By Shamindra Ferdinando Retired Supreme Court Justice Rohini Marasinghe, in her current capacity as the Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), directed...
By Lynn Ockersz It’s the Horse Trader’s hour once again, And fierce bargaining unfolds on Stage; Creatures stomping with iron hoofs, Displaying teeth of menacing length,...
Retired DIG Priyantha Jayakody, one-time police spokesman, last Saturday (07) advised the police on how to deal with the current wave of protests. Jayakody addressed the...
“Not everything is metal, but metal is everywhere. Metal is a conductor of all matter … and thought is born more from metal than stone…” Deleuze...
By Lynn Ockersz For 74 years in slavery suffered he, But he didn’t quite know it, Because their words were so syrupy, And he was told...
A Breakthrough in Contemporary Sri Lankan Theatre: by Saumya Liyanage Introduction Sarachchandra marked the turning point in Sinhala-speaking modern theatre by borrowing and integrating a myriad...
Successive governments allowed exporters to keep their USD earnings out of the country. Governments also turned a blind eye to people sending back money through illegal...
By Lynn Ockersz A study of perfect composure seems she, The WPC hardly out of her early twenties, Standing alongside battle-ready colleagues, At spiked, high-rise barricades...
A solution to Sri Lanka’s deepening economic, political and social problems is not in sight. Political parties, represented in Parliament, are still struggling to cope up...
By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA “… but they can’t forget the fact that when this was 100 times worse, these people did not open their mouths.” –...