Politics of Galle Literary Festival
I had been told about the call by Reporters
beyond Borders that the Festival be boycotted, on the grounds that
media freedom in Sri Lanka is under threat. I had also been sent the
robust critique of that call on Groundviews, a media outlet that
exemplifies the freedom the media in Sri Lanka enjoys.
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Of lie-sheets, lying eyes and other fascinating things
There are times I feel that the entire world is
an intricately and painstakingly embroidered sheet specifically
designed to cheat the eye. There are times I feel that after gazing
on this lie-sheet for years and years the eye itself gets its
mechanism reconfigured to add mischief to the already mischief-laden
recipients of gaze. That would be a double-lie then.
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UN panel of investigators
The UN panel of experts inquiring in to ‘war
crimes in Sri Lanka during the last stages of the war’ is in the
process of finalizing their report to Ban ki Moon. The three-person
panel will be chaired by Marzuki Darusman. The other two members are
Yasmin Sooka of South Africa and Steven Ratner of the United States.
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