By Louise Arbour Hello Friends Louise Arbour is a distinguished Canadian whose name is not unknown to many in Sri Lanka. She served as a Judge on the Canadian Supreme Court and also the Ontario court of Appeal. Louise Arbour was the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha and the [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2012
Sea Tiger commander Soosai’s wife Satyadevi speaks out
Hello Friends Thillaiambalam Sivanesan alias Soosai was the former commander and special commander of the naval division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) known as “Kadal Puligal” or Sea Tigers. This native of Polygandy in Vadamaratchy fought to the very end and died in Mulllivaaikkaal in Mullaitheevu district on May 17/18th 2009. Soosai born [...]
50th Anniversary of abortive coup d’etat conspiracy in January 1962
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Fifty years ago on Sunday January 28th 1962 the people of the Island nation known then as “Ceylon” were rocked by a special news bulletin in the afternoon on “Radio Ceylon” (Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation)that interrupted regular programming . The shocking announcement repeated ad nauseam by a male voice on Radio stated [...]
Sri Lanka Heading Towards Inevitable 20 Percent Depreciation of the Rupee
By Dr. Arujuna Sivananthan Hello Friends, ‘It’s the economy stupid’ was the popular phrase publicised widely by the Bill Clinton team during the Presidential elections campaign of 1992. George Bush Sr running for a second term was seen as a sure winner then because of developments like the end of the cold war and the [...]
Irresponsible diaspora sections cause many problems in Jaffna
By Rajasingham Jayadevan Hello Friends Rajasingham Jayadevan is an accountant based in London, Britain. He has been and continues to e a political activist concerned about the future and well-being of Sri Lankans in general and Tamils in particular Pic courtesy of: A visit to the market in Jaffna ~ more pics-by By helpingmedia ~ [...]
Rowdyism at Rameswaram by Tamil Nadu ‘activist’ mob
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Rameswaram (Rameshwar)in the South of Tamil Nadu state in India is revered by Hindus all over the world as a place of tremendous religious significance.The Island town was the scene of an ugly rumpus on the tenth of this month when a well-known Sri Lankan Tamil businessman visiting for a religious purpose [...]
Sharing land powers is part of the devolution process enshrined in the constitution
By Austin Fernando Hello Friends The sharing of powers over land between the Provincial and Central Governments is currently a raging controversy. The “lands” issue has become one of the primary issues on which the Government and Tamil National Alliance (TNA)are finding it difficult to reach agreement upon. President Rajapaksa’s pronouncements on the subject tend [...]
Island Mystique: Three startling differences Between India and Sri Lanka
By Alaka M.Basu Hello Friends A friend sent me an interesting article that appeared in “The Telegraph”published in Kolkota (Calcutta). It is written by Alaka M.Basu who is a professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University,USA. Ms.Basu was in Sri Lanka on a holiday recently and is captivated by its charm like [...]
President Rajapaksa must Address Specifics of a Political Settlement
Hello Friends India’s respected newspaper “The Hindu” has experienced a change at the Editorial helm with the Editor in Chief Narasimhan Ram stepping down with effect from January 19th 2012. The Hindu’s national bureau chief Siddharth Varadarajan has succeeded him as Editor.
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna reaches out to people of Northern Sri Lanka
Hello Friends As most of you are aware India’s minister of External Affairs SM Krishna is currently in Sri Lanka. Krishna is a Kannadiga and a former chief minister of the South Indian state of Karnataka. A highlight of the Indian foreign ministers Lankan trip was his visit to the Northern Province where many Tamils [...]
Thaippongal celebrations at Temple Trees
A pictorial perspective Hello Friends, “Thaippongal” is the traditional Tamil Thanksgiving festival that augurs bountiful harvests and good fortune. It is known as “Thamizhar Thirunaal” and “Uzhavar Perunaal”. “Thaippongal” was celebrated by President and Mrs.Rajapaksa at “Temple Trees” this time. I am posting some pictures taken by photographer Sudath Silva from the event held on [...]
‘I have been damned by the establishment in Sri Lanka and its proxies in Australia’ – Gordon Weiss
An Interview With G.Pramod Kumar for “First Post”. Hello Friends, The book written by former UN official in Sri Lanka Gordon Weiss titled “The Cage:The fight for Sri Lanka and the last days of the Tamil Tigers”has made huge waves.
