Future of a post-Rajapakse Sri Lanka
13th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7th President of Sri Lanka but one who...
Category: Role of Media
Sri Lanka’s Crisis: Scenarios & Options
The political system has collapsed. Mob rule has taken over. Where lies the People’s mandate? Is Sri Lanka a functioning democracy or is life to function as per protests, protestors & their demands? What...
Racial Killings in US leading to riots & protests from 2020-2022
50 incidents between 2020 & 2022 in US linked to racially motivated killings and protests that ensued thereafter. While systematic racism continues in US, there are coloured-people who have risen to...
Is foreign-funded “Civil Society” attempting to replace the Political System in Sri Lanka?
Do “civil society” actually represent Sri Lankan citizens or are they representatives of those that fund or pay their salaries? Their connections and the manner they network provide clues. While they point fingers...
Lessons for Sri Lanka : “psychological operations in guerilla warfare“ CIA Manual used in Nicaragua
The reason US invaded countries of Latin America for 39 years was bananas. However, the Nicaraguan operation was different. US was involved in 2 covert operations in Nicaragua & Iran (1984-1987) The 1stoperation...
Cricket Australia must take up DRS authorship issue with ICC and resolve it on footing of fair play and justice
The Decision Review System known as UDRS or DRS or the Player Referral concept is in vogue not only in cricket but in many other sports activities where the Third Umpire plays the...
Will Sri Lanka become another Haiti?
Before answering this we need to know a little about Haiti & what happened to it to draw parallels with Sri Lanka. The question is relevant because people are talking about the likelihood of...
What or who caused the economic collapse of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s economic debacle is a collective result of embracing capitalist consumerism, importing more than exporting, spending more than earning, taking loans to continue artificial lifestyle & taking more loans to pay the...
Is Sri Lanka being digitally colonized?
Colonization was when people were sent to occupy territories and claim them as their own drawing artificial borders and christening them with artificial names. Neo-colonialism prevailed using international systems created by the colonials. Digital...
Psychological role media plays in people’s minds
. Communication is the key to everything and anything – be in tv, internet, cinema, magazines, newspapers, direct mail, sms or even the telephone, media yields power both visually and auditory. This power is...
