Voices Across Three Places

A graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong who entered politics after university and participated in the 2019 District Council Election. The conversation explored democratic development, the National Security Law, civil society, accountability, and the Basic Law.

A lawyer’s account of Sri Lanka’s judicial system, labour protections, environmental regulation, investment conditions, and institutional reform after economic crisis.

A reflection on how Sri Lanka’s economic crisis changed public political engagement, intensified skepticism, and made institutional repair a national priority.

An entrepreneur’s view of Sri Lanka’s recovery through investment, technology, education, digital infrastructure, and easier business procedures.

The owner of a 17-year wool felt enterprise described a community production model involving approximately 2,000 workers and families, with a focus on women’s employment and rural opportunity.

The founder of WSDO described a Fair Trade social enterprise that supports vulnerable women through vocational training, stable work, health care, childcare assistance, education, and economic independence.

A physicist educated in the United States who returned to Nepal to teach, reflecting on higher education, research opportunity, migration, political participation, trust, and identity.

An informal conversation in a Tibetan refugee settlement about identity, legal status, education, employment, property, cultural continuity, and the meaning of home in exile.

An informal travel conversation that moved from misleading marketing and vape enforcement to alcohol taxation, housing affordability, and the policy differences between Kathmandu and rural areas.