Connecting the dots to Eelam: Thimpu Talks-Himalayan Declaration-Akhand Bharath
Where did it all begin & where will it all end? Not too many are able to piece the puzzle. To do so, requires us to go back in time to colonial divide &...
Category: Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard arrives to commemorate LTTE dead in Mullaivaikkal
In 2011 AMNESTY accepted $50,000 from a Canadian based LTTE front, so naturally it is not a surprise when AMNESTY International’s Alan Keenan quoted 40,000 to 147,000 dead. Can Amnesty produce names of even...
Sri Lanka ends LTTE Terrorism: All foreigners commemorating “Mullaivaikkal Massacre” get your facts straight first
Foreign MPs mustering votes will attend, INGOs/NGO representatives fulfilling geopolitical agendas will attend, diplomats ordered by their governments will attend, families of dead LTTE will attend, other Tamils will be forced to attend. This...
Aragalaya -Ranil & what next for Sri Lanka
When we thought we had seen it all in 75 years of independence, in 2022 came a covid followed by the aragalaya. It took the 2nd President to order troops to deal with...
Why do Sri Lankans want elections?
Elections are far more than simply going to an election booth every 5 years and casting one’s vote, yet how many of Sri Lanka’s voters realize the importance of an election? Is it...
UN/UNHRC/US & Allies hypocrisy – comparison of Sri Lanka & the Gaza Conflict
This is not to present notion that Israel is right or wrong, or that Sri Lanka is right or wrong but to question UN’s treatment of Member states & the applicability of the...
India prevented food-fuel-medicines to Nepal in 2015 – Sri Lanka doesn’t learn lessons
How many are aware of the 2015 economic embargo imposed by India on Nepal simply because Nepal was including clauses in its new constitution in September 2015 that India did not like! It...
Where did Mahinda Rajapakse go wrong for himself & the Nation?
Two stand out leaders of post-independence remains without a doubt Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike & Mahinda Rajapakse. Mrs. B was clear in her policy of non-alignment & pivotal decisions taken against western interests resulted in...
Will IMF/WB ruin rice production in Sri Lanka as it did in Haiti
There are a few things Sri Lanka & Haiti have in common – that is production of rice. Within 20 years Haiti turned from a self-sufficient rice producing country to one having to import...
India’s annexation of Sikkim & Lessons for Sri Lanka
Recently, Dr. Wasantha Bandara declared that Sri Lanka was fast on its way to becoming the 29th State of India on the lines of what happened to Sikkim. Obviously, many may be unaware of...
