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Mineral Mining In Mannar Island May Put Bird Paradise At Risk

A 130-km protrusion of land on Sri Lanka’s north-western coast has received a fair amount of local and international press in the past few months. Mannar Island, connected to the mainland by a causeway, has been identified as a rich source of the mineral ilmenite, which the Perth-based Australian company, Titanium Sands Ltd., hopes to mine.

Funny Boy, The Movie — Clumsy and Important

Much has been said online and offline about Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy, particularly its casting choices and the boycott around the movie.

The Hyperlocal Beast: Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chats With The Dead

I spent close to two years reading and re-reading Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chinaman for the purposes of my thesis, and so it took me a while to muster the strength to tackle his latest novel Chats With The Dead.

Sri Lankans Who Sheltered Edward Snowden In Dire Straits

In the wake of the Hong Kong government’s rejection of their asylum claims late last week, the Sri Lankans and Filipino who sheltered whistleblower…

After Snowden

“Hong Kong’s version of untouchables” – the asylum seekers (three Sri Lankans and one Filipino), who “opened doors and hearts” to whistle-blower Edward Snowden,…

The Indian Ocean, Climate Change, And Failing Monsoons

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article was published on Roar.lk on February 23, 2016, but is being re-published following a series of…

Has Sri Lanka Truly Become More Corrupt?

The Corruption Perceptions Index for 2016, surveyed by Transparency International, is out – and it doesn’t look like Sri Lanka has fared too well….

The Internet Is A Postmodern Dystopia Our Parents Are Unwittingly Trapped In

You’ve all heard of child-lock and were probably subject to technology training wheels at some point in your life, especially if you still had…

How National Budgets Are Prepared (Or What To Keep In Mind This Week)

For the days following November 10, you can expect all your local media outlets to concentrate their energies on a single subject: the national…

“Aiyo!” Quoth She, Consulting The Oxford English Dictionary

Next time you exclaim “aiyo!” and someone shoots you a puzzled look, you can actually ask them to refer to the Oxford English Dictionary…

Amma’s Deceptions: A Sri Lankan Perspective On The ‘Indo–Lankan Fishery Issue’

For the Indian media, it’s probably routine to report on Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Jayalalithaa (fondly referred to as ‘Amma’) writing to the Indian…

Is Sri Lanka Ready For Climate Change?

For those who’ve been keeping a tab on the news, particularly with regard to climate change, you would know that carbon dioxide levels have…

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