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· September, 2006

Stories about Sri Lanka from September, 2006

Macau nurtures Luso-Sino connection

Macau can be seen today as the very capital of a reinvigorated Luso-Sino friendship. In addition to holding the Economic and Commercial Cooperation Forum which happened this last weekend, the...

Written by Jose Murilo
30 September 2006

Sri Lanka: LTTE and Pakistan

LankaWatch on the politics of playing one country against the other in the sub-continent by the LTTE. “LTTE has only managed to paint itself into a corner – the same...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
27 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Pro-LTTE in London

The Tamil Sri Lankan community in London is being pressurized to join demonstrations on UN Peace Day. “What is enlightening is the LTTE organisers are using events like these to...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
22 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Muslim Concerns

Moju on the current conflict in Sri Lanka and the concerns of the Muslim Community. “In August 2006 the Muslim community of Mutur found itself at the centre of the...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
22 September 2006

Global Food Blog Report #32

#1: From Sri Lanka, Moju meditations on Hitler and Vegetarianism: "Hitler was a vegetarian" As you can see below from the quotes of Hitler…he was a vegetarian and a teetotaler!...

Written by Melissa De León
18 September 2006

Sri Lanka: The insensitive Colombo Citizen

Nirmal Jayasinghe outlines the ‘Insensitive Colombo Citizen’. “Why should I go out? Let them get all the bullets, suffering and whatever results. I don’t care, because I’m not concerned. I’m...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
14 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Black July

Nirmal Jayasinghe on a book ‘July’ set in the backdrop of Black July. “This was a very touching book. It’s mainly about a love between a Tamil boy and Sinhalese...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
13 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Religion and Domination

Moju on the various dichotomies between religion and the politics of domination. “however, what cannot be explained, nor justified, is the frenzied nationalist who screams for sinhala domination and also...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
12 September 2006

South Asia Blog Buzz

The latest from the South Asian blogs: Bangladesh: - Rajputro writes a satirical piece on how the load shedding (power cuts to manage shortage in electricity supply) in Bangladesh can...

Written by Rezwan
10 September 2006

Bangladesh blog buzz

The latest opinions and views from the Bangladeshi blogs including refugees, gender equity, energy, human rights, politics, international relations, culture and cyber society etc. issues:

Written by Rezwan
3 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Peace and Technology

ICT for Peacebuilding on technology being neutral. “I would argue, perhaps controversially, that technology does not have to be neutral to engender trust. Particularly in a peace processes and conflict...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
1 September 2006

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