July usually passes me by without too much notice, beyond the vague worry that there might be a Tiger attack on Colombo, and a few flashbacks to that weekend in 1983. But this time it’s been a bit different. I’ve found myself reliving that day a lo…

Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri and Prof. Nira Wickramasinghe both from the faculty of arts at the University of Colombo spoke at a Beyond Borders study circle in Colombo on how we interpret the construct called “history”. Following are some excerpts from their remarks.
Dr. Nirmal Dewasiri on the relationship between the past and the present :

Prof. […]

A friend of mine commenting on my post about youth participation on the BB blog, contests my view that economic liberalization in Sri Lanka has made youth uprisings unlikely. She writes,Economic Liberalization still remains, sadly, the dominion of cit…

Last time, it was Obama’s ignorance which became abundantly clear when he commented that Sri Lanka has a religious conflict. Today, it’s Newsweek’s turn. In an article titled “War is the answer” The newsweek comments,In addition to being an ethnic conf…

Mahinda Samarasinghe made a breakthrough statement at the UN Human Rights Council on the 4th.
Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe responding to the earlier statements made by a few countries on the situation in Sri Lanka strongly refuted the assertion that the situation has worsened.
He said “We regret one or two […]

Mahinda Samarasinghe made a breakthrough statement at the UN Human Rights Council on the 4th.
Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe responding to the earlier statements made by a few countries on the situation in Sri Lanka strongly refuted the assertion that the situation has worsened.
He said “We regret one or two […]

Through the looking glass, I heard music, saw laughter and color pass by.. Life is a whirlwind of joyous moments. Then, I opened my eyes…
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From a recent mail i received….A tribute Defense Forces of Sri LankaYour alarm goes off; you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutesHe stays up for days on endYou take a warm shower to help you wake upHe goes days or weeks without running wat…

Whichever way a person looks at it, Sri Lanka is in the middle of a fully fledged war. And in conflict situations, the invisible impact like emotional scars and disorder of day to day life can be longer lasting, and can run deeper than the visible impacts, such as loss of life and destruction of […]

Nilma Dole in her article titled Menage a Trois on the Sunday Observer on the 20th of January, narrates the “true story” told to her by a macho man about one of his sexual escapades. This (not-so) brilliant attempt by Nilma at feature writing with a dash of erotica proves several things to me, including […]

Nilma Dole in her article titled Menage a Trois on the Sunday Observer on the 20th of January, narrates the “true story” told to her by a macho man about one of his sexual escapades. This (not-so) brilliant attempt by Nilma at feature writing with a dash of erotica proves several things to me, including […]