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Asela Atukorala in     … where his  title reads “Suggestions for Sri Lanka’s Cyclone Ditwah Recovery”

“Sri Lanka relief location map” by Uwe Dedering is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sri Lanka suffered one of its worst natural disasters with Cyclone Ditwah which brought severe floods. Numerous lives have been lost, people are missing, houses are damaged or destroyed, some roads & railway tracks can no longer be travelled on among other problems. This is troubling as Sri Lanka is still recovering from its recent economic collapse. Relating to Sri Lanka’s economy, the IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Evan Papageorgiou revealed that Sri Lanka has requested approximately 200 million USD of assistance due to Cyclone Ditwah. The IMF Executive Board is considering this request and will decide whether to approve it. In this article, I am writing suggestions for Sri Lanka’s Cyclone Ditwah recovery.

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Lakshman Gunasekara in GROUNDVIEWS, 23 December 2025, with  this title “Trumpian America’s Unwitting Christmas Gift to Global South”

Photo courtesy of Tyla

“Every cloud has a silver lining,” wrote English poet-philosopher and leading 17th century civil servant John Milton in one of his lesser known plays. While Milton is best known for his theological-allegorical epic poem Paradise Lost, this phrase about silver lining has become part of commonly used idiom adopted by many cultures across the world.

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AN EMAIL NOTE From VANNI HOPE

Dear Supporters,

I hope this message finds you well. I’m writing to share that our team has now completed all video coverage and written reports for every Phase 1 initiative of our Cyclone Ditwah emergency response. Rather than sending these updates one by one, we felt it would be more meaningful to bring everything together in one place for you to view at your own time.

You can access all reports, impact data, photos and video coverage via our Cyclone Ditwah Response Updates webpage here:
https://vannihope.org/cyclone-ditwah-updates

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An Observer in a Black Sea Resort Town

Do read and digest this news item: https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/629792-blumenthal-venezuela-bondi-beach-attack/

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ACL Ameer Ali in Perth, in an article in COLOMBO TELEGRAPH entitled “Ditwah, Recovery & Politics” ….

Ditwah has come and gone but the physical devastation, financial distress, economic dislocation and above all the mental and psychological wounds inflicted by the calamity would take years if not decades to heal. But it is at a time like this that the political credibility, personal integrity and tireless commitment of the country’s national leadership is put to its maximum test.

Although it is too early to pass any final judgement there are enough signs to indicate that Sri Lanka is fortunate to have Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) as its Executive President at this crucial moment. The clearest evidence to this opinion is the outpouring of financial contributions from expatriate Sri Lankans to help the government’s recovery effort.

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Item in ESPNcricinfo, 12 December 2025

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N. Saravanan   

For nearly thirty-five years, N. Saravanan has been a steadfast voice in Tamil literary and journalistic circles. His journey began with Vidivu magazine, where his early writings reflected a deep commitment to social consciousness and cultural identity. He later served as one of the editors of Sarinihar, a publication renowned for its fearless engagement with issues of justice and human rights.

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Jehan  Perera in Colombo Telegraph …………………………. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-better-sri-lanka-for-all/

In the present post-cyclone phase when the international community is demonstrating enormous goodwill to Sri Lanka, the lessons learnt from their own experiences, and the encouraging support they are giving Sri Lanka at present, can and must be utilised. The government under President Dissanayake has committed to a non-racist Sri Lanka in which all citizens will be treated equally. The experience of other countries, such as the UK, India, Switzerland, Canada and South Africa, show that problems between ethnic communities also require inter-community power sharing in the form of devolution of power. Countries that have succeeded in reconciling diversity with unity have done so by embedding inclusion into governance structures rather than treating it as a temporary concession.

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