A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, May 29, 2014
The Colombo Port City Development Project
Paving paradise to put up a parking lot with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hot spot?
In
the words of Nobel laureate and economist, Amartya Sen, freedom is the
primary goal of development; freedom is also the principal means of
development. Yet, the prevalent ethos of Sri Lanka is one that
denigrates human rights in the name of economic development. The race to
prosperity is callous towards human costs of development while adopting
a myopic apathy towards violence committed against the environment.