The recent announcement of Government of Sri Lanka’s (GOSL) intention to establish a Media Development Authority (MDA) in Sri Lanka could be taken as an indication of its approach towards media in the context of post-war economic development. An official statement posted on 25th July 2010 on a government news portal shows that the proposed [...]
‘International responsibility for the alleviation of suffering is one of the most noble of human goals. Nobility of aim does not however confer immunity from sociological analysis or ethical critique’ (De Waal, 1997: 65) Broadly speaking, humanitarianism refers to an ethic of kindness and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all of humanity. Those who [...]
What a large and dramatic idea occurred to the brigadier in charge of rehabilitation , to organize a mass wedding to spur former Tiger troops into formation under a different philosophy and yet appeal to their strengths to cohere as a group not any longer in waging war against the State but to reveal their [...]
“Where you from” asked the precocious teenager from Jane, a World Bank official I was escorting to a remote hillside community in the middle of Sri Lanka to show a community based micro hydro system. She proudly said, “America”. She and I were both shocked at the response that followed; “Boo Bush Boo Bush!” accompanied [...]
On August 12th last year an appalling incident took place in Angulana, when two young men were arrested, and subsequently killed. Even if one refrained from drawing any conclusions about who was responsible, one could say definitely that this was a clear case of extra-judicial or summary or arbitrary execution. The case was not however [...]
I’ve written about Google Latitude earlier on this blog. What dedicated GPS devices like a Garmin did in the past, most mobile phones can now do out of the box. Location mapping is a new dimension in web services, and while platforms like Ushahidi are in the limelight for using location data via mobile phone to, […]
I occasionally read TamilNet. Like crossing a mosquito bite, reading the (formerly?) LTTE news outlet has its perverse and pointless pleasure. Lately, post-war really, it has descended into absurdity. Aside from the spate of abductions in the North that only it and the Tamil papers seem to cover, the website is full of delusional and racist editorials and assorted sputtering. I’m not saying I expect anything else, but the latest boycott I saw went pretty deep into the absurd and came back without breaking a sweat. It’s a half naked woman with ACTIVISM painted across her boobs, belying a broad incomprehension of whatever she’s campaigning for. Pretty much the modern state of affairs.
Sri Lanka (SL) draws close to another election, an election of relative importance to the nation since the prime lawmaking body is to be elected from it. The election euphoria as experienced by us before is not visible amongst the masses this time; the obvious reason happens to be the long series of elections that [...]
මේ පාර දෙන චිත්රපටිය නම් ටිකක් වෙනස් විධියේ චිත්රපටියක්. ෆිල්ම් එක ගැන මෙහෙම කියන්නම් “බිය ගැ…
The posters do spread a message! Well, that’s the whole idea behind pasting those papers and covering every possible inch of others’ walls. Before the 26th of last month, the goats, the cows and others who loved to taste the ink of the print were havin…
මගේ ලිපි කියවන අයට මතකද American Dreamz ෆිල්ම් එක මතක නැත්නම් බලන්න [http://muthunayake.blogspot.com/2009/07/american-dreamz-2006.html]මෙන්න බොලේ …
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Usually it is when people die, or move on, or do something significant that you talk about their legacy. But The Beast is no ordinary man. He has forever changed the face of Sri Lankan politics. He has made more changes to Sri Lanka’s political s…
Listen Guys this was an Article i published in the Web (Lankanewsweb.com) in August; to which i received threats in return from unknown numbers…… The final phrase of this article says “message I can give in conclusion is that we are not impotent but courage’s, not feeble but strong, not dormant but awake; So bear in mind WE WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD THIS BATTLE FOR DISSENT AND WE WILL DEFEAT YOU! WE WILL TRUIMPH !!!
And i am proud to say that i still stand by it… Whatever it takes the days of thi dictatorship are now numbered…… Yes We Will Defeat You !!!
It’s yet another step of the endless elections Sri Lankan people had to cope with lately. Previous ones were just a part of a disgusting political ball game. But without a doubt this one is the most important and critical one of them all. It is important because it will decide who is going to [...]
We have already expressed our take on ‘patriotism’, but in view of the recent developments on the political scene and as the word ‘patriot’ has been bandied about without respite to condemn those with views that differ to those of the powers that be, Java thought it would be useful to have those patriots out [...]
About One year ago, I stopped writing about anything political or politically inclined given the prevailing atmosphere at that time about such views being published in a public forum. I don’t mean to say I used to write a lot neither has a lot change…
By Thava SajitharanWhile refuting reports that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to offer the government support, TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran says their party is willing to cooperate with the government on matters concerning the ethnic …
A while ago I blogged how LTTE’s global arms procurement person (and their “head of international relations”) was still absconding. Well, no more .. KP is now ours 
.He was nabbed in Malaysia by Sri Lankan military intelligence folks and then brought…
MondayColombo is a city where information circulates by way of clandestine candle-lit dinners. Stories of corruption, abductions and arbitrary shootings are prefaced with a distancing “I’ve heard” or “They say” to avoid liability, not for false statem…
I have been reading quite a bit of news items and blog post recently about the on-going drama surrounding the abduction (Not in a white van tho) of two baby elephants from the orphanage, but a couple of news items today just took the cake! It seems that certain prominent Buddhist clergy members have taken [...]
The child that was abducted and demanded one million rupees of ransom has been found dead. Earlier the abductors have threatened to kill the child if the police is informed. http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=43288T…
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