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From:
[log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Nalaka Gunawardene,
TVE Asia Pacific
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:50
AM
Subject: Better Governance: The Biggest
Lesson of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Apologies for any
cross-posting...
Dear friends,
On 26 December 2009, we mark the
fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, one of the biggest and
deadliest disasters in history. It left a trail of destruction across South
and Southeast Asia, killing over 225,000 and shattering the lives of millions
more.
Journalists, professionally trained to hastily produce ‘first
drafts of history’, found it a bit like being close to a huge tapestry still
being woven: we all absorbed parts of the unfolding complexity. We reported or
analysed those elements that held our interest. But we were too close, and too
overwhelmed, for much perspective. Five years on, we can ‘zoom out’ more
easily to see the bigger picture. When I do, one overarching factor stands out
as the most important and lasting lesson of the tsunami: the need for better
governance.
That is the thrust of my latest op ed essay, which is
being published this weekend in Asian/global websites and newspapers. The
links so far are listed at: http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/asian-tsunami5-its-governance-stupid/
Here
are my other blog posts in recent days which reflect on the tsunami experience
in one way or another:
Looking back at Asian Tsunami of 2004…and media
response
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/looking-back-at-asian-tsunami-of-2004-and-media-response/
Asian
Tsunami+5: Revisiting child survivor Heshani Hewavitharana of Sri
Lanka...
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/tsunami5-revisiting-heshani-hewavitharana/
Ahead
of tsunami, journalist foresaw coastal disaster in Sri Lanka: “A Catastrophe
Waiting to
Happen”
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/journalist-cautioned-coastal-disaster-in-sri-lanka-a-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen/
Children of Tsunami: No more tears...
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/children-of-tsunami-no-more-tears/
A
Lasting Wave: Looking back at Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004 (inspired
by Newsweek interview)
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-lasting-wave-looking-back-at-indian-ocean-tsunami-of-december-2004/
As
we bow our heads in memory of all who perished and suffered in the tsunami,
the words of Spanish philosopher and poet George Santayana reverberate in my
mind: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
I
wish you safe, relaxing and reflective
holidays.
Warmly,
Nalaka
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Nalaka Gunawardene
Director/CEO - TVE Asia
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