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Advocacy, Human Rights, justice, Kandy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

From Pilgrim to Terrorist

One morning in April 2008, Rameshkumar picked up a hire in his tuk tuk in Digana and was driving to the destination when he was suddenly accosted by a group in a…

Buwanaka S. Perera Buwanaka S. Perera on 03/23/2023
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka’s Reform-Regress-Run to the IMF Crisis Cycle

Daniel Alphonsus Countries never learn from others’ mistakes, they only learn from their own. Sri Lanka is an exception: we don’t even learn from our folly. Apparently neither does the IMF. Sri…

Daniel Alphonsus Daniel Alphonsus on 03/21/202303/21/2023
Colombo, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

The (Geo)politics of a Bailout

China has backed Sri Lanka’s debt plan. To be more specific, as Bloomberg reported, it has “given assurances that it will support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring.” This is a significant breakthrough and…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 03/12/202303/13/2023
Colombo, Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Teardrop on Fire: Exposing Gender Based Violence

For her documentary film Teardrop On Fire, Jessica Palden interviewed many people who have directly experienced domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka. The footage for the film was generated…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 03/08/202303/08/2023
Human Rights, justice, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

A Promising Poet Silenced by the PTA

Ahnaf Jazeem is a 27 year old Muslim poet from the remote village of Chilawathurai in the Mannar District. Ahnaf was arrested on May 16, 2020 by the Counter Terrorism Investigation Division…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 03/02/202303/02/2023
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Taxing Times

Sri Lanka’s poorest of the poor, their lives devastated by economic collapse, may face a killer blow soon: a crippling of the public health system. That GMOA is planning to paralyse the…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 02/26/202302/26/2023
Colombo, Politics and Governance

The President’s Month of Reckoning

The last week of February has turned out to be the busiest for President Ranil Wickremesinghe. On Tuesday he defended the government’s immensely unpopular tax policy at a tax forum organised by…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 02/26/2023
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Making the IMF Work for Sri Lankans

The government of Sri Lanka is negotiating a large conditional loan from the IMF. A formal agreement is likely to be signed within weeks once all the main creditors provide the IMF…

Mick Moore Mick Moore on 02/24/202302/24/2023
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

Survey Reveals Dramatic Shift in Voting Patterns

The latest Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) carried out by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) by the polling in January 2023 shows the NPP/JVP and SJB running neck and neck…

Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya on 02/22/202302/22/2023
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Deep Jungle Fever: A Symptom of a Greater Malady

The traditional conservation laws and policies of Sri Lanka are largely not working. If they were there would not be so much unrestrained destruction of wildlife and forests. These pieces of legislation…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 02/17/202302/18/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Rusted Metal, Bloodied Minds – Crisis and Struggle

When the GotaGoGama Protest site was attacked by supporters of Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9, a row of tents were destroyed and burned to the ground by the rowdy gang that descended…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 02/17/202302/18/2023
75 Years of Independence, Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

Independence Celebrated by Dependents

While the country was on a celebrative mood, I turned the pages of a dictionary that defines independence as the “Freedom to make laws or decisions without being governed or controlled by another country, organization, etc. Wikipedia, as if reading Sri Lankans’ minds,…

Chandrasena Maliyadde Chandrasena Maliyadde on 02/10/202302/18/2023
75 Years of Independence, Colombo, Culture, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Country We Lost to Sinhala-Buddhism

During Black July, marauding mobs, when uncertain about the ethnic identity of a potential victim, would order him/her to recite the five precepts in Pali or the chant , a composite which…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 02/07/202302/07/2023
75 Years of Independence, Culture, Farming & Agriculture, Photos, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Sri Lanka at 75: A Photostory

This year’s independence day will be our country’s 75th.  It marks an important step in the post-colonial history of the country, and one that serves as an indicator of how our nation…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/04/202302/04/2023
75 Years of Independence, Colombo, Development, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Sri Lanka at 75: Whose Motherland, What Freedoms?

Sri Lanka’s national anthem presents a vision of the country as a motherland to many, life giving and filled with nature’s abundance and beauty, a place of truth seeking and wisdom. It…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 02/04/202302/04/2023

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