· October, 2010

Stories about Sri Lanka from October, 2010

Sri Lanka: Why Women In Politics Always Matters

“The main obstacle to equal political representation of women in political institutions in Sri Lanka is political parties”, comments Chulani Kodikara in a recent interview with Groundviews.

20 October 2010

Sri Lanka: Why The Students Protest

“Sri Lankan University students regularly protest and the police regularly beat them up,” opines Indi.ca and discusses the reasons behind their protests.

17 October 2010

Sri Lanka: Artists Are Outcasts Of The System

Makuluwo at Cerebral Ramblings describes how the students pursuing creative arts and literature in Sri Lanka are considered an outcasts of the system and because of it many of them...

16 October 2010

Sri Lanka: A Photographer's Journey To Dhaka

Sri Lankan photo-blogger Chulie de Silva travels to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with the usual inhibition of stereotyping of the cosmopolitan and finds the glass half full.

13 October 2010

Sri Lanka: Dance In Pictures

Minaali Haputantri posts some elegant photos of a dance performance by Channa Upuli, an world renowned Sri Lankan dance troop.

12 October 2010

Sri Lanka: Children And The Race Question

Indi.ca opines that although it is common in Sri Lanka to query about other people's race, “for an certain generation of children, however, the race label is becoming completely inapplicable.”

5 October 2010

Sri Lanka: E For Eelam

Michael Meyler at Groundviews explains the different meanings of the word ‘Eelam” in Sri Lanka.

2 October 2010