Image courtesy ICRW ‘Are we not raped every day when we walk down the street and are leered at ? Are we not raped when we are treated as sex objects, denied our rights, oppressed in so many ways ?’ Archives of Manushi, written by Sohaila (1983) Sri Lanka reminds one of one’s gender. To be female in a public bus is to ...
Service at KFC Sunil G. Wijesinha has an interesting article in the Mirror about Sri Lankan service culture, or the lack thereof. He’s got some interesting stories from his times at the ETF and Dankotuwa Porcelain. Sri Lanka is strange because you can get excellent service at streetside kades or dodgy bars and then awful service at much more ...
Don’t we bank our money so that we can have the peace of mind knowing that it is safe, while having the assurance that our money is growing through the interest earned? On the flip side are there not occasions when you need to withdraw a greater part of the money to spend it on some necessity? I one day awoke to the rude shock to discover that my money at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) had
"Today’s words like ‘Progress’ and ‘Development’ have become interchangeable with economic ‘Reforms’,..."
Stories Of The Wind“Today’s words like ‘Progress’ and ‘Development’ have become interchangeable with economic ‘Reforms’, Deregulation and Privatization. ‘Freedom’ has come to mean ‘choice’. It has less to do with the human spirit than with different brands of deodorant. ‘Market’ no longer means a place where you go to buy provisions. The ‘Market’ is a de-territorialized space where faceless corporations do business, including ...
In our recent intervention on Sri Lanka’s electricity tariffs, we offered to help the regulatory agency and the service suppliers apply the learnings of behavioral economics to the task of reducing the five percent of peak-load demand that was responsible for 17 percent of the total cost. In this oped, an author we quoted in the submission, supports pilot project ...
I have found many a thing frustrating with regard to banks. Standing in queues while the bank employee hangs on the phone for hours, eternal waits to collect money from checks. But topped all of it is getting a loan, or rather getting information on the possibility of getting a loan. I have been having my bank account in this ...
Dharmapriya Dias and Gihan De Chickera in a scene from Machang Sri Lankans have a fascination with everything foreign. Going ‘to the foreign’ or ‘ab-road’ is considered to be the epitome of success. For after you are ‘in the foreign’ life there is going to be all feather beds and high disposable income. I’ve run into many people like that ...
Dharmapriya Dias and Gihan De Chickera in a scene from Machang Sri Lankans have a fascination with everything foreign. Going ‘to the foreign’ or ‘ab-road’ is considered to be the epitome of success. For after you are ‘in the foreign’ life there is going to be all feather beds and high disposable income. I’ve run into many people like that ...
Anushka Wijesinha is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and is one of the most prominent voices in Sri Lanka today championing innovation. We begin by Anushka explaining what innovation means to him in a Sri Lankan context, and why it is so important to support it in post-war Sri Lanka. In talking ...
One day, I was driving in a remote town in Sri Lanka, when I saw this encouraging scene. Few school kids were playing Cricket on a rainy day, and they had made a wicket out of three umbrellas. It might look simple, but a very powerful message about innovation is hidden right there. An innovator in my view is somebody ...
A very easy to Understand Infographic on Cyprus. For the complete poster go to Saxomarkets or click on poster snippet below. via ZeroHedge
So there seem to be some rumours circulating about HSBC leaving Sri Lanka? Actually some have been flying around since last year. The topic actually came up when I mentioned to a friend the number of offers I was getting from HSBC every single day via SMS about discounts. I actually get one every working day. They also called me ...
After stewing about it for more than two days ‘Team Mobitel’ appears to have finally come up with a response. It’s actually quite ridiculous. They apologize for any ‘inconvenience or pain of mind’ caused but reiterate that the racist ringtone will remain on their site on a ‘revenue share basis’. Apparently they still care about upholding the ‘true values of unity ...
After stewing about it for more than two days ‘Team Mobitel’ appears to have finally come up with a response. It’s actually quite ridiculous. They apologize for any ‘inconvenience or pain of mind’ caused but reiterate that the racist ringtone will remain on their site on a ‘revenue share basis’. Apparently they still care about upholding the ‘true values of unity ...
The BBS ringing tone on Mobitel had recorded nearly a 1000 buys as of 9am, 27 March Racist and hate groups are supposed to remain on the sidelines of society, screaming their subversive rhetoric in order to appeal to the seedier side of the collective conscience. Their funding usually comes from shadowy sources with powerful interests and money to be ...
The BBS ringing tone on Mobitel had recorded nearly a 1000 buys as of 9am, 27 March Racist and hate groups are supposed to remain on the sidelines of society, screaming their subversive rhetoric in order to appeal to the seedier side of the collective conscience. Their funding usually comes from shadowy sources with powerful interests and money to be ...
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“If you think the most important thing you need at a startup is capital, you will be wrong. It’s the wealth of mentoring and handholding you will have getting your business up and running.” I have been asked to write a few paragraphs on the use of ICT for creating jobs and solutions in Sri Lanka. Even though I am ...
මට ගිය සතියේ කම්පුචියන් පොරක්, මාළු බාන්න යන්න කතා කළා. මා එතරම් කැමැත්තක් පෙන්නුවේ නැහැ. මිට කලින් බංග්ලාදේශ කාරයෙකුත් මාළු බාමුද කියල ඇහුවහම, මා ඇල්මැරුණු ස්වභාවයක් තමා පෙන්නුම් කළේ. මේ කතාවත්, තවත් දෙයකුත් මාව අතීතයට අරන් ගියා. අප සරසවියේ ඉගෙන ගන්න කාලයේ, එක අවධියක recreational activityයක් ලෙස කරපු දෙයක් තමා මාළු බාන්න යාම. අපේ එක මිතුරෙකුට හොඳ බිලි පිත්තක් තිබුනා. අපේ සරසවියට ළඟ ...
මට ගිය සතියේ කම්පුචියන් පොරක්, මාළු බාන්න යන්න කතා කළා. මා එතරම් කැමැත්තක් පෙන්නුවේ නැහැ. මිට කලින් බංග්ලාදේශ කාරයෙකුත් මාළු බාමුද කියල ඇහුවහම, මා ඇල්මැරුණු ස්වභාවයක් තමා පෙන්නුම් කළේ. මේ කතාවත්, තවත් දෙයකුත් මාව අතීතයට අරන් ගියා. අප සරසවියේ ඉගෙන ගන්න කාලයේ, එක අවධියක ලෙස කරපු දෙයක් තමා මාළු බාන්න යාම. අපේ එක මිතුරෙකුට බිලි පිත්තක් තිබුනා. අපේ සරසවියට ළඟ පාත, පොඩි ...