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When Worlds Collide #112: Social Media ‘Candles’ for Mainstream Media Blackouts

Posted on 20 June 2014 by Nalaka Gunawardene

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 20 June 2014 What is the best way to manage public information in times of national crises – whether disasters, epidemics or conflict? All governments face this … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #83: Exploring City Life in Lankan Imagination

Posted on 15 September 2013 by Nalaka Gunawardene

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 15 September 2013 What makes real cities? Beyond urban infrastructure and administrative designations, what turns an urban area into a city proper? Is it bohemian lifestyle, bustling … Continue reading →

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A New Look at Our Planet – and Island of Lanka – at Night…

Posted on 6 January 2013 by Nalaka Gunawardene

I couldn’t write the When Worlds Collide column this week. Instead, here is a news feature I wrote for Ceylon Today, published on Sunday 16 Dec 2012: It helps to take a look at the bigger picture once in a … Continue reading →

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