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Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna reaches out to people of Northern Sri Lanka

18 January 2012, 9:14 pm

External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna arrives at the Kilinochchi District Hospital, Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Photo: R.K.Radhakrishnan-courtesy: The Hindu

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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 reside. Krishna participated in many functions related to projects benefitting by India’s generous assistance and aid.

Krishna whose mother tongue Kannada like Thamizh belongs to the Dravidian school of Languages often tried to reach out to the audience by speaking in Tamil during his Northern trip.
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Thaippongal celebrations at Temple Trees

18 January 2012, 6:28 am

A pictorial perspective

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“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 Tuesday, Jan 17th at the “Temple Trees”.

Here they are friends-DBS Jeyaraj


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‘I have been damned by the establishment in Sri Lanka and its proxies in Australia’ – Gordon Weiss

17 January 2012, 8:35 pm

Gordon Weiss

An Interview With G.Pramod Kumar for “First Post”.

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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.
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Devastating critique of LLRC Report by the TNA

16 January 2012, 10:39 pm

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj

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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 of International standards

The premier political organization of the Sri Lankan Tamils at present is the umbrella group known as the Tamil National Alliance(TNA). The TNA has released a 114 page analytical response to the LLRC report.
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Cricket team crisis due to dressing room divisions?

14 January 2012, 5:54 pm

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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

The latest defeat in South Africa has upset many and even made our unflappable cabinet minister Keheliya Rambukwella “feel horrible”.
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LTTE linked overseas groups want armed struggle to resume in Sri Lanka

11 January 2012, 5:47 pm

By Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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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.
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7 persons remanded for 15 days in Rameswaram for ‘attack’ on Sri Lankan businessman Thirukumaran Nadesan

10 January 2012, 8:51 pm

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 Naam Thamizhar Iyakkam.
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President Rajapaksas’s relative Nadesan attacked in Rameshwaram by Tamil Nadu political activist mob

10 January 2012, 1:16 pm

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s extended family member Thirukumaran Nadesan has been”attacked” by agitators in Rameshwaram, TamilNadu

Nirupama Rajapaksa with husband Thirukumaran Natesan, at Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai on November 10, 2009. File Photo: S. James.-courtesy: The Hindu

Thirukumaran Nadesan an influential businessman is the husband of Parliamentarian Nirupama Rajapaksa who is a niece of President Rajapaksa
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Remembering Lasantha, with love

8 January 2012, 6:19 pm

By Marianne David

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It was three years ago on this day (January 8th ) that former Editor of “The Sunday Leader” Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was brutally murdered in broad daylight on his way to work by “unknown”assassins.

Lassie Boy as I called him was my Friend,Colleague and Editor. The death of this fearless Editor has created a vacuum in Sri Lanka’s Journalistic sphere that may never be filled.
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Guerilla poet stands guard as sentinel at Jaffna Fort

6 January 2012, 3:24 pm

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 of the LTTE ‘s TV and photographic unit.
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Avatar of ‘Guerillee’ Shenuka: From SOLT activist to LTTE trainee

30 December 2011, 4:11 pm

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 that war erupted on October 10th between the Indian Peace keeping force(IPKF) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The year began with a significant development occurring within LTTE ranks. On January 5th 1987 the LTTE supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran gave the slip to his Indian monitors in Thiruvaanmiyoor, reached the Tamil Nadu Kodiakkarai coast and crossed over by sea to Maathagal in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Christmas and New Year Greetings and Wishes Everybody

24 December 2011, 3:27 am

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The Many Faces of Christmas – Shaped Wooden Puzzle from Sri Lanka~ Photographed by Mary Harrsch at an exhibit of over 900 nativity scenes hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eugene, Oregon, USA

For Sri Lanka the war ended officially in May 2009.
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