by admin | May 12, 2015 | Stories
Intolerance And Islamaphobia In Post-War Sri Lanka By Abdul ‘Being Sri Lankan’ to me is a confusing idea sometimes. Do we really have an all-encompassing identity that cuts across our cultural and religious differences, or are we just unfortunate inhabitants of...
by admin | Jan 8, 2015 | Stories
Rituals, Unpacked Sri Lanka is rich in religious and cultural rituals. Some of them are a mix of different religions and many of them cut across communities. This feature, while not an exhaustive list of the country’s many rituals and beliefs, explores a select few...
by admin | Jan 8, 2015 | Stories
Children, On Religion When one speaks of religious diversity in Sri Lanka today, the key word that comes to mind is tolerance. What does religious diversity mean in Sri Lanka today and how do we practice it? In light of all the growing intolerance against the Muslim...
by admin | Dec 26, 2014 | Stories
The Tsunami: 10 Years On By Anushka A monk helps to remove dead bodies at the site of the train disaster, Peraliya, Southern Sri Lanka, 27th December 2004. Photograph by Amantha Perera, text by Anushka Wijesinha. Sri Lanka was one of fourteen countries that saw the...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | Stories
The Disappearing Dhobis By Lakna In the British Colonial era, warships that docked at the Colombo Port had been in dire need of a facility to wash their linen as amenities to do the laundry were not available onboard. The Dhobi community residing in the vicinity of...
by admin | Feb 26, 2014 | Stories
Java Lane, Vanishing With Old Colombo By Abdul The eviction and relocation of residents in Slave Island of an area approximately 160 acres in the heart of Colombo 1 began almost two years ago. Seventy thousand households are being relocated to newly constructed...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Stories
Whose Right Of Way? By Abdul When travelling along the stunningly picturesque Colombo-Matara expressway, Sri Lanka’s first toll-operated highway, it is easy to forget the toll that this project took on the surrounding communities. In the course of construction,...
