@groundviews's tweetbook Created by Groundviews (Includes tweets from 05/08/2012 till 10/01/2012) @groundviews Groundviews Award winning citizen journalism and commentary from Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka @groundviews's tweetbook Contains 3200 tweets tweeted between 05/08/2012 and 10/01/2012. Created on 01/10/2012 by http://tweetbook.in. Be a tweetbook.in sponsor. / 1 2012 May 8'th May, 2012 13:51 Read it | Silence of Good People: Ven Walpola Rahula & #Dambulla violence, via @CeylonToday #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham http://t.co/7riSx5hO 13:52 @mwikramanayake True. This is the mag after all that had Mervyn Silva on its cover recently as a model Lankan. 14:57 @cfhaviland @mhmhisham @bfonseka @lankasol @apelankawe @vijaysappani Thanks Charlie. 17:12 Very interesting | How Tagore inspired Sri Lanka's national anthem http://t.co/sdnjivEx #lka #srilanka #india 17:41 RT @SouthAsiaWired Religious tensions flare in #SriLanka after Buddhist monks storm a mosque in Dambulla. More at RNW's South Asia Wired: http://t.co/7lxAapvM 17:42 Religious tensions flare in Sri Lanka via @SouthAsiaWired flags #Dambulla violence and Not In Our Name http://t.co/v1dY5y2C #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 2 17:45 Sri Lanka has been hit by fresh religious unrest between Buddhists and Muslims. In a recent incident in Dambulla,... http://t.co/AzT0LBkY 23:05 @mbmrameez @slcampaign @lankasol Missed it - how did it go? 23:05 @Prashandevisser Thanks. 23:07 RT @Dinoukc Ravinatha appointed to Geneva http://t.co/cyaRhgv3 } First to confirm this story? 23:15 RT @CeylonToday Ravinatha Replaces Tamara: Ravinatha Ariyasinghe , andnbsp;Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Ambassador to and... http://t.co/kOmafGBd #lka #SriLanka 9'th May, 2012 07:49 Can't wait for UPR review | Sri Lanka appoints new Ambassador to U.N. http://t.co/29wvh9Nb #lka #srilanka 07:55 #srilanka's foreign policy: Silence Dayan, kick out Tamara, promote Namal, have a a supine FM, puppet Ambassadors, good karma for rest #lka 07:57 Hasta la vista baby! "At the end of a short-lived war waged through the media by a few diplomats, the Sri... http://t.co/JD8mjTK8 May 2012 / 3 08:51 It'll take a bit more than a polite request, Mr. Speaker | Speaker request MPs to speak correctly http://t.co/7JnNTZqw #srilanka #lka 08:55 Had us in stitches. Clearly some rather talented folks out there with time to spare! http://t.co/i9OBGEd1 08:59 @MelGuna Indeed. 10:42 RT @nilmashazdole @groundviews #Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy is crap! Even G.L. can't get his Palestine/Israel facts correct so who knows who we support? 11:33 Over 1,300 signatures to date | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/lk8mneAD #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham 11:34 Not In Our Name has now exceeded 1,300 signatures, and features some very interesting comments in English, Tamil... http://t.co/IaynpvhI 17:32 RT @AmanthaP Channel 4 doco on #SRILANKA wins award http://t.co/wDjRQQ0l #lka 17:32 @AmanthaP So much for the bizarre campaign over email to get 'patriots' to vote for Bahrain. 19:01 RT @iam_project Quick visit to Jaffna. Took time out to meet some elders from series one like Dr Sivarajah http://t.co/oLFafCMU at his book launch #lka May 2012 / 4 20:03 Good question from @Apelankawe to @srilankaunites: "we do not believe in criticizing the political structure we operate in" | Why?" 20:05 Sri Lankan UN ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam demoted http://t.co/4mkQBF8n #lka #srilanka 20:06 The Sri Lankan government has demoted its ambassador to the UN in Geneva after the Human Rights Council adopted a... http://t.co/K3zSHhKA 23:30 What is going on? Bad example for #lka | The Pirate Bay, Vimeo blocked in #India http://t.co/PG6ZmBYv @ShashiTharoor @vijaysappani #srilanka 23:42 Groundviews was invited by Google to attend @InternetLiberty http://t.co/pJKqFEDM Anyone else coming? #Internet #FOE #media 23:59 If you understand #Sinhala, a good interview with Buddhist monk http://t.co/EHvfgLk7 Trying to get subtitled in English #lka #srilanka 10'th May, 2012 00:11 @ShaadHamid To extent possible, yes. 06:28 Letter by former #la Amb to UN in Geneva published by @dbsjeyaraj cogent example of rot within Govt http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #srilanka May 2012 / 5 06:30 Incredible | No foreign policy strategy - absolutely none - for #srilanka at the @UN_HRC in #Geneva http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #lka @lankasol 06:31 * In preparation for that 18th Session, no instructions were received by me nor guidelines provided on the... http://t.co/IZO4WYar 06:52 Oh dear | Sri Lanka may start blending its pure Ceylon tea http://t.co/gS9uODLy @AmanthaP @MelGuna @NalakaG #srilanka #lka 07:00 @rkguruparan What gives? 07:07 @NalakaG @dbsjeyaraj It really is mind-bogglingly inept an ill-thought. Letter worth translating to Sinhala we believe. 07:20 @ThilinaRa LOL. Thanks. 07:24 @rkguruparan Fascinating. Does suggest again so clearly that it is only a matter of time before inconvenient truths come out. 08:25 RT @adaderana VIDEO: US President Obama backs gay marriage http://t.co/Hk56rnH8 #lka #srilanka 08:29 @StateDept wants to see plan for reconciliation in #srilanka. Citizens haven't even been given LLRC in Sinhala or Tamil. #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 6 09:57 @MelGuna @amanthap @nalakag Not sure how that fits in with this story? Recall also how we once wanted to rebrand as Pure Sri Lankan Tea? 11:27 A simple comment on Not In Our Name, that we wholly endorse http://t.co/SRIhlm0e #lka #srilanka 11:27 Isn't it ironic that lay-persons have to tell the clergy in #Dambulla how to live by the Dhamma? http://t.co/iiDNOJlW #lka #srilanka 11:27 Prof. Savithri Goonesekere signs up to Not In Our Name http://t.co/u7qIM81g joining a number of other leading academics #lka #srilanka 11:39 Here’s what I think. I think, we need to start thinking rationally and question what we believe in. Its 2012, we... http://t.co/3nvGmnHH 11:43 On the enduring need to question religion | No longer blind, No longer bound http://t.co/77TWag8X #lka #srilanka 12:50 No longer blind, No longer bound: Poster for the film Oh My God I was born into a Malay family, where religion n... http://t.co/u2PQEdbC 13:13 It's a no brainer. If in #Colombo this weekend, see Samhara http://t.co/WxkotHF1 6 nights at Joyce in New York, all standing ovations. #lka 13:21 @Dinoukc And who is the author? Person noted in title? May 2012 / 7 13:50 @Dinoukc Oh my. Fascinating. Someday, perhaps a book will be written on the author as well, focussing on his JVP days... 16:20 Lively & interesting debate on religion now happening on our Facebook page https://t.co/C6Vdr66x around http://t.co/77TWag8X article #lka 18:22 RT @AmanthaP #SRILANKA gov/UN 2012 Joint funding appeal heading for a shortfall/updated breakdown of requirements and commitments http://t.co/QZFVzKuF 18:29 RT @rkguruparan Supreme court grants leave to proceed in the Navaanthurai cases against the army and police after sitting on it for 8 long months. #lka 18:29 RT @rkguruparan The Navaanthurai cases is the result of a joint effort put in by the Navaanthurai people, Jaffna Bar Association, CPA and the CHRD. #lka 19:13 @SLcampaign Worth noting that this article was based on a misleading media report. Dr. Dhanapala full submission here - http://t.co/c7vok3rK 19:19 What's special about these discussions? | TNA in special discussions http://t.co/k8i7fQeh #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan @nirananketell 19:22 When the Little Guy's Tools for Change Are Co-opted http://t.co/10MkhhEM @TechChange #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 8 19:23 Can readers please confirm what's noted in the 1st sentence of this article? Is it true? http://t.co/10MkhhEM #lka #srilanka @samarajiva 19:29 @Dinoukc @samarajiva Precisely why we are asking. We've not encountered it. The charge is a serious one, for "every" call or SMS made. 19:34 @NILENTH 1. What provider/package are you on? 2. Can you take a photo of it and send us? 19:34 @Dinoukc Neither did we. 19:46 @gopiharan @dinoukc @samarajiva Seems that only @NILENTH confirms this to be true, for the moment. 19:46 @NILENTH Thanks much. Others on other networks, can you please confirm you also received this notification? 19:50 @Dinoukc Actually, he's already noted that - https://t.co/wbDhGwKn 19:52 @Dinoukc Please do - it's a pity Huff Post had to break this. Who is paying for this? Across all providers? For how long? Why not post-paid? 19:53 @Dinoukc What connection does petition have to Govt to influence this kind of deep tie in with telcos? May 2012 / 9 19:56 @Dinoukc In light of this, worth recalling, and revisiting vital points made in this article http://t.co/UA4apbjT esp. on @dialoglk. 20:06 @Dinoukc Au contraire, petition claims 7,500+ signatories in 4 days. And problem here is not how many signed up, but how messages got thru. 20:06 @Dinoukc Anytime. 22:07 Forgot to note that all short eats (rolls, pastries etc) we bought today had gone up 5 - 8 rupees today because of LPG hike #lka #srilanka 11'th May, 2012 06:42 Mannar Bishop questioned by Sri Lankan CID on ‘disappearances’ http://t.co/N79KAi5r #lka #srilanka 06:48 @AnnieConnected Worrying, knowing the present. 12:19 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka buys up local milk to reassure local farmers.