Tag: Green Path

When it All Began #2

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Before it became the ‘Aragalaya’. Before it became a bandwagon for the JVP. Before the antharé and the political speeches and the Gotagogama. Just regular Sri Lankan people, desperate and angry and demanding change. Green Path, Colombo. 4th April 2022.

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When it All Began

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Before it became the ‘Aragalaya’. Before it became a bandwagon for the JVP. Before the antharé and the street performers and the Gotagogama. Just regular Sri Lankan people, desperate and angry and demanding change. Green Path, Colombo. 4th April 2022.

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Church, Temple, and that Old Red Line

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Anglican and Roman Catholic nuns calling for Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his government to step down, protest against the backdrop of the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapakse Theatre, a stark reminder of the wasteful policies of a regime that has brought the country to economic ruin. Colombo, April 2022.

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Generation Go #2

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Inconclusive parliamentary posturing by the government and opposition has further angered protestors calling for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his entire cabinet. Corruption, ineptitude, and nepotism in the Rajapakse government has been blamed for the country’s crippling energy crisis. A cabinet reshuffle on 4th April failed to satisfy dissidents refusing to accept anything short of a complete change of government, and demonstrations continued throughout the week, all across the country, in small but consistent groups; and a massive million-strong protest has been announced for 9th April in Colombo.

Trilingual Dissent

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Ethnic divisions torn aside, at least momentarily, protestors in Colombo call for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his entire cabinet, blaming the country’s crippling energy crisis on the leadership’s ineptitude and corruption. Calling the protestors ‘extremists’, Rajapakse clamped down a 36-hour curfew on the weekend, and blocked social media and chat apps. When this failed to stop widespread demonstrations, the president announced a cabinet reshuffle, only to face enraged protestors on Monday and Tuesday who are refusing to accept anything short of a complete change of government. Sri Lanka, April 2022.

Generation Go

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Young protestors in Colombo call for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his entire cabinet, blaming the country’s crippling energy crisis on the leadership’s ineptitude and corruption. 4th April 2022. Calling the protestors ‘extremists’, Rajapakse clamped down a 36-hour curfew on the weekend, and blocked social media and chat apps. When this failed to stop widespread demonstrations, the president announced a cabinet reshuffle, only to face enraged protestors on Monday and Tuesday who are refusing to accept anything short of a complete change of government.

Thirst of the People

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Passing motorists hand out water to protestors calling for the resignation of Sri Lanka’s Rajapakse-led government. Green Path, Colombo, 4th April, 2022. An energy crisis has resulted in long electricity cuts, and a shortage of fuel and cooking gas across the country of 22 million; President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his brothers (all of whom hold powerful cabinet posts) have been accused of creating it with their ineptitude and corruption. Protests were somewhat stalled on the weekend by a 36-hour curfew and a social media block, but saw protestors coming out in strength on Monday to show their defiance. President Rajapakse has called the protestors ‘extremists’, but has agreed to a cabinet reshuffle; the latter move has been widely rejected, and protestors continue to call for his government to step down.

Face #105

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Barrista’s, Green Path, Cinnamon Gardens, Sri Lanka. June 2017. Shot for HSBC’s ‘The Me in Millennial’ coffee table book.