One may question if this is an instance of a covert, deliberate policy or a reflection of passive complicity. The government’s indifference amid growing criticism and protest against welcoming ...

Until the 1980s, the traditional clothing of Sri Lankan Moors—commonly referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims—was a vibrant and visible expression of their cultural identity. Men often wore sarongs, long ...

In Europe, countries like Spain and Cyprus have faced similar challenges, where atrocities occurred more than fifty to ninety years ago and where only those beyond middle age have any direct memory of ...

Sri Lanka’s public debt crisis has attracted intense attention since the country’s historic default in 2022. Academics, policymakers, and international lenders have rightly focused on (a) fiscal ...

Post July 1983, a dominant narrative of perpetual ‘ethnic conflict’ between the Sinhala and Tamil speaking communities was funded and constructed largely by the Ford Foundation’s ethnic conflict ...

I use the term ‘struggle’ in the title of this article to mean ‘work,’ and not ‘fight.’ The advocacy for peace in the world is old as the history of war and violence. But that has failed so far at ...

It is nearing eleven months since Anura Kumara Dissanayake became President and nine months since JVP-NPP coalition was put in power with an unassailable two-third majority in parliament. Both were ...

The GameZone Tablegame Champions Cup (GTCC) has emerged as the premier battleground for elite Tongits players in the Philippines. Launched in June, this offline tournament has captivated fans of the ...

My View completing fourteen and half years With this 750th piece, My View completes fourteen and a half years of unbeaten record. First appearing in January 2011, [1] it has been published as an ...

2019 අප්‍රේල් මාසයේ පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලනයට සම්බන්ධ බවට බොහෝ කාලයක් තිස්සේ කතාබහක් පැවතිණි. කතෝලික පල්ලි තුනකට සහ ...

“If mass graves like Chemmani are being exhumed, why is Kurukkalmadam still ignored? Are Muslim lives worth less?” His question deserves serious reflection. In 1998, the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna ...

Just over a year ago, on June 13, 2024, I published an article titled “Buddhist Revolutionist in the Making – Kekirawe Sudassana Thero” in Colombo Telegraph. In it, I posited that Sri Lanka’s ...