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In Conversation with Mohammed Ali Razik Fareed What are Racial Divisions Next to Life and Death?

Admin December 10, 2019

GAYAN YADDEHIGE It’s easy to be divisive when we are healthy, but in times of sickness or need all divisions in caste, religion and ethnicity become meaningless. Mohammed Ali Razik Fareed, better known as, Razik Thambi, lives 100 meters away from the Mahaweli River in Kandy. This is the river

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When the Community Comes Together In Remembrance of Those Lost

Admin December 10, 2019

SARATH MANULAWICKRAMA The bugle echoes over the hills of Mihintale. A sound of melancholy for everyone, irrespective of ethnic differences. The mothers, wives, sisters and family members of unsung heroes who died a decade ago, moan for their kith and kin. The bugle echoes over the hills of Mihintale. A sound of melancholy for everyone, […]

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Looking to Mannar for Reconciliation An Oasis that Connects Hearts

Admin December 10, 2019

SARATH MANULAWICKRAMA In Mathota, the coastal line yields pure white pearls, the harbor is connected to the beginning of Buddhist civilization of Sri Lanka, the port is written in history as the place from where the sacred sapling of Sri Maha Bodhiya tree was brought to the island. In Mathota, the coastal line yields pure […]

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Looking Back on the Path of Rafik Hajiyar Understanding the Uncertainty of Life

Admin December 10, 2019

UPEKSHA UDUWARALLA By the time of his death, the name Rafik Hajiyar was known by the entire world. He was the philanthropist who gifted a highly valuable one acre and 43 perches piece of land in Kandy to the public hospital of the city worth hundreds of millions of rupees. Rafik Hajiyar saw how those […]

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In Conversation with Imtiaz Bakeer Markar Religion Shouldn’t be Manipulated to Further One’s Gain

Admin December 10, 2019

SRILAL SENEVIRATHNA Imtiaz Bakeer Markar is a former Minister and Chairman of the Foundation for National Unity. . This is The Catamaran’s dialogue with him on ethnic reconciliation. Imtiaz Bakeer Markar is a former Minister and Chairman of the Foundation for National Unity. He is a symbol of Sinhala and Muslim friendship and brotherhood. He […]

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In Conversation with Professor Daya Amarasekara The New President’s Priorities

Admin November 29, 2019

GAYAN YADDEHIGE Prof. Amarasekara says the new president faces the challenge of winning back the trust of minority communities. It has been pointed out by political analysts that there are clear ethnic and religious divisions within the country. These divisions were brought to light as a result of the presidential elections held to elect the […]

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A Statement from the Former PM while in Office “We Will Pass the New Constitution”

Admin November 29, 2019

THARMINI PATHMANATHAN “We will adopt the new constitution and implement it to solve all the problems of all people. We will implement it with the support of the TNA,” former PM “We will adopt the new constitution and implement it to solve all the problems of all people. We will implement it with the support […]

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Political Culture? The National List Opportunity Should be for an Educationist!

Admin November 29, 2019

KALAVARSHNY KANAGARATNAM “I believe there is no conflict among ethnicities in Sri Lanka” saud Thushara Kamalaratne, Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Peradeniya “I believe there is no conflict among ethnicities in Sri Lanka. If that were the case, then today a person would not talk face to face with another; they would turn […]

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Honest Plans: Winning the Hearts of Minority Communities

Admin November 29, 2019

UPEKSHA UDUWARALLA Chairman of the All Ceylon Hindu Congress, Narah T. Arulkanth on the need for national development with the entire country on board.    The result of the presidential indicated ethnic polarization of the Sri Lankan polity. The new president has the challenge of uniting an ideologically scattered people. The Chairman of the All Ceylon […]

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Ethnic and Religious Differences: The seriousness of the problem can be reduced by the public!

Admin November 29, 2019

KURINCHPPAARTHTHAN “We focus our attention on preventing conflict where it occurs. Our aim is to bring about harmony between races,” says Renuka Maliyagoda of the Kandy Inter Religious Committee The Kandy District Inter Religious Committee, which has been working in this regard since 2016, has been specially engaged in field work in Digana incident. In […]