Photo courtesy of Diakonia “The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion… but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this ...

Photo courtesy of Save the Children In my previous article Why Sri Lankans and Muslims Cannot Be Antisemitic I detailed why Sri Lankans or Muslims can’t be antisemitic. This article examines how ...

Photo courtesy of Amnesty International Today is International Safe Abortion Day The right to abortion is about access to healthcare, not a criminal act. However in Sri Lanka, access to a safe ...

Mannar has long been a land where beauty and pain coexist. Its pristine beaches and migratory birds tell one story, while its scars of war, displacement and neglect tell another. Now, Mannar has becom ...

Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is now part of a series of laws that results in a chilling effect on civic space. Around the world, increasingly, authoritarian and illiberal regimes have… ...

Dr. Kasipillai Manoharan has left us but the imprint of his courage and moral clarity will remain. He was first and foremost a father, and through his devotion to his son Ragihar he became one of the ...

Photo courtesy of FLFN Social injustice in education refers to the systemic barriers and unequal treatment that prevent individuals or groups from accessing quality learning opportunities based on ...

Photo courtesy of Dialog Standing at Colombo Fort Railway Station watching morning trains depart for Kandy, Badulla, Galle and Jaffna, it's easy to forget how the railways represent one of Sri Lanka's ...

Photo courtesy of MEI In 2007, a Vodafone Executive named Nick Hughes conceived a Corporate Social Responsibility project aimed at providing banking services to millions of people in Kenya who had ...

Photo courtesy of Saskia Fernando Gallery Anushiya Sundaralingam, a Sri Lankan born artist based in Northern Ireland, presents Adrift, her first solo exhibition at Saskia Fernando Gallery, which wades ...