Speaking of Faith Audio on Buddhism

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2009/buddhaintheworld/

Discussion with: Pankaj Mishra

Pankaj Mishra is an Indian journalist and author of several books, including An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. He is also a regular contributor to the New York Times and the British newspaper The Guardian.

The audio of the discussion:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-raw.mp3


18 min:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20070531_buddhaintheworld_uc-mishra.mp3

Active Sri Lankan blogs/forums

1) Lanka Academic
Well moderated unbiased forum with limited intellectual contributions.

2) Kalaya
Supposed to be the Sinhalese nationalist think tank inspired by Dr. Nalin de Silva's vision.
However the forum is run by ultra nationalist Sinhalese hypocrites sometimes act as dictators.

3) groundviews is a Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative
Run by a Sanjana Haththotuwa and CPA (NGO in Sri Lanka).
Only views acceptable to Sanhana is allowed since he acts as Sinhalese Prabhakaran for posters with views against him. This is journalism created for self-promotion than serving a nation.

4) Defence wire
Like a famous contributor to DW said, this is 'half-assed' defence views and analysis of Sri Lanka's crisis. DW forum has been hijacked mainly by foolish Sinhalese. The content is heavily infested with profanity and very offensive for children and women. A nice playground for so-so intelligent Sinhalese and Tamil Sri Lankans.

5) Sri Lanka's government's own blog - Defence blog
Encore presentations of Defence wire bloggers are seen here.

Welcome to 'It is our land Sri Lanka' blog

Let's our children define our mission form this nice song:
Rakimu ape Siri Lak Amma (Let's protect our mother land Sri Lanka)

Rules:
1) Absolutely no profanity allowed - children will be reading this blog.
2) Stick to the object.
3) Make it short.

Welcome all smart and intelligent Sri Lankan minds.