Photo courtesy of Bloomberg The principal problem faced by people due to the economic crisis is of rising prices while incomes for many remain unchanged.…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “Not only our actions, but also our inactions, become our destiny.” Heinrich Zimmer (The King and the Corpse) This week marked…
Photo courtesy of Roar Media “How are we supposed to heal when we can’t even remember our loved ones in peace?” asked Vinitha (name changed),…
Photo courtesy of lookphotos Buddhism has been a part of Sri Lanka’s culture for centuries and the ordination of young boys as novice monks is…
Photograph courtesy of Anoma Wijewardene On this day, one year ago, I was alone in my studio working intensely on some paintings totally unaware of…
Photo courtesy of UTV News On human rights grounds, the US government has banned Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, the most senior officer in Sri Lanka’s navy…
Photo courtesy of Freedom From Torture A much discussed and debated topic is the Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATA) of 2023, which was introduced as a mending…
Photo courtesy of BBC “On land a tiger, in the water a crocodile.” A Bengali proverb In Sri Lanka terror means Tamil or Muslim. When…
Photo courtesy of The National News March 20, when the IMF Board approved an Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka, now seems a long time…
Photo courtesy of BBC There are many things that I remember today, April 21, 2023 in relation to Easter Sunday attacks four years ago. Images of…
Photo courtesy of The World Bank The impact of the economic crisis on the working class poor of Colombo over the past year cannot be overstated. Many…
Photo courtesy of NPR The proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), as many legal experts have already argued, can be more dangerous than the draconian Prevention of…
Photo courtesy of The Guardian The recent war was officially over by the time I came to Sri Lanka a few years ago but it…
Photo courtesy of Atalayar On March 17, the government published its proposed 97 page Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The ATA is the latest attempt by governments…
Photo courtesy of AFP In Sri Lanka, for decades, the state has been abusing power and violating the rights of its citizens with impunity, often…
“Ten years later, I still get called a ‘kotiya’,” T. Rameshkumar, 43, victim of a false charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. One morning…
Daniel Alphonsus Photo courtesy of Human Rights Watch Countries never learn from others’ mistakes, they only learn from their own. Sri Lanka is an exception:…
Photo courtesy of Nikkei Asia China has backed Sri Lanka’s debt plan. To be more specific, as Bloomberg reported, it has “given assurances that it…
Photo courtesy of Educaloi Today is International Women’s Day For her documentary film Teardrop On Fire, Jessica Palden interviewed many people who have directly experienced…
Photo courtesy of WNPS Last year, Covid dominated all conversations and contributed to the further exacerbation of a multitude of existing man-made environmental and conservation…
Image Courtesy IRNA “A tangle within, a tangle without…” Jata Sutta – Samyutta Nikaya In July 2020, Indika Rathnayake, a non-theistic online activist, was…
Photo courtesy of LMD January is usually a grim indication of the perilous state of human rights in Sri Lanka. It is reminder of the…
Photo courtesy of Bloomberg A recent World Food Programme (WFP) report underlines the magnitude of the food crisis in Sri Lanka. The report shows that…
2022 was one of the most momentous years in Sri Lanka’s recent history. An unprecedented people’s movement drove out an elected president and prime minister…
Photo courtesy of Thilina Kaluthotage In some ways, in 2022, life for Sri Lankans has followed a similar pattern to previous years. A few have…
Photo courtesy of Dhananjaya Samarakoon When I look back at 2022, what strikes me more than anything else is how agonisingly slowly it passed. The early…
Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera “Winds don’t blow as ships desire.” Arabic proverb Before Gotabaya Rajapaksa, there was S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. Before organic only, there was Sinhala…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Brief Sri Lanka plunged into a dystopian economic reality in 2022. Even in the present global downturn few countries match…
Photo courtesy of World Socialist Web Site Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis, and the health system is at risk of…