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 [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Current affairs category.
‘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.
Devastating critique of LLRC Report by the TNA
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Hello Friends The controversial report presented by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has evoked much interest in many different circles. It is being projected by some as Sri Lanka’s effective response to the demand for an International accountability mechanism on the one hand while others criticize it as falling far short [...]
Cricket team crisis due to dressing room divisions?
Hello Friends The drastic decline in the Sri Lankan cricket teams performance in recent times is a cause for concern and worry among all lovers of the game who root for our Lankan lads. It can only be cricket that draws a shop-window crowd like this in Colombo, Sri Lanka ~ pic courtesy of: twitter.com/brysonhull [...]
LTTE linked overseas groups want armed struggle to resume in Sri Lanka
By Gotabaya Rajapaksa Hello Friends Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s younger sibling and secretary of the Defence and Urban Development ministry is arguably the second most powerful man in Sri Lanka. pic: defence.lk It is an open knowledge that the retired colonel of the Gajaba Regiment calls the shots in the Country’s defence establishment.
7 persons remanded for 15 days in Rameswaram for ‘attack’ on Sri Lankan businessman Thirukumaran Nadesan
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Rameshwaram Police has cracked down on the Tamil Nadu political activist mob that attacked Sri Lankan Tamil businessman Thirukumaran Nadesan Agitators laying seige to ahouse where Thirukumaran Nadesan had performed a puja in Rameswaram on Tuesday-pic courtesy of: The Hindu Police arrested Seven persons including “Karate”Palanisamy of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham&Kan.Illango of [...]
Guerilla poet stands guard as sentinel at Jaffna Fort
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj True tale of a Tamil Tigress-4 After joining the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) formally the two friends Shenuka and Nirmala were lodged at the house of a widowed mother of three daughters by senior tiger leader Murali. This lady was an aunt of Bharathan Rajanayagam who was then in charge [...]
Avatar of ‘Guerillee’ Shenuka: From SOLT activist to LTTE trainee
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj True tale of a ‘Tamil Tigress’ – 3 1987 was an eventful year in the modern history of Sri Lanka.It was the year of the Indo-Lanka accord signed by Indian Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardena on July 29th. It was in the aftermath of the accord [...]
The “Flying Pigeon” Rider who sang “Una Paloma Blanca”
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj From Shenuka to Niromi:True Tale of a “Tamil Tigress”-2 Gaining acceptance for military training by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) organization and being inducted into the movement after a one to one meeting with tiger leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran was a great achievement for the author of “Tamil Tigress” at that juncture [...]
Most serious problem faced by people in the North-East on a day to day basis is that of militarisation
by M.A. Sumanthiran Hello Friends The recent speech in Parliament during the Defence ministry vote by Tamil National Alliance National list Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran provides a different perspective on the growing militarisation of Sri Lanka with particular focus on the Northern and Eastern provinces
Remembering the APRC expert panel ‘majority’ report
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj “Nallathor Veenai Seithe –athai Nalankeda Puzhuthiyil Erivathundo?” (Do we make a good “veena”(musical instrument)and throw it away in the dust to decay?)-Subramaniya Bharathiyar The on going dialogue between Government and Tamil National Alliance delegations has seen agreement on a number of issues although areas of disagreement receive wider publicity in the media.
5th Death Anniversary of LTTE ‘Mathiyuraingar’ Balasingham
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Hello Friends December 14th is the fifth death anniversary of Anton Stanislaus Balasingham who served for many years as the “Arasiyal Mathiyuraingar” or political adviser to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE)movement and its leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran. While the media described Balasingham by various designations such as political adviser, political strategist,ideologue,theoretician etc he [...]
