri Lanka

Although there were times when to be an Eurasian meant that one was generally looked down upon, considered ‘half caste’, Rosemarie is proud of her mixed heritage. At the time when she…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/04/201105/10/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Moving Images, Photos

A happy mix of English, Sinhala, French and Tamil: A second generation Eurasian in Sri Lanka

Rosemarie Le Mottee Joachim is second generation Eurasian. She grew up in Colombo but her roots were in the hill country. A happy mix of English, Sinhala, French and Tamil, Rosemarie tells…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/28/201104/25/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Moving Images, Photos, Post-War

Slave Island and Us

By Sharni Jayawardene and Tarika Wickremeratne Going into Slave Island at first, we were told to expect animosity and suspicion. Two women venturing into the depths of the residential settlements, taking pictures…

Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena on 04/19/201104/14/2011
Colombo, Moving Images, Photos

Colombo’s iconic Castle Hotel: A photo portrait from Moving Images

Moving Images is a series of stunning short-form documentary and narrated photographic portraits on facets of life in post-war Sri Lanka. The latest addition looks at the iconic Castle Hotel in Slave…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/11/201104/11/2011
Colombo, Features, Jaffna, Moving Images, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War, Religion and faith

Launch of Moving Images: Stunning documentaries and photo essays from Sri Lanka

Moving Images is a series of stunning short-form documentary and narrated photographic portraits on facets of life in post-war Sri Lanka. These high-definition productions, the country’s first, range from portraits of resilience…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/07/201104/12/2011
Colombo, Gender, Identity, Photos

Celebrating WOMEN: Women’s Photography Exhibition 2011

“” ~ Susan Brownell Anthony (15th February 1820 ~ 13th March  1906, American Women’s Rights Activist, Civil Rights leader and suffragist) Journalism is still a heavily male dominated field in Sri Lanka….

Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai on 04/04/201104/04/2011
Disaster Management, Media and Communications, Photos

Focus on Badulla: Landslides

The rains over the last couple of days have had a devastating effect on many parts of Badulla and surroundings.  It is not floods but landslides that are causing most of the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/08/201102/08/2011
Colombo, Features, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Religion and faith

Female deities of Theravada Buddhism: Kannagi and Pattini

[Editors note: Once published, does not change the heading of an article. On this post, the author concedes to a point made by Chandula Kumbukage that it would have served her intent…

Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena on 01/11/201101/11/2011

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