By Dr. Tara de Mel In The ‘Principal’ Factor the writer offers a peep into a treasure trove of experiences during her tenure as a teacher,...
‘NICE RACISM’ by Robin DiAngelo, 2021 By Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan What follows is not a review of this book but, rather, a sharing of some thoughts...
By Lynn Ockersz ‘The Invisible Hand’ of classical economics, That intriguing symbol of demand and supply, Is having the people in a throttling grip, And pushing...
By Lynn Ockersz As the first streaks of dawn turn into gold, She’s at her post in the city’s shopping mall, Sad-eyed, bent in two with...
By Shamindra Ferdinando The top government leadership last Thursday night (28) made a last ditch attempt to thwart an influential section of ruling party lawmakers from...
By Palitha Senanayake This is just about to happen, and this impending calamity is not taking place in some remote corner, in some ‘banana republic’ under...
“The text is a living tissue of its manifold contexts: the mind that composed it, the language that articulated it, the literature that preceded it, the...
No letup in Int’l, civil society pressure By Shamindra Ferdinando Under any circumstances, post-war Sri Lanka cannot ignore international concerns as regards the Prevention of Terrorism...
Ruminations – II By Seneka Abeyratne The Sinhalese refer to themselves as ‘Indo-Aryans’ and to the Tamils as ‘Dravidians’. Implied in this distinction is the notion,...
By Usvatte-aratchi The games that the President, his government and the leader of the Opposition play are fraught with grave danger to the wellbeing of our...