Hello Friends The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has begun the commendable task of comiling and releasing informative reports on crucial issues affecting the people of the North and East. The latest in this series is one pertaining to the return and resettlement of displaced persons in the North. The preamble of the TNA report states [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Guest blogger category.
The Sri Lankan connection of Swami Vivekananda
By Priyadarshi Dutta Hello Friends Narendranath Dutta known as Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsar and founded the Ramakrishna mission that performs commendable service in many parts of the world including Sri Lanka. Swami Vivekananda is a Bengali who was born in 1863 and passed away in 1902. He was greatly responsible [...]
Formal dialogue needed at UN Human Rights Council to discuss both the LLRC and UN reports on Sri Lanka
By Louise Arbour Hello Friends Louise Arbour is a distinguished Canadian whose name is not unknown to many in Sri Lanka. She served as a Judge on the Canadian Supreme Court and also the Ontario court of Appeal. Louise Arbour was the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha and the [...]
Sri Lanka Heading Towards Inevitable 20 Percent Depreciation of the Rupee
By Dr. Arujuna Sivananthan Hello Friends, ‘It’s the economy stupid’ was the popular phrase publicised widely by the Bill Clinton team during the Presidential elections campaign of 1992. George Bush Sr running for a second term was seen as a sure winner then because of developments like the end of the cold war and the [...]
Sharing land powers is part of the devolution process enshrined in the constitution
By Austin Fernando Hello Friends The sharing of powers over land between the Provincial and Central Governments is currently a raging controversy. The “lands” issue has become one of the primary issues on which the Government and Tamil National Alliance (TNA)are finding it difficult to reach agreement upon. President Rajapaksa’s pronouncements on the subject tend [...]
Island Mystique: Three startling differences Between India and Sri Lanka
By Alaka M.Basu Hello Friends A friend sent me an interesting article that appeared in “The Telegraph”published in Kolkota (Calcutta). It is written by Alaka M.Basu who is a professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University,USA. Ms.Basu was in Sri Lanka on a holiday recently and is captivated by its charm like [...]
President Rajapaksa must Address Specifics of a Political Settlement
Hello Friends India’s respected newspaper “The Hindu” has experienced a change at the Editorial helm with the Editor in Chief Narasimhan Ram stepping down with effect from January 19th 2012. The Hindu’s national bureau chief Siddharth Varadarajan has succeeded him as Editor.
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna reaches out to people of Northern Sri Lanka
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 [...]
Thaippongal celebrations at Temple Trees
A pictorial perspective Hello Friends, “Thaippongal” is the traditional Tamil Thanksgiving festival that augurs bountiful harvests and good fortune. It is known as “Thamizhar Thirunaal” and “Uzhavar Perunaal”. “Thaippongal” was celebrated by President and Mrs.Rajapaksa at “Temple Trees” this time. I am posting some pictures taken by photographer Sudath Silva from the event held on [...]
‘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.
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.
