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150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Economy, Healthcare, Issues, Youth

Roti and Rice: Examining Imbalances in Nutrition for Children in the Estate Sector

It’s 10:30 am at the Social Institute for the Development of Plantation Sector (SIDPS) pre-school on the Strathspey estate in Maskeliya. The children, most of them around five years old, queue up…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 08/28/201708/01/2020
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Issues

Like Drought Parched Earth: The Painful Injuries Sustained By Tea Pluckers

“I apply castor oil to my fingers and hold them over the fire. That is the medicine. For two days, I can pluck tea. After that, the pain comes back. So I…

Maatram Maatram on 08/22/2017
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Development, Education, Issues

STORYSPHERE: In Search of Work

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, Principal Sivayoga of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/21/2017
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
Corruption, Issues, Politics and Governance

The Monarch and the Hegemon: Tales of Suicidal Folly

Emma Lazarus’ poem, , became news recently when a poetry website carried it in response to Donald Trump’s immigration policy, and Mr. Trump responded with a characteristic twitter-barrage. Lazarus’ poem, written to…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 08/13/201708/15/2017
Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees

Voluntary, Safe and Sustainable Return: Support Needed for Sri Lankan Refugees

 “O our motherland, bid us a farewell We buried our smiles in our lips We buried our life in our bodies We are making a procession like empty skeletons….” This was the…

Mayuran Jeevarathinam Mayuran Jeevarathinam on 08/09/201708/09/2017
Human Rights, Issues, Reconciliation

A Honeymoon in a Refugee Camp – Remembering Black July, 34 Years Later

S Sornalingam had always thought he would have happy memories of July 1983. On July 15 that year, he and Suhenthra Muthuraja got married in a civil ceremony in Jaffna. At the time,…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 07/25/201708/01/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Post-War, Transitional Justice

The Gloves Are Off: Reactions to Ben Emmerson’s Statement on Torture, Counterterrorism

On July 14, 2017 the Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, Ben Emmerson released a statement at the end of his visit to Sri Lanka, where he met with detainees, activists,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/20/201707/20/2017
Constitutional Reform, Issues

Constitution, equality and Beethoven’s ninth symphony

I’m responding to one aspect of the article by Dr Rohan Wickramasinghe published in The Island of 17 July, 2017. He poses the question as to what the aristocratic framers of the…

Devanesan Nesiah Devanesan Nesiah on 07/18/201707/19/2017
Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice

What You Need To Know: Facts on the Enforced Disappearances Bill

Why is there a need to criminalise ‘enforced disappearances’? Sri Lanka has had a history of allegations of ‘enforced disappearances’, white van abductions etc. This is evidenced by the numerous commissions of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/18/201707/18/2017
Constitutional Reform, Issues

On framing our Constitution

Featured image courtesy ConstitutionNet On Independence Day we had a Constitution framed primarily by a British academic, Sir (then Dr) Ivor Jennings in the mid-40s. In formulating this document he consulted Prime…

Devanesan Nesiah Devanesan Nesiah on 07/12/201707/12/2017
Issues, Media and Communications

Disinformation in Sri Lanka: An overview

Fake news became a buzzword around the 2016 US Presidential election campaign. However, it’s something we have been grappling with in Sri Lanka for years. Fake news, is news created with the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/04/201707/08/2017
Development, Environment, Issues

Blue Sky Mining

“We are aware of the great difference in carbon dioxide that is emitted from biological sources and carbon dioxide emitted from fossil sources. One has sequestered rates measured in thousands of years…

Ranil Senanayake Ranil Senanayake on 07/04/201707/04/2017

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