Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	WOMEN IN CONFLICT - An interview with American filmmaker based in Sri Lanka, Lisa Kois
[Editors note: This interview was conducted in April 2006]   Lisa Kois is a brave filmmaker, working right at the heart of today’s dangerous and on going civil conflict in Sri Lanka. Her movie and television series on Sri Lanka’s war have won her numerous international awards;...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Sep 2, 2008	Women and politics in Sri Lanka: The challenges to meaningful participation
In an earlier article on Groundviews titled ‘Half a Democracy ‘,  the author referred to the virtual absence of women in political institutions in Sri Lanka, and their resultant inability to define  politics and influence decision making in a context of continuing conflict, soaring...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 31, 2008	Understanding electoral results in Sri Lanka: Beyond winners and losers
Introduction The United People’s Freedom Party (UPFA) claimed its second consecutive provincial electoral victory on the 24 th of August by winning a clear majority of seats in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Province.  This election was more competitive than the previous Eastern...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	WOMEN IN CONFLICT - An interview with American filmmaker and UN Rapporteur based in Sri Lanka, Lisa Kois
Lisa Kois is a brave filmmaker, working right at the heart of today’s dangerous and on going civil conflict in Sri Lanka. Her movie and television series on Sri Lanka’s war have won her numerous international awards; she talks to Hugh Bohane, about her experiences making her first...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Our very own Blackwater? Sri Lankan mercenaries in Iraq
I walk into the bar at the Sapphire, knowing I’m early for this interview, but I don’t want to keep my contact waiting. He’s obviously a busy man, but has been convinced by a mutual friend to give me half an hour of his time. The bar itself has a certain well-worn charm that...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	Misguided cultural policing in Sri Lanka: Where’s the morality amongst politicians?
No more scantily clad foreign cheerleaders at cricket matches in Sri Lanka as it goes against our “culture”, the Minister of Sports and Public Recreation Gamini Lokuge recently decreed. He was awakened to this “foreign evil” by the Minister of Cultural Affairs Mahinda...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	For the love of books: A story from Sri Lanka
About six weeks ago the organization I work with received a letter and a telephone call from the Swami Gnanapragasam Library in Jaffna commending our work. They wanted us to send them any publications we could spare, as they were very keen to have resources related to peace and governance in...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	Defense and Devolution
Just as it did at the moment of decolonization and independence, the visible post-war moment provides a rare historic opportunity for nation building and the construction of national identity. We missed the first chance, but must not miss the second. In his nationally televised dialogue with...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 17, 2008	Hurry Up and Go Slowly
When we were being initiated to English under the Free Education Scheme, our teacher used to ask us to, “Hurry up and go slowly.” This command made us laugh, for by then we knew enough English to see the seeming paradox. Sixty years later, I do not laugh at the words any more. I...... [view]

Posted By:  jogany Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	Workshop Web 2.0 For Web Developers In Antananarivo
(original article in French by Harinjakahere) As part of its formative activities for the transfer of technological knowledge in French-speaking developing countries, the International Organization of Francophonie (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) through its Specialized Institute...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	The Rajapakse regime: Rewarding the corrupt and sheltering the criminal?
If there is one thing that is crystal clear about the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, it is that it rewards wrong doers and punishes the righteous. The President’s decision to include the Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera in his delegation to China for the opening ceremony of the...... [view]

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