· February, 2008

Stories about Sri Lanka from February, 2008

South Asia: Decline Scenario

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

27 February 2008

Sri Lanka: Not Obama

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.

18 February 2008

Sri Lanka: Right to Shoot

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.

14 February 2008

Sri Lanka: A big dose of politics

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...

7 February 2008