By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The political dialogue between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil National Alliance(TNA)that progressed in fits and starts has reached a state of impasse for several months. The current deadlock is due to rigid positions adopted by both sides on the key question of a Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC). President Mahinda Rajapaksa is of [...]
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We need freedom to create with and for everybody living in Sri Lanka
By Rasaiah Loganandan Mr.Jeyasankar says that there has been a statement in the leaflets like this, distributed at the premier of the drama “Theatre needs no spoken language and it evolutes sans spoken language several decades ago” says the leaflet” There are no such baseless lies in that leaflet. As the Tamil translator of it [...]
“Dubbing Sri Lankan Conflict as ‘war without Witness’ is Simply not True”
By Frances Harrison Today marks three years since the end of the fighting in Sri Lanka . I would like to mourn the dead but still I do not know how many. Estimates range from seven to 147,000. It is a shocking difference. How is it possible in this world of satellites, rolling news and [...]
Sri Lankan Supreme Court petitioned to disqualify Tamil political parties under Sixth Constitutional Amendment
by R. K. Radhakrishnan Most Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka could become things of the past if the Supreme Court acts on a petition that seeks disqualification of the parties for retaining the demand for a separate state in their party documents, called constitutions. Long after the Tamil political parties dropped their demand for [...]
Muslims’ peaceful response to vandalism at Dambulla Mosque
By Latheef Farook Muslim community’s overall response to vandalism at the Dambulla mosque by a mob led by Ven Inamaluwa Sumangala Thero on Friday 20 April 2012 has been “calm and dignified”. In one voice their message to the mainstream peace loving Sinhalese was “restore communal harmony”. This was the spontaneous response of the community [...]
Sri Lanka’s Nationality Conflict: Contemporary Political Scenario
By Suresh Premachandran M.P. Text of a paper presented at a symposium in Oslo, Norway The root cause of the nationality conflict in Sri Lanka is based on two mythical believes masqueraded as history that is ‘Sinhalese are the son of the soil’ others are aliens. The island is blessed by Buddha thus, ‘the island [...]
Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Three areas where swift action is needed
By Prof Rajiva Wijesinha MP Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Justice – Frontline Club, London 16 May 2012 The following remarks had been prepared in the belief that speakers would have about 10 minutes each. However, speakers were only given a few minutes for a few introductory remarks, the rest of the 45 minutes for the [...]
Preventing ‘outsiders’ from entering domain will not allow Tamil Drama to grow beyond what it is today
by Parakrama Niriella A Reply to S.Jeyasankar “Kaliman Vandi and History of Sri Lankan Tamil Theatre” was the title given to the write up by Sivagnanam Jeyasankar of the Eastern University , on the Tamil adaptation of the Sankskrit drama “Mruchakateeham” assumed to be written by Chudrakha between 400 – 500 AD. This was produced [...]
Denizens of the Ministry of External Affairs have no understanding at all of Foreign Policy
by Prof Rajiva Wijesinha MP The more extreme elements in the Ministry of External Affairs have at last put their cards on the table in the form of an article by the wife of one of its rising stars. The same young lady kindly gave me an opportunity to engage in a strong critique of [...]
The significance of Sri Lanka’s success at the UNHRC in Geneva, May 2009
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Reflections on the Third Anniversary of the Diplomatic Victory May is the month of the diplomatic success of Sri Lanka and its friends at the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2009. That battle and victory are now the target of criticism and historical revisionism. It [...]
‘Gota’s war’ book launch function turns into an India bashing session
by R.K.Radhakrishnan The Indian intelligence agencies had a big hand in planning and executing terrorist strikes in Colombo in the mid-eighties, the President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga said. Reading from a book, Gota’s War, at its launch here, he said the role India played in Sri Lanka needed “intensive discussion.” He described the events described in [...]
‘Respect India’ call made at non-violent Koodankulam protest similar to ‘Quit India’ call of freedom struggle against Britain
by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy. ‘Respect India’ is a call similar to ‘Quit India’ fervently made by the ordinary citizens of India here at Idinthakarai on May 8, 2012. ‘Quit India’ was a civil disobedience movement launched in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Quit India’ speech delivered on August 8, 1942 at the Gowalia Tank [...]
