May 2009 - Posts - The Expat Blog

May 2009 - Posts

The International Community and Sri Lanka

Posted by Ayeshea Perera at 
Disclaimer: the author knows that she is susceptible to being accused of doing too many Sri Lanka posts. There has been a strong international outcry against the Sri Lankan government for its handling of the humanitarian crisis in the Vanni . The UNHCR recently adopted a draft resolution calling for an investigation into possible war crimes and UK Prime...

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I'm more creative than you are.

Posted by Melissa A. Bell at 
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but, I'm really creative. Well at least, statistically speaking, I'm like a whole 28 percent more creative than most people. (Actually don't believe that--I think I failed out of my statistics class.) The point is, scientists now say that living abroad makes people more creative. According to The Economist...

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What does Prabhakaran's death mean for Sri Lanka?

Posted by Ayeshea Perera at 
Prabhakaran is dead, the LTTE are finished and the war is over. A war that has been such a big part of my life, that its difficult for me to envision Colombo without its hundreds of checkpoints, the necessity of carrying identification papers at all times and the half expectation that either me or someone I know will get blown up in some random bomb...

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Who'd have thought? Elections bring out the sap in me.

Posted by Melissa A. Bell at 
November 4, 2008, I had just flown back to Delhi from New York and came straight to my office. With five editors, I watched Barack Obama accept the US nomination for presidency. Wow. Even typing that I get tears in my eyes. You should have seen me that morning. As one editor put it, “Melissa could solve the water crisis.” Another said that our budget...

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