Category Archives: Road Safety
When Worlds Collide #115: Fast-tracking Road Safety in Sri Lanka
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 18 July 2014 The Apollo 8 space mission, which lasted from 21 to 27 December 1968, was the first time that a manned spacecraft left Earth orbit, … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #89: Our Long Road to Cleaner and Safer Cities…
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 27 October 2013 Indian environmental activist Sunita Narain was seriously injured while cycling in New Delhi last Sunday, October 20. She was hit by a car while … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #74: Mamma Mia! Is Italy an extension of South Asia?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 14 July 2013 My column last week, about the various slow movements that counter our fast paced modern life, elicited several responses. Many agreed that … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #73: Stuck in Fast Forward? Slow Down!
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 7 July 2013 I’m a slow reader of books. I do it deliberately hemin-hemin. Oh, I can read fast when I really have to — … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #58: Making Our Roads Safer – Every Life Counts!
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 17 March 2013 See also: When Worlds Collide #53: Saving Lives on India’s ‘Mean Streets’ “You lay crushed Under twisted metal. I held you, stunned until … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #53: Saving Lives on India’s ‘Mean Streets’
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 10 February 2013 Sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to open our eyes to monstrous realities. A few years ago, 17-year-old Shivam Bajpai was struck down … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #38: ‘Surgeon of the Lamp’ Takes on All Accidents
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 21 October 2012 Dr Wijaya Godakumbura is what I call a serial life-saver. All medical doctors have opportunities to save lives. But only a few take … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #36: Ready, Steady, Innovate?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 7 October 2012 Last week, I spent many hours at Sri Lanka’s first exhibition of inventions and inventors held at BMICH, Colombo, and took lots of … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #24: Kicking Lead in Petrol – Lessons for Cleaning up Dirty Diesel?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 15 July 2012 My column last week – about World Health Organisation confirming diesel fumes cause lung causer – elicited many responses. Some cautioned that phasing … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #23: ‘Slow Murder’ by Subsidised Diesel Fumes
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 8 July 2012 Sometimes well-meaning yet ill-informed environmentalists can be their own worst enemy. By barking up the wrong tree, they distort public sentiments and even … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene 