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#GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Education, Media and Communications

GotaGoGama: A Learning Curve

GotaGoGama is gone. Gota has returned. Things have regressed in the past two months or so. The nucleus of Sri Lanka’s popular protests have ceased to exist. Its last days were a…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202209/27/2022
Long Reads, Media and Communications, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, The Constitutional Coup

Value Education and Literature

Editor’s Note: Delivered at the Open University on November 30th 2018 Throughout the world today we bemoan the lack of values. No one quite knows what that means and a good post-modernist…

Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy on 12/02/2018
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Development, Education, Issues

STORYSPHERE: The Daily Journey

As part of a series marking 150 years of tea production in Sri Lanka, used StorySphere, an immersive storytelling platform created by Google to showcase 360 degree imagery. Here, Vice Principal of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/18/201708/18/2017
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Development, Education, Issues

STORYSPHERE: Education at Risk

As part of a series marking 150 years of tea production in Sri Lanka, used StorySphere, an immersive storytelling platform created by Google to showcase 360 degree imagery. Here, Vice Principal Thiruchelvam…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/17/201708/17/2017
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Education, Human Rights, Issues

The Road to School: Access to Education in the Plantation Sector

For children living in Spring Valley estate, close to Badulla, the day begins at 5:30 am, when they begin to get ready for the bus to school. The bus leaves at 6:20…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 08/16/201708/01/2020
Education, Issues, Language, Reconciliation

A Continuing Conversation on National Reconciliation Policy

Laksiri Fernando’s prompt response of 6th June to mine reveals that he has not read my article carefully. It is precisely to avoid needless finger pointing that I suggested that the Sinhalese should…

Devanesan Nesiah Devanesan Nesiah on 06/10/201706/10/2017
Education, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Response to Devanesan Nesiah on “National Reconciliation Policy”

First, I must thank Devanesan Nesiah for his response in ) with his agreement on 7 of the 8 policy areas raised, and clearly expressing his doubts, disagreements and suggestions. As John…

Laksiri Fernando Laksiri Fernando on 06/05/201706/05/2017
Education, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Education and empowerment: the journey of Sri Lankan refugees

Sri Lankan refugees living in the camps of Tamil Nadu in India have been able to take control of their uncertain future through education. The story of their journey inspires many refugee…

Mayuran Jeevarathinam Mayuran Jeevarathinam on 01/29/201701/29/2017
Issues, Politics and Governance

The rat, the hole and Sri Lankan politics

6.15 pm. Oozing dark orange and purplish hues into the far horizon, the sun had begun to recede behind the hills of Kandy, like a tired giant. It’s this time I look…

Farweez Imamudeen Farweez Imamudeen on 12/17/2016
Education, Media and Communications

The fruit of an ambitious social experiment – South Asian University Holds its First Convocation

As an idea, project and dream of considerable proportions, South Asian University has been discussed for more than a decade among leading intellectuals of the region, including people like Asish Nandy of India, Imtiaz Ahmed from Bangladesh, Kanak Dixit from Nepal and many others.…

By special arrangement By special arrangement on 07/03/201607/05/2016
Education, Issues

Politicians, Doctors, Neo liberalists and the antithesis of Education

Featured image courtesy Rose Charities Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a nation in crisis. It has a troubled past, a confused present and an uncertain future. An autopsy of the present status…

Farweez Imamudeen Farweez Imamudeen on 01/14/201601/14/2016
Colombo, Education, Features, Jaffna, Kandy, Language, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Youth

Exclusive: Syllabi and timetables from compulsory University ‘leadership’ training course

Image from Virakesari Online. [Since the time this article was first published, the service used to host the embedded PDFs requires registration and a fee to download the documents locally. All of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/14/201101/26/2014
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Growth Ideal or not so Ideal

© TechNation As Sri Lanka eases away from the emergency and security phase to a growth and development phase, there is a wonderful opportunity for us to create a balance between growth…

Lalith Gunaratne Lalith Gunaratne on 12/15/2010

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