The March of Folly Destroying Continuity
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today When I served on the National Human Resources Development Council, I chaired a committee to recommend new ways of working in the public sector. We looked...
View ArticleThe need for professional Ministers
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today Though I am no longer a member of the National Human Resources Development Council (NHRDC), I am still working with the Organization of Professional...
View ArticleThe 100-day manifesto – a contemporary account
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy The Island Since there is now some confusion about the 100-day manifesto, with lots of contradictory claims, I thought I should republish the first clear account of...
View ArticlePursuing Peace Rehabilitation without Reintegration
By Prof Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today There was another area in which we did much vital work in the period before the war ended, but that too in the end fell prey to rival ministerial...
View ArticleMarch of Folly Sri Lankan Foreign Policy
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today When Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he responded that he thought it would be a good idea. One is tempted to say the same with...
View ArticleWhat civil society ignored
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today I realized when what is termed civil society threw its weight behind Maithripala Sirisena at the end of 2014, that it was divided between those who hated...
View ArticlePatricia Butenis and Paul Carter: American Duality
Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today Given what Dayan had told me about what the Americans were up to, given too that Bob Blake, who had been more positive about us previously than the British,...
View ArticlePresident Sirisena’s unfulfilled promises Ignoring security
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today It is not surprising that security scarcely figures in Maithripala Sirisena’s manifesto. He talks about food security and energy security, which are of...
View ArticlePresident Sirisena’s unfulfilled promises Traducing right to information
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today I was astonished by a news item that appeared a couple of weeks back, to the effect that the Presidential Secretariat was to appeal against the order of...
View ArticlePresident Sirisena’s unfulfilled promises Ignoring Code of Conduct
By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today The first commitment in the President’s 100-Day Manifesto with regard to February, within a month of his election, was that on Monday, 2 February An...
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