Lanka Free Library

The Press and social media in Sri Lanka had been awash these days with what transpired at the recent summit between the Sri Lankan Prime Minister and his Indian counterpart Hon. Narendra Modi. The reason for this media interest had been the controversial request made my Mr. Modi, in response to Sri Lanka’s assurance that their foreign policy is ‘India first’. Mr. Modi in turn, mentioned that Sri Lanka should implement the 13th amendment to its constitution fully to grant equality to Tamils and to accommodate Tamil aspirations.

නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ පිහිටි අනුරාධපුර යුගයට අයත් දාගැබක් ගල් කණු සහ සඳකඩ පහන කඩා දමලා දාගැබ ළඟට එනකම් ඉඩම් අල්ලලා වගා කරලා… අවට සැම තැනකම පුරා වස්තු විසිරිලා…. කුමන...

Retracing Sarah Everard's last known movements is confronting, to say the least. Clusters of flowers mark the spots where CCTV vision and doorbell camera footage captured the marketing executive's last known steps. The roads she walked along side, during what should have been a 50-minute trip to her Brixton home in south London, are wide and heaving with traffic.

This article was published in the 4th September 2011 issue of the Lakbima News, and in the 11th September 2011 issue of The Nation. This...