The Colombo Port City Development Project
Paving paradise to put up a parking lot with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hot spot?
In the words of Nobel laureate and economist, Amartya Sen, freedom is the primary goal of development; freedom is also the principal means of development. Yet, the prevalent ethos of Sri Lanka is one that denigrates human rights in the name of economic development. The race to prosperity is callous towards human costs of development while adopting a myopic apathy towards violence committed against the environment.