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Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Jagath Weerasinghe: I Have No Art That Will Make You Comfortable

Between August 1989 and January 1990, 48 school children in Embilipitiya were abducted and murdered. Several of their bodies were found in a mass grave nearby. Some of the perpetrators, including military…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/09/2023
40 Years After Black July, Colombo, Human Rights, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

How to Remember and not to Remember July 1983

There is a quote attributed to Morgan Freeman, which basically states that the only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it. I am not sure where, when or why…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 07/29/202307/29/2023
Colombo, Culture, Memorialisation, Politics and Governance

#ArchivesMatter and So Do Archivists

One of the few government officials who knows what she’s doing, Dr Nadeera Rupesinghe, remains a cut above the rest. Deeply committed to her work, she epitomises in every way the enormity…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 06/16/202306/16/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

War Never Ends

  This anniversary marks a stage, a pause in the fighting, does not   a lasting peace reflect( especially when celebrated as if one party   won). But dictates of reason, and…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 05/18/202305/18/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Remembrance and Reconciliation: One Can’t Happen Without the Other

“How are we supposed to heal when we can’t even remember our loved ones in peace?” asked Vinitha (name changed), a Tamil social worker who grew up during the most violent times…

Prateek Raj Prateek Raj on 05/18/202305/23/2023
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, Identity, justice, Longing and Belonging, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Remains of the Day: 9.5.22

On this day, one year ago, I was alone in my studio working intensely on some paintings  totally unaware of the chaos emerging and gathering momentum in my city, where government supporters…

Anoma Wijewardene Anoma Wijewardene on 05/09/202305/18/2023
Culture, Memorialisation, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Using Art to Uncover a Lost Society Destroyed by War

In his new collection of artwork, Suntharam Anojan depicts a visual account of the impact of the 30 year war that altered the topographies of Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. Through the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/06/202302/06/2023
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, justice, Longing and Belonging, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Jungle and the Sea: A Tale of Courage, Hope and Survival

Following the runaway success of his first play, Counting and Cracking, writer and director S. Shakthidharan has produced a new play called Jungle and the Sea, which has received enthusiastic reviews since…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/21/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Unfreezing the Grief: Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Are you a wife or a widow if your husband has been gone for years? Are you still a mother if your only child is missing? Do you speak of your brother…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/14/202210/15/2022
Colombo, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

From Mullivaikkal to Nakba and Ballymurphy, Truth is the First Victim

Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. But amid this serious economic situation, Tamils on the island and around there world are going to commemorate…

Thamil Ananthavinayagan Thamil Ananthavinayagan on 05/18/202205/18/2022
Batticaloa, Culture, Economy, Human Rights, Identity, Jaffna, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Refusing a Neoliberal Peace in The Incomplete Thombu

Today Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence. In the coming months, people’s hardships will only worsen as more austerity is forced on them. The present crisis is a result…

Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham on 04/04/202204/04/2022
Jaffna, Memorialisation, Moving Images, Transitional Justice, Writers Under Siege

The Brother Who Never Came Back: 15 Years Since the Disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran

“Even today I believe he will return but if he doesn’t, let him remain missing. If you want to report that he disappeared on the 15th, you can do that. We would…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 02/16/202202/17/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Desmond Tutu – An Inspiration and Challenge for Sri Lanka

Desmond Tutu was a black, South African, Christian male but in a world where colour, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, sexuality and gender matter, he transcended all of that to be a…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 12/31/202112/31/2021
Colombo, Culture, Development, Identity, Longing and Belonging, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict

Layla Gonaduwa: Exploring Memory, Home and Migration Through Art

For three months Layla Gonaduwa, a self taught, interdisciplinary artist, travelled around Sri Lanka to explore the concept of memory, home and migration. She explored symbiotic and discordant relationships between within communities…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/19/202110/19/2021
Districts, Memorialisation, Pandemic

The Sri Lanka COVID-19 Memorial

It proves a firm reminder of the magnitude of loss and it is the realisation behind the creation of a digital space of memorialisation and remembrance for those Sri Lanka has lost…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/06/202110/27/2021

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