EDITORIALS
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HONG KONG UNDER SIEGE
Street protests may be interesting to watch from a safe distance but you have to be up close for the adrenaline rush. I’ve come awfully close to some protests
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DEBT OUTLOOK
Sri Lanka’s external debt obligations have continued to pose challenges to successive governments and the postwar era has proven particularly perplexing in the light
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MEDIA REVOLUTION
‘Video killed the radio star’ and now digital is slaying TV. As the Buggles warned, “we can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.” World Television Day is celebrated on 21 November
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THE BIG PICTURE
Oh my goodness, what’s going on in precious Sri Lanka? Has just about everyone lost their mind? Yes, we
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STATE OF THE NATION
I have heard many novel ideas about politics. But the recent sentiment by a business chamber about an
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WASTE DISPOSAL
Well over two years ago, a massive solid waste dump collapsed on some 40 homes in Meethotamulla
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MORBID TECHNOLOGIES
Remember the movie P.S. I Love You where Holly’s (played by Hilary Swank) dead boyfriend Gerry (Gerard Butler)
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The upcoming presidential election will take place in the context of widespread disillusionment with the established political leadership. Yet, the keen interest in
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FAKE IT ON THE NET
A popular saying and several memes declare how ‘on the internet, you can be anyone.’ That sentiment comes in many flavours – viz. roleplaying
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THE BIG PICTURE
“When corruption becomes a way of life, people consider robbery to be the new normal,” writes this magazine’s longstanding contributor Rajika Jayatilake
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