By M. S. Shah Jahan writing from Tamilnadu Is Tamilnadu hostile to Lankan visitors? No not at all! It is only a splinter group known as Eelamists do involve in such activities to gain publicity. Politically this group including the ardent Tiger supporter, Vaiko’s MDMK has no strength in the state even to save deposit [...]
Archive of entries posted on 11th September 2012
Subramania Bharathiyar: The People’s Poet
by C.N.Annadurai (Former Tamil Nadu Chief minister “Arignar” C.N.Annadurai, M.A. Delivered his first English Speech over the All India Radio on Bharathi:THE PEOPLE’S POET” in the Year 1948. The text of that speech is posted here to commemorate the 91st death anniversary of the bard on September 11th) Mandolin Instrumental ~ Bharathiyar Song ~ Kaaikkai [...]
Three Provincial Elections Were not Free nor Fair Allege Election Monitors CAFFE,PAFFEREL and NEMIHR
by Camelia Nathaniel Local election monitoring bodies Sunday ruled the Provincial Council Elections in the North Central, Eastern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces as neither free nor fair. Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE), People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) and the Network for Election Monitoring of Intellectuals for Human Rights (NEM-IHR), at the [...]
There Cannot be Peace Without Development or Development Without Peace
by Mahinda Rajapaksa (Text of address by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Colombo on September 11th 2012) As the current Vice Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, I am pleased to welcome all delegates to this 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Colombo and honoured to address you on this occasion.
Future Leaders Conference at Jaffna College in Vaddukkoddai gave Northern Youth a sense of Dignity and Purpose
By Salma Yusuf Walking into the auditorium of Jaffna College Vaddukodai last week was not overwhelming as a sea of smiling faces came way. Rather, what instantly struck us was the effervescence that filled the air in a room of nearly 500 youth from all ethnic and religious communities, who had come together from the [...]
FUTA Strike Action: Why Voluntary Arbitration is Unacceptable
Video Interviews from FUTA Citizen Channel Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri explaining why arbitration is unacceptable in resolving the issues regarding the FUTA trade union action and the main decisions of the FUTA executive committee meeting held on the 11th of September 2012:
Total Sri Lanka Boycott Call is very Glamorous and Sensational but Would Barely Affect Rajapaksa
by Leena Manimekalai One has no options but to be aghast of the fact that even after 64 years of Independence and a 30-year civil war, there is negligible devolution of power to the Tamils under a rigid unitary constitution of Sri Lanka. Even after the horrendous genocide committed by the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, which [...]
(Manmohan) Singh is not King any More
by Pritish Nandy Middle class India has few heroes. Once in a while we find someone. But even before he can settle in, we are disenchanted. Either he fails to live up to our high expectations after the first burst of success, like those guys who win crores on KBC and then vanish into the [...]
Children From 60 Tamil Families in Norway Taken Away by Authorities and Placed Under Foster Care
By Gagani Weerakoon Aggrieved Sri Lankan Tamil parents, whose children have been forcibly taken away by Norwegian Child Welfare Authorities and placed in foster care, are planning to launch a hunger strike, taking their campaign for justice and to get back their children, to the next level and create a broader global awareness about the [...]
‘Pillaiyan’ may become Eastern Province Chief Minister for the second time
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias “Pillaiyan” is likely to be appointed as Chief Minister of the Eastern Province for the second time if the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA)forms the Eastern Provincial Council Administration again. Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan is the head of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalaigap Puligal(TMVP)which is a faction that broke away from [...]
India Must Upgrade its Relationship with Sri Lanka so That China Gets the Message
by Col R Hariharan Chinese defence minister’s visit to Sri Lanka: an Indian perspective China’s Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie’s visited Sri Lanka for five days from August 29, 2012. The first-ever visit by a Chinese defence minister to Sri Lanka with an entourage of 23 members indicates the ever increasing Chinese interest in the [...]
