-Groundviews.org Nearly four years since the end of the country’s civil war, Sri Lanka remains a divided, post-war society, as the ethnic conflict burns on. It has been fifteen months since the Final Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was made public. In July 2012, the GoSL released an Action Plan to implement the LLRC recommendations, yet little progress has been made on this front. Instead, a host of...
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Indian journalism at ground zero-V Gangadhar
-The Hindu Those opposing Justice Katju’s suggestion of minimum qualifications for journalists are out of touch with reality Some years ago, the journalism entrance test at a career development institute in Mumbai had this objective-type question: Kofi Annan is (a) a Nigerian footballer (b) lead singer of a Sierra Leone pop group (c) a Sri Lankan delicacy (d) Secretary-General of the United Nations. The 100-odd candidates who appeared for the test were...
More »US to Go Ahead With UN Vote Against Sri Lanka -Lalit K Jha
-Outlook The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Rajapaksha government has failed to fulfill its international obligations, which it promised after the fall of the LTTE, the Obama Administration said today. Without naming any one, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference that the US is working with a lot of governments who...
More »Ajay Chhibber, Regional Director of the UNDP interviewed by Arlene Chang
-First Post In an interview with Firstpost, Ajay Chhibber, Regional Director of the UNDP, tells us why India ranks low on the Human Development Index, below China, Sri Lanka and Iran, what we need to do to improve our standing and why welfare schemes are not to be blamed for poor growth or inflation. Excerpts from the interview: * Why does India lag other BRIC countries in the HDI ratings? Compared to the other...
More »UN report reiterates a public secret: India is worse than Pak for women -Arlene Chang
-First Post Along with its dismal Human Development Index (HDI), India also has a very poor Gender Inequality Index, which is among the worst in the world, according to the latest UN Human Development Report released on Thursday. Except Afghanistan which stood at a rank of 147 compared to India’s 132, all countries in the South Asia region and also China were ranked way higher than it on the Gender Inequality Index,...
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