Archive for June, 2008
Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri and Prof. Nira Wickramasinghe both from the faculty of arts at the University of Colombo spoke at a Beyond Borders study circle in Colombo on how we interpret the construct called “history”. Following are some excerpts from their remarks.
Dr. Nirmal Dewasiri on the relationship between the past and the present :
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Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, Peace-Conflict-Governance, Sri Lanka | 1 Comment
Tags: Colombo, Conflict, Ethnic Conflict, History, Sri Lanka, Study Circle, Youth
Beyond Borders kicked off the inaugural session of a series of a study circle meetings on the ethnic conflict for young people who are interested in the issues related to the ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka.
The Colombo study circle is part of a larger initiative by Beyond Borders which aims to strengthen youth voices [...]
Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, Opinions, Peace-Conflict-Governance, Sri Lanka | 9 Comments
Tags: Beyond Borders, Colombo, Conflict, Discussions, Ethnic Conflict, Sri Lanka, Youth
A message from Centre for Civil Society, which annually organizes Jeevika, a film festival focusing on livelihood issues. filmakers and students from all over South Asia are encouraged to participate :
Inviting Documentary filmmakers interested in : FILMS For SOCIAL CHANGE
Zoom in on a mode of living…Give a voice to people’s struggles and triumphs…Defend the basic [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Tags: CCS, Competition, Film, India, Jeevika, South Asia, Sri Lanka
I cringe every time I hear that self-patronizing statement. Ever so often, well-meaning people get up on stage and utter these revered words , ” Friends, young people are the future, they are the future leaders of this nation”. Now many variations of this same speech exists, but for each one of them, my response [...]
Filed under: Opinions, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society | 5 Comments
Tags: Beyond Borders, commonwealth, liberalization, NGO, Sri Lanka, Youth, youth involvement, Youth Participation, Youth Policy, youth quota, youth uprising, Youth-led development
Monsoon Wooding
Our friends at swechha has put out a new blog dedicated to a project called “Monsoon Wooding”, aiming to recover New Delhi’s green cover. Here’s an excerpt from the first post :
In an attempt to restore Delhi’s green cover, Monsoon Wooding was launched in 2005 by Sweccha-We for Change foundation. It aims to bring together [...]
Filed under: India, Youth-Culture-Society | Leave a Comment
Tags: Environment, India, Monsoon Wooding, New Delhi, Swechha
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