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A drive through history
The first murder ever was when Abel brought down Cain,
the ill effects of jealousy saw one of the brothers slain
this day Man came to know that lives could be taken,
with Animal instincts’ flaring and human values forsaken
This first pint of blood spilt, was all but shed in vain,
The habit of causing pain topped even the [...]
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When it all ends…when WE begin….
What scares me, and let me be absolutely honest with myself, is that if I was born as one of you I would have fought as one of you.
I will not try justifying that statement and I am not trying to read your mind. This is basic human behavioral idealism. Simply we humans are born with [...]
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Tags: Conflict, Life, Patriotism, Sri Lanka, War
Censored on TV
Censored is now on YaTV’s No War Zone. Catch it randomly on ETV and TNL. For the moment, it’s available on youtube:
Update: Yatv also has the Tamil/Sinhala version up on youtube.
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Tags: Beyond Borders, Beyond Borders Sri Lanka, British Council, Colombo, Freedom of Expression, Sri Lanka, Theatre, TV, Youth Activism
Yes, that’s right. We being in the 21st centenary have still not been able to tackle the most integral part of HIV and AIDS and mind you that this is some thing people them selves need to sort out for the betterment of the man kind. Most importantly if we don’t do this today this [...]
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Tags: AIDS, HIV, Stigma
6 Reviews on Censored
The forum theatre we did couple of weeks ago seems to have generated some discussion both from the blogs and couple of pieces in the mainstream media.
The Botomline, “Breaking the Silence”.
The Sunday Times Mirror Magazine, “space to address issues”.
and from the blogs:
Censored, uncensored — Sanjana Hattotuwa.
How the hypocrites change the coast of life — Deco
Freedom [...]
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Tags: Conflict, Forum Theatre, Freedom of Expression, Sri Lanka, Theatre for Development
Forum Theater, as I learned on the day of the performance of Censored, is supposed to deal with topics that aren’t too impossible to solve yet are not too easy to solve either. In other words, FT is meant to open up dialogue and fuel thought on current topics that need support and a sense [...]
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Guru
Founder of the Sri Lanka Youth Parliament and eternal BB-ite talks about youth activism, identity, getting young people to work together, change and a bit of Obama thrown in, on The Interview. The whole thing can be seen here. We would obviously want you to watch it.
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Tags: BBites, Ethnic Conflict, New Media, Youth Activism
As I travel on the verge of being one of the constituents of one of the first generations of architects who will have to immediately tackle issues of climate change and global warming vis a vis Architecture, I began to wonder of little issues in lifestyle that may contribute to human living being more greener [...]
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Tags: Architecture, Environment, Going Green, Religion, Sri Lanka
About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:
Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:
The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More [...]
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Tags: Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Sri Lanka
The changing face of Brain Trade
The brain trade, it might sound like something out of a cheesy 1920’s horror movie but it’s really just a familiar, everyday concept. It’s where an individual ‘sells’ his brain (essentially his skills) to a country (generally economically superior to his own) which then absorbs him (or her), into its system thus benefitting from the [...]
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Tags: Brain Drain, Economics, Sri Lanka
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