Vikalpa has launched a new micro-site on Twitter with short reports generated by its citizen journalist network in the Eastern Province on election related violence and malpractices. Please visit our Eastern Elections…
Vikalpa will be down tomorrow, 10th April, for a scheduled upgrade. The site should be up and running as normal by 11th April the latest, but we don’t really expect it to…
Vikalpa, Sri Lanka’s only citizen journalism initiative working primarily in Sinhala and Tamil, is pleased to announce the official launch of the Vikalpa YouTube video channel. Our YouTube channel complements the text…
Vikalpa captured scenes from the assassinated UNP MP T. Maheswaran’s funeral held In Colombo on 3rd January 2008.
An eye-witness account of today’s bomb blast in Slave Island, Colombo.
I read, with great pain of mind, Ruki’s article on “Jaffna: Tears, Blood and Terror” posted on ‘Groundviews” on December 11, 2007. The comments on the article were no less moving. I…
What would be the stand likely to be taken by our Leader of the Opposition Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe in the event of a military putsch by the Army Commander Sarath Fonseka? Political…
By Victor Ivan The government of Mahinda Rajapakse stood for a triumphant war against the LTTE. It carried on a merciless war against the LTTE and was also able to effect a…
The whole country is being rapidly transformed into a mental hospital, I guess. You who read this as well as I who write this are, frankly speaking, schizophrenic. Instead of being a…
A child means every human being below the age of 18 years. Children have rights as adults. Unfortunately these rights violate by the society which create and rule by adults. Children do…
Children’s Day is celebrated on 1st October in Sri Lanka. The day is celebrated with the renewal of calls and pledges to respect and protect children’s rights. A day that focuses on…
12 Sep 2007 12:31:03 GMT Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday for its north, south and eastern districts following a major earthquake in…
Dear Mihin Uncle, Mihin air, Mihin cost of living, Mihin law, Mihin entourage and Mihin war are making people’s life miserable. The 25 year old war is an earning for few people…
Butterflies Last year was belonged to children. It was named as butterfly’s year. This was asuggestion by Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse. Did they compare children to butterflies with true or honest…
“The legislation which allows police to detain a person without an arrest warrant for 48 hours was first introduced by the Justice Ministry in 2005 for an interim two year period and…
Torture, Disappearances, Extrajudicial killings and grave violations of human rights have reported through out the country. Before the Rajapakse regime there were remedies although not 100% successful. There were the independent commissions…
Sarath Fernando, MONLAR (Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform), Sri Lanka ( 27-28 March,2007, Imagine New South Asia, New Delhi, India) “Every single individual on earth has both the potential and the…
