In 1833 when the Colebrooke-Cameron reforms introduced constitutional governance to Ceylon, they inadvertently triggered a profound social transformation. While governance remained under a powerful governor appointed by the British Crown, it created…
In 2007, a Vodafone Executive named Nick Hughes conceived a Corporate Social Responsibility project aimed at providing banking services to millions of people in Kenya who had never seen the inside of…
Standing at Colombo Fort Railway Station watching morning trains depart for Kandy, Badulla, Galle and Jaffna, it’s easy to forget how the railways represent one of Sri Lanka’s most profound transformations. In…
Something struck me while watching President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hosting a meeting with media organizations at the Presidential Secretariat recently. Here was a leader of a political party which had spent decades…
Every day we witness the same troubling pattern: companies fire workers to boost stock prices, forests are cleared for short term profits and public services are cut to balance budgets. Meanwhile, the…
The upcoming local government elections scheduled for May 6 represent more than just another trip to the polling booth. They mark a critical juncture in the country’s democratic journey, emerging from the…
Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal moment in its social development. After weathering a profound economic crisis and decades of welfare policies that have created complex patterns of dependency, the nation must…
Every weekday morning in cities and towns across the globe, a familiar ritual unfolds. Millions of young people file into classrooms, sit in neat rows and organize their days into precisely timed…
To understand why our education system needs fundamental transformation, we must first understand its origins. As education pioneer Sugata Mitra explains in his influential TED Talk “Building a School in the Cloud,”…
Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture in its development journey. The new government’s policy framework, “A Thriving Nation, A Beautiful Life,” correctly identifies education as fundamental to national revival and economic…
At the cusp of a significant political transformation, Sri Lanka stands at a crucial juncture in its history with an opportunity to reclaim and redefine its place among the community of nations….
The year 2024 marks a watershed moment in Sri Lanka’s political history. The National People’s Power (NPP) party, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), has ascended to power on a platform that…
Jazeera In the wake of the National People’s Power (NPP) party’s remarkable victory in the 2024 presidential election, some observers have been quick to attribute the result to a protest vote against…
The Cricketing world will pause for a moment, to celebrate the legendary career of Kumar Sangakkara that draws to a close, and then move on; a bit richer for the legacy he…
Photo courtesy EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA via Sky News As the new administration has begun to unpack promises made during a hasty election campaign, it is clear that they are constrained by their own political…
