Photograph Courtesy Parliment.lk Despite the unprecedented socio-economic and political setbacks Sri Lanka is currently facing, the Government is making preparations to celebrate the country’s 75th…
Photo courtesy of Aspen Institute Hobson’s choice is not that bad because it offers you two options: you can either take what is offered or…
Photo courtesy of Counterpoint We cared for Indira Gandhi. She understood Lankan Tamil plight and the need for redress, return of lands, control over…
Photo courtesy Ruki Fernando Panama is a remote village at the southern end of the eastern province in the Ampara district. The slogan often used…
Photo courtesy of The Globe and Mail A Supreme Court judgement, a new US law, Canadian sanctions and United Nations evidence gathering are making it…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai The past few weeks have seen a rapid escalation of justice and accountability mechanisms on the national and international landscape…
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 Asian Mirror Among the reprisals faced by prominent leaders of the people’s uprising last year were arrests, detentions, travel bans and continuing…
Photo courtesy of Island Life What did this year bring? It brought the Palais des Nations in Geneva to hear my thoughts on poetry…
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 Samanthi J. Gunawardana Gnanamuttu Kusumawathi, known as Kusuma akka, passed away five years ago. We remember her rebellious spirit and strength with…
Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera On December 17, 2022, fishermen in northern Sri Lanka alerted the navy about a boat in distress adrift in the…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda On this Boxing Day, eighteenth anniversary of the Tsunami I write about the year in which the Aragalaya swept up…
Photo courtesy of Belvoir St Theatre Following the runaway success of his first play, Counting and Cracking, writer and director S. Shakthidharan has produced a…
Photo courtesy of Surfer I think it’s time we changed the conversation in our society from what a woman’s role in society should be –…
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 Yahoo News Following three decades of bloody and protracted civil war between government forces and the LTTE, the group was dismantled in…