Category: Sri Lanka
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Return to Lanka…
After six years I have returned to the home country. In between the run around for the wedding, visiting relatives and adjusting back to the heat and humidity of Colombo, there hasn’t been much time for photos. The six year time difference has highlighted to so many changes and so many things that have remained…
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Not long to go….
In a months time I am getting married! Seeing those words on screen as I type this still doesn’t make me nervous. She is beautiful, she’s amazing and she’s about to be my wife. I still remember that day she walked into my life. A vision of beauty and grace….next to her I truly felt…
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Where do we go from here?
A thought provoking and insightful post by the Gypsy as triggered the writers bug within me. When i first began this blog, much of the writings were inspired by the many thoughts and opinions about the conflicted state of my homeland. I wrote then that the end of a thirty year conflict should mark the…
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A Democracy….is it?
The Rajapaksa clan has ended a thirty year war. Our country finally has the opportunity for peace. Yet I fear that the path to peace has been littered with violated civil liberties. The laws introduced in the name of fighting terrorism are being used to persecute any voice of dissent against the government
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The end of a war….but is it an end to the conflict??
The War is over! The Government of Sri Lanka has declared military victory over the LTTE. The LTTE may be defeated but now it becomes doubly important that the Government builds bridges and heals the wounds caused by a thirty year conflict. Sri Lanka as a nation must undergo a process of evolution. We must…
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