Stories about Sri Lanka from August, 2007
Sri Lanka: Health Minister and Homosexuality
Equal Ground on the Sri Lankan health minister's remarks on homosexuality.
Sri Lanka: Ranil and Others
Lanka Rising discusses politician Ranil in a scathing post.
Sri Lanka: Education and Nationalist Doctrine
Greenhornet.lk on why nationalist indoctrination should be removed from school syllabi.
Sri Lanka: No return to my village
A poignant testimonial at groundviews of a family who were bombed out of their village, and lost a family member to a mine, and whose village was occupied by the Sri Lankan Army.
Sri Lanka: Cops and Privacy
Indi.ca on cops visiting at early morning hours and privacy.
Sri Lanka: Watching the world go by
London, Lanka and Drums on life in Sri Lanka – watching the world go by. “It's a reflection of the many ways in which Sri Lankans take a laid back and calm approach to life, a comparison with the way that there can be wonderful tolerance and acceptance of some...
South Asia: Slaving in the Middle East
South Asian migrant workers (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal) have a notable contribution in the developments of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region. But the abuse and exploitation of these workers is shocking and serious issue. Migrant workers fuel the engine of the economy but they are exploited,...
Sri Lanka: Mahavilachchiya Reservoir
Nipuna Roshan on a reservoir constructed in 140 AD, still active and providing water to the villages around.
Sri Lanka: Oslo and Colombo
A Voice In Colombo on the Sri Lankan conflict affecting Oslo in Norway.
Sri Lanka: The Tsunami and the Conflict
groundviews has the account of a woman, who has suffered at the hands of the Tsunami and the ethnic conflict, and the lack of assistance in the process of rehabilitation.
Sri Lanka: HSBC and References
Indi.ca has a scathing take on HSBC Bank's policies on issuing credit cards in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka: Ethnic conflict and the missing
Transcurrents has photographs from the second public meeting for “Expression of grief of the families and friends of the disappeared” in Colombo.