· June, 2007

Stories about Sri Lanka from June, 2007

Sri Lanka: The Liberals

One One Things reflects on participating in conferences, where liberals are shouted down without quite looking at the merits of liberalization.

14 June 2007

Sri Lanka: On being terrorized

indi.ca on what being terrorized means “Sri Lanka is fundamentally different from the LTTE in that we do have systems and freedoms to enable a moral or at least decent...

12 June 2007

Sri Lanka: State Sponsored Abductions

Lanka Whistle-Blower on what appear to be state sponsored abductions. ” It started with abductions of Tamil businessmen, and extended to the Muslim community, and has now made the transition...

7 June 2007

Sri Lanka: Prof VK Samaranayake

Open Maze and other blogs on the death of Prof. V.K. Samaranayake. “This is shocking news; he was the founder of the BIT (Bachelor of Information Technology- External) program at...

7 June 2007

Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Men

Tiny Little Fractures on why Sri Lankan boys don't quite rock the list, and why that generalization too isn't very fair. “I personally have my doubts that this is a...

4 June 2007

Sri Lanka: Used Book Stores

cerno on going to second hand book stores in Colombo. “That old book smell is still there (mingling with insense that fails to kill the aroma of old pages. Some...

1 June 2007