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...
Category: Lessons for Sri Lanka
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...
Why Sri Lanka & Sri Lankans are in a stalemate!
We may have a literacy rate of over 90% but majority of the citizens in particular those holding key positions in both private & public sector are clueless of geopolitics & historical linkages to...
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...
President Ranil & Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena must stand with classmate Senaka Weeraratna to secure ICC recognition for authorship of DRS
There is much written on intellectual property rights accompanied by the premise that justice must be seen to be done. In both cases, Senaka Weeraratna is fighting a lone battle against colonial racism together...
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...
South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission was a waste of Tax Payers money – so will Sri Lanka’s!
Any truth & reconciliation commission that shies from exposing the true players who trained, armed and funded militancy in Sri Lanka as well as provide covert & overt support that led to the 3...
Mahaveerar Naal (Great Heroes Day) / ‘Maaveerar Vaaram’ (Great Heroes Week)– Is it a LTTE event?
Mahaveerar Naal is a LTTE mourning event – it does not mourn Tamils & certainly not Tamils killed by LTTE. Mahaveerar Naal is an event annually organized by LTTE supporters to commemorate all...
