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Technology and Culture: The Agents of Social Transformation - Groundviews

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Photo courtesy of Dialog Standing at Colombo Fort Railway Station watching morning trains depart for Kandy, Badulla, Galle and Jaffna, it’s easy to forget how the railways represent one of Sri Lanka’s most profound transformations. In 1858, when the first locomotive steamed from Colombo to Ambepussa, it didn’t just move people faster; it fundamentally altered the boundaries of what people knew to be physically possible. A journey from Colombo to…
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Technology and Culture: The Agents of Social Transformation - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of Dialog Standing at Colombo Fort Railway Station watching morning trains depart for Kandy, Badulla, Galle and Jaffna, it’s easy to forget how the railways represent one of Sri Lanka’s most profound transformations. In 1858, when the first locomotive steamed from Colombo to Ambepussa, it didn’t just move people faster; it fundamentally altered the boundaries of what people knew to be physically possible. A journey from Colombo to…

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