· November, 2011

Stories about Sri Lanka from November, 2011

Maldives: Reactions To Defacing Of Monuments

  22 November 2011

Some SAARC countries have sent monuments to Maldives to celebrate the SAARC summit this year. Maldives’ religious party Adhaalath had called for removal of these alleged idols. Sri Lankan blogger Indrajit Samarajiva shares his reactions on the desecration of the Sri Lankan and Pakistani monuments.

Sri Lanka: Mayhem In Parliament

  22 November 2011

On November 21st a brawl broke out between UPFA and UNP MPs during budget speech in Sri Lankan parliament. DBS Jeyaraj has the details.

Sri Lanka, India: Biography of LTTE Leader Prabhakaran

  20 November 2011

D.B.S. Jeyaraj tweets about an upcoming 1000 page biography of Veluppillai Prabhakaran, leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The book is being written by Nedumaran, a well-known politician from Tamil Nadu in India and he is the leader of the Tamil National Movement, which is supportive of the...

Sri Lanka: Music For Harmony

  18 November 2011

Natalie Soysa at Groundviews highlights emerging home grown music talents from Sri Lanka whose work reaches across cultures and ethnicity to offer a new way of moving forward together.

Sri Lanka: Perils Of Promising Jobs

  15 November 2011

Serendipity is concerned that the Sri Lankan government is unable to create the promised jobs for graduates and the blogger asks “whose responsibility is it to provide jobs for all unemployed Graduates?”

Sri Lanka: Isso Wade And Ulundu Wade

  6 November 2011

Rice & Curry, a Sri Lankan food blog, introduces us to two of the quintessential Sri Lankan street foods – Isso (prawn) wade and ulundu wade (savory donuts).

South Asia: Celebrating the 7 Billionth Child

  1 November 2011

On the 31 October, the earth welcomed Oishi, a newborn in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka. She carried a special message - she is the 7 billionth child of the world. Also in South Asia, Muthumani from Sri Lanka and Nargis from India, both newborn girls, were celebrated as the symbolic 7 billionth human in the world.