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#GotaGoHome, Diaspora, Human Security, Identity, justice, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

A Call for a Change in Culture

“They will never change” is a phrase that many Tamils overseas often hear from back home. A simple phrase articulated partly in sadness, partly in gloating. It’s difficult to condemn how various…

Aravinthan Ganeshan Aravinthan Ganeshan on 06/30/202207/01/2022
Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Bodily Harm: Abortion and the Rights of Women in Sri Lanka

The title of this article is taken from a collection of short stories by Margaret Atwood who has attained celebrity cult status recently due to her dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which…

Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon on 06/29/202206/29/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Good Governance, Bad Governance and No Governance

Good governance means a system of governance that ensures economic efficiency guaranteeing economic stability throughout a nation. This economic efficiency can only be brought about by the observance of transparency, accountability and…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 06/28/202206/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Life after this Death?

“All that is solid melts into the air…” Marx and Engels (The Communist Manifesto) The socio-economic edifice that is Sri Lanka’s informal sector is collapsing.  According to the 2020 Labour Force Survey,…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 06/19/2022
Human Rights, justice, Kilinochchi, Peace and Conflict

Yogarasa Kanagaranjani’s Journey for Justice

“March 25, 2009. I remember that day very well. How can I forget it? That was the day I saw my son for the last time. That was the day I last…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 06/15/202206/17/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

Ananthy Sasitharan: One Woman’s Relentless Quest for Justice

Thousands of women across Sri Lanka are searching for missing their husbands, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. The long and tragic history of enforced disappearances goes back to the first JVP insurrection…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/15/202206/20/2022
Colombo, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Food Sovereignty: Putting Farmers Back in Control

Colombo’s mayor, Rosy Senanayake, has cautioned that Colombo might run out of food by September.  The prime minister has warned that Sri Lankans will not be able to eat three meals a…

Priyanthi Fernando Priyanthi Fernando on 06/11/202206/11/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

A Failed Government is Destroying Our Children

In May 2022, over half a million 16 year old Sri Lankan children sat their O’Level examination. Passing this exam is necessary for them to continue with their schooling. This batch (referred…

Ruwanthie de Chickera Ruwanthie de Chickera on 06/11/202206/11/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Moving Towards True Reconciliation

In May this year, a Sri Lankan living in Australia was seen tearing up a flyer on the Tamil genocide commemorations at a #GotaGoHome protest. He said, “Do you think there was…

Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya on 06/07/202206/07/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Protecting the Environment in Times of Economic Turmoil

World Environment Day is celebrated every year to highlight the importance of the environment we live in. This year the theme is only one planet but to Sri Lankans it would be…

Jayantha Wijesingha Jayantha Wijesingha on 06/05/202206/06/2022
#GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Photos, Post-War

The Disappeared and the Struggle of Love

“1971 was for a few months. 89 for more than two years, and the war? The war went on for 30 years…10,000 in 1971, 60,000 in 1989 and in the war, of…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 06/05/202206/07/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

COPE Inquiry Reveals the People Who Brought Sri Lanka to its Knees

Last week’s Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) inquiry into the Central Bank (CB) and the economic situation revealed some rather distressing, but not surprising, revelations. The complete politicization of the CB is…

Athula Kumara Athula Kumara on 06/01/202206/01/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

Parliamentary Democracy: Re-living a Myth

Parliamentary democracy is a system of governance through which people share resources, provide for their own needs, enhance their own interests and deal with unexpected contingencies, as far as possible on their…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/31/202205/31/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Anatomy of Violence

There has been a lot of violence and also a lot of talk about violence in this last month. It shouldn’t come as a surprise because violence has underlined our Sri Lankan…

Priyanthi Fernando Priyanthi Fernando on 05/28/202205/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Ampara, Batticaloa, Culture, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Pandemic, Post-War

We want the Power of Equality, Justice and Love. Not Love for Power.

In late April, women from movements and collectives in the North and East marched into GotaGoGama in Galle Face to voice their concerns and issues in solidarity with the struggle in the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/26/2022

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