Category: Editorial

  • Reconstruction Season Again: When Disasters Become Development Narratives

    Reconstruction Season Again: When Disasters Become Development Narratives

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    Sri Lanka’s Sunday papers this week were thick with images of bridges reopened, roads cleared, and ministers pointing at freshly laid concrete. Cyclone recovery, once again, has been framed as a national mobilisation story — resilience, unity, and rebuilding against the odds. There is truth in this narrative. Infrastructure repairs matter. Connectivity matters. Communities cut

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