Local ownership is crucial for an effective and sustainable transitional justice intervention. Sri Lanka has yet to start a meaningful discourse on the significance of a community-driven process.
என்னுடைய தாய் நாட்டின் துயரக் கதையையும், இலங்கை சிங்கள இனவாத ஆட்சியாளர்களாலும் தமிழ்ப் புலிகளாலும் நிகழ்த்தப்பட்ட கொடுமைகளையும் வெளிநாட்டு மேடையொன்றில் நின்று நான் சொல்வதில் உண்மையில் பெருமைப்படவோ, மகிழ்ச்சியடையவோ ஏதுமில்லை. எனினும் ஒரு கலைஞனாக அது என்னுடைய துயரார்ர்ந்த கடமையாக இருக்கிறது. என் வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் ஒரு எழுத்தாளனாகவும்… Read More »Counting and Cracking
මහින්ද චින්තනය හෙවත් බයි හෙජමොනිය ඉවරවීමත් එක්ක ඒකට අවශ්ය වයිබ් එක හදපු මීඩියා, ආර්ට් ට්රෙන්ඩුත් ඉවර වෙයි ද? රාජපක්ෂවාදයට පෙර හිට් වෙච්ච වේරලියද්ද සංස්කෘතියේ ආගමනය පිළිබඳ විශ්ලේෂණයක්.
In Sri Lanka, the wives of the disappeared carry bags full of contested memories which represent their collective resistance against state enforced disappearance of their loved ones.
Why do Rajapaksa loyalists remain faithful to the regime even as the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence?
To pretend that Sri Lankan cricket has remained bereft of politics or that the players have upheld this spirit of apolitical community is dangerous naivety.
මේ ලිපියේ අරමුණ ප්රශ්න වලට විසඳුම් සැපයීමට නම් නොවේ. එය තියන ප්රශ්න මදිවට තවත් ප්රශ්න ඇසීමටයි. විසඳුම් දෙන්න මට පුළුවන් වුණා නම් කොච්චර ශෝක්ද.