The 18th Amendment to the Constitution: Process and Substance »
www.groundviews.org1 day ago
The President has proposed to make changes to the constitution via an urgent bill. The changes known as the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, seek to remove the two term limit on being elected to the office of the President and the Constitutional Council under the 17th Amendment. As required under the Constitution, the President [ ... ]
Synthesis of Personal Reflections: Reconciliation, Sri Lanka Unites and Me »
www.groundviews.org1 day ago
Ever since reading the article by E Pluribus Unum on Groundviews “A Critique of Sri Lanka Unites: Freedom has not made itself known”, I have felt compelled to respond to it, but was unsure about how and when . At the back of the triumph of the “Future Leaders Conference, Season-2”, I think the time [ ... ]
Official transcript of LLRC oral submission by Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala »
www.groundviews.org2 days ago
Groundviews exclusively carried Jayantha Dhanapala’s response to erroneous and selective media reports of his submission to LLRC a few days ago, in which he promised an authoritative transcript of his presentation and of the question and answer session from the LLRC. A covering note to the media from Mr. Dhanapala and the transcripts were sent [ ... ]
Outrageous process and substance: The proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution »
www.groundviews.org2 days ago
Rohan Edrisinha lectures at the Law Faculty, University of Colombo and is also a Director at the Centre for Policy Alternatives. In this succinct interview conducted by Vikalpa today, Rohan flags serious concerns over the government’s proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Salient points made by Rohan are, Significant problems with the process through which the [ ... ]
Jayantha Dhanapala responds to erroneous and selective media reports of his submission to LLRC »
www.groundviews.org4 days ago
Internal Armed Conflicts, Humanitarian Laws and the Curious Transformation of Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala by Kalana Senaratne on Groundviews flagged a number of pertinent questioning arising from the media reportage of Jayantha Dhanapala’s submission to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recently. On our Facebook page as well as through numerous emails sent to the [ ... ]
A-Z of Sri Lankan English: D is for deffa »
www.groundviews.org5 days ago
Eyebrows were raised when I included the word deffa on the mirisgala website under “new entries”. And it’s true that it is stretching the point to claim that it qualifies as standard Sri Lankan English. But perhaps it also gives us an insight into the future of SLE. Deffa (or defa) is a word that [ ... ]
Internal Armed Conflicts, Humanitarian Laws and the Curious Transformation of Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala »
www.groundviews.org6 days ago
Photo courtesy Global Zero Numerous reports suggest that Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala had some interesting things to say when he appeared before the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recently; about aspects relating to the interference of certain States in the internal affairs of other States; about the R2P concept; about the Sri Lankan Armed Forces [ ... ]
The concept of recurring income »
rumblinglankan.com1 week ago
Whenever I mention how much money I make online there are plenty of people who doubt that some even call me out to show proof of income. It isn't that hard to create a fake check or a fake image of an Clickbank account so plenty of people do that too. One think I always [ ... ]
Where do they go from here? »
www.groundviews.org1 week ago
On our way to the first scheduled hearing of Northern Muslims who were expelled by the LTTE in 1990, we spotted a group of men working hard out in the open, under the midday sun, and we stopped to have a conversation with them. Eight days earlier they had made their way from Puttalam to [ ... ]
Get Over It »
electra.blogsome.com1 week ago
Malinda Seneviratne recently penned this article in the Lakbima News. The matter of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission is a hot topic these days. Some seem to think it’s a move in the right direction, others are cynical and say that it is a facade, carefully controlled by the President, to appease critical voices. [ ... ]
In conversation with Tissa Jayatilaka »
www.groundviews.org1 week ago
Interview III – Tissa Jayathilaka from Young Asia Television on Vimeo. In this interview, Tissa Jayatilaka speaks about the Ceylon of his childhood and the experience of being part of the last batch of students enrolled at the University of Ceylon. Tissa also talks about the tumultuous period during the 1970s, the roots of the [ ... ]
THE RANDIV-SEHWAG AFFAIR: MISTAKING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES »
www.groundviews.org1 week ago
Professor Michael Roberts, in a letter to the editor of The Island, has raised a matter of moral philosophy with regard to the controversy over Suraj Randiv’s deliberate no ball at Dambulla this week in an attempt to denude Virender Sehwag of his century, and the role of Tillekeratne Dilshan in it. Which is worse, [ ... ]
Colombo Is »
electra.blogsome.com2 weeks ago
Colombo is nice, if you know where to look. There are people doing interesting things with their time and sharing it with their friends. There are musicians who have long hair, artists wh0 have nice hands, and writers who are good with words but little else. Colombo is exciting if you don’t want your excitement [ ... ]
Affiliate marketing in Sri Lanka »
rumblinglankan.com2 weeks ago
During three years of blogging I have yet to find a Sri Lankan company that is using affiliates to promote there products online. There are some companies that promote there products through affiliates but they rely on affiliate going to the customer and showing leaflets and placing the order thus limiting the number of sales [ ... ]
Feature article: Who Speaks for Small Farmers, Earthworms and Cow Dung? »
www.groundviews.org2 weeks ago
The late Ray Wijewardene in conversation with Nalaka Gunawardene Sri Lanka 2048 panel on Living with Climate Change – Ray Wijewardene is second from right [Authors note: Dr Philip Revatha (Ray) Wijewardene, who passed away on August 18 aged 86, spent a lifetime being unpigeonholeable – which won him many admirers and a few detractors. [ ... ]
In conversation with Prof. Sumanasiri Liyanage »
www.groundviews.org2 weeks ago
Prof. Sumanasiri Liyanage, who has written to Groundviews regularly, teaches political economy at the University of Peradeniya, is a well-known political analyst, columnist and on the Board of the South Asia Peace Institute (SAPI). We began our short conversation with the crisis facing the main opposition party in Sri Lanka, the United National Party, flagging serious [ ... ]
The UNP’s Leadership Crisis: An Individual Conflict with Catastrophic Prospects or Redefinition of Current Political Tasks »
www.groundviews.org2 weeks ago
Image courtesy Transcurrents Introduction The current crisis in the UNP has thrown its grassroots supporters into a sense of hopelessness and disappointment about the future of the party. No political party can afford to let itself disintegrate and disappear from the political stage. If the present crisis is not resolved, it leaves behind a power [ ... ]
UNP reforms and call for change of leadership.. »
mockmenot.blogspot.com2 weeks ago
this is what i think about above..the picture explains it all..not so sure who or where it was taken..but works wonders [ ... ]
Online Jobs in Sri Lanka »
rumblinglankan.com3 weeks ago
I have being writing about how to make money online in Sri Lanka for quite a while now and my preferred method has being creating niche websites and adding affiliate links and adding Adsense in those blogs. But everyone doesn't like blogging, even I don't like the necessary but tedious tasks like upgrading software, managing [ ... ]
e-biznessworld.com Internet marketing agency that relies on spamming »
rumblinglankan.com3 weeks ago
E-mail marketing in Sri Lanka done by e-biznessworld relies purely on spamming the hell out of there e-mail subscriber base. In there page about e-mail marketing they boast of having an e-mail subscriber base with more than 100,000 e-mail addresses but they don't mention how they got hold of such a number. They boast of [ ... ]
Strange proposals and broken promises: Constitutional reform in Sri Lanka »
www.groundviews.org3 weeks ago
We last featured Rohan Edrisinha in February, just after the Presidential election on 26th January. Rohan, who lectures at the Law Faculty, University of Colombo, at the time flagged serious concerns over the implementation of the 13th and 17th Amendments, as well as the tragic irrelevance of the APRC in the process of constitutional reform. [ ... ]
Open letter to Editors of Daily Mirror and Daily Mirror Online on violation of media ethics and the reinvention of Sri Lanka’s geography »
www.groundviews.org3 weeks ago
[Editors note: We reproduce below two open letters sent to the Editors of the Daily Mirror and Daily Mirror online respectively. The letters flag significant concerns over a marked lack of professionalism and violation of established media ethics by both the online and print versions of the newspaper. The letters are published for any responses [ ... ]
Letter to the Editor of Daily Mirror Online »
electra.blogsome.com3 weeks ago
I wrote this letter to the Editor of DM Online regarding a shocking video-documentary that was posted there on 7 August. This letter was written with the support of many others who were equally horrified by the video. 11 August 2010 Dear Mr. Easwaran Rutnam, I am writing to you regarding a video posted on Daily Mirror Online [ ... ]
Letter to the Editor of Daily Mirror »
electra.blogsome.com3 weeks ago
I recently wrote this letter to the Editor of the Daily Mirror, with the support of the people who also co-signed it. 11 August 2010 Dear Ms. Liyanaarachi, As the Editor of the Daily Mirror, I wish to bring to your attention an article published both online and in print on 31st July titled “Re-awakening Vavuniya and [ ... ]
The End of Displacement in Sri Lanka? »
www.groundviews.org3 weeks ago
In June 2010 the Minister for Resettlement, Milroy Fernando stated that there were 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka and that the Government would resettle them by August 2010. With some 30,000 IDPs remaining in Menik Farm at the end of July it would not be impossible for the Government to close the [ ... ]
Learn FOREX trading with Forextraders »
rumblinglankan.com3 weeks ago
As I have mentioned in many of my previous articles FOREX trading in Sri Lanka is a great way to make money online and once you mastered it it is also one of the most profitable ways to make money as well. But mastering currency trading is not an easy task which is the reason [ ... ]
Freelance work in Sri Lanka and where to find Freelance jobs »
rumblinglankan.com3 weeks ago
What is Freelance work ? In one of my previous posts I wrote about free data entry jobs in Sri Lanka. In that post I mentioned that freelancers have a good chance of making money online. When it comes to Internet jobs in Sri Lanka freelance work is something that has a quick return for your [ ... ]
Othello - A Story About Love? »
electra.blogsome.com4 weeks ago
Othello, which was staged by the old Royalists, with the help of the Royal College Union ran to three full houses. Everyone’s misgivings about whether Colombo was ready, or in fact whether Colombo had moved on from, full length Shakespearean productions were quickly put to rest. I work with an experimental fringe theatre Company, which [ ... ]
Othello – A Story About Love? »
electra.blogsome.com4 weeks ago
Othello, which was staged by the old Royalists, with the help of the Royal College Union ran to three full houses. Everyone’s misgivings about whether Colombo was ready, or in fact whether Colombo had moved on from, full length Shakespearean productions were quickly put to rest. I work with an experimental fringe theatre Company, which [ ... ]
Rajapaksa dynasty doing as they please in Sri Lanka »
www.groundviews.org4 weeks ago
The story about Minister Mervyn Silva tying a Samurdhi Officer to a tree as punishment for not participating in a dengue prevention programme in the Kelaniya district was bad enough. The statement made by the UPFA General Secretary, Susil Premajayantha that the party or the government is not responsible for the actions of Minister Mervyn [ ... ]