· February, 2008

Stories about Sri Lanka from February, 2008

South Asia: Decline Scenario

  27 February 2008

Chapati Mystery on the idea of “decline scenario” in interpreting history – implying that South Asia was already in decline before colonization.

Sri Lanka: Live Cricket!

  19 February 2008

At groundviews, an author writes with much joy – having seen a live cricket match between India and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Not Obama

  18 February 2008

Deane's Dimension from Sri Lanka on why rooting for Obama is all fine, but why one really needs to look at his foreign and economic policy.

Sri Lanka: Right to Shoot

  14 February 2008

groundviews talks of the right to ‘shoot’ – in the context of a leading Sri Lankan photojournalist being detained by the police for taking photographs near a well-known Colombo school.

Sri Lanka: A big dose of politics

  7 February 2008

London, Lanka and Drums takes a closer look at the Sri Lankan blogosphere, and observes that a lot of the discussion appears to focus on the political situation in the country.