Sri Lanka People’s Protests & Looming Arab Spring
Sri Lanka is faced with an economic crisis. The people are facing many economic & cost of living difficulties. The people blame the government for keeping them in the dark (pun intended) &...
5 year Austerity Plan under Caretaker Team of Experts
After 74 years of independence & 40 General Elections since 1947 (1st Parliament) & 7 Presidents since 1978, the erosion of governance is no understatement. Every election people vote with much hope that...
LTTE Diaspora & Sri Lanka’s Economy & Balkanizing India
This news is upsetting for several reasons as there are many Sri Lankans who selflessly defended the nation with their own funding in the halls of Geneva against the lying machine of the LTTE...
Why Indian troops should never return to Sri Lanka
It was the first time India had sent its troops beyond the seas to Sri Lanka in July 1987 to engage the very militants India had trained, armed & funded. The Indian...
Sri Lanka’s Development marred by Foreign Interventions & Incursions
Sri Lanka gained partial independence in 1948 since the Queen/King remained Head of State and the highest court was the UK Privy Council. This meant that from 1948 to 1972 UK continued to have...
Who thinks IMF can bail out Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka is $35billion in debt. It is a debt that did not happen overnight. It is a debt that IMF will not solve & cannot solve. Taking loans without a plan...
Sri Lanka – Economic Advisors & Foreign Loans
If we judge Sri Lanka’s economic development vis a vis the western loans & expert economic advisors our story is quite bleak. We have had countless economic gurus claiming to be the know-it-alls...
IMF loans & Sri Lanka: Bartering whatever resources we have left
All IMF loans come with conditions. The requesting country submits a letter of intent with its economic plan & that plan is not what the country proposes to do with the loan but only...
Cardinal – UNP – LTTE/TNA & Associates
Citizens of Sri Lanka should be mature enough to put politics & preference for political parties aside when it comes to issues concerning the Nation. In such scenarios, citizens must be able to...
Provincial Councils & Sri Lanka’s “New Constitution” – Throw out both
It is no secret that one of the key impediments to Sri Lanka’s ability to function as an ‘independent’ & ‘sovereign’ nation is no one else but India. There is not an area that...
