Demons of Batalanda: Who was behind them?

It was the time when terror enveloped the whole of Sri Lanka. The JVP’s second insurgency was raging. Many were the sacrifices made to appease the demons in human form. They were celebrating and enjoying life while murder squads under their direction were roaming the country looking for prey. Torture...

2015 General Elections : Saving Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty

Sri Lanka is at a crucial juncture. The situation is far more dangerous than the 3 decades of terror that prevailed. It is such an intense situation that calls for all politicians to set aside their self-centred political ideologies and cunning to realize the thin line we are treading on...

Election heat and ‘yahapalana’ antics

Maithripala succeeded as SLFP President after Mahinda Rajapaksa. The position was either given to Maithripala or it was taken. People raised their voices in support of Mahinda. The issue of nominations came up but that obstacle too was overcome. Although NGOs protested and the President made a special statement after...

Black July 32 years ago

Thirty-two years ago - from July 24 to July 30, 1983 – took place one of the biggest massacres in Sri Lanka’s history. The perception of the Tamil people was that Black July 1983 was a crime well-planned by organized groups linked to the then Government. According to official Government...

History needs to be corrected: July 1983 – UNP attacked Tamils not the Sinhalese

The impression made with each commemorative year of the 1983 riots is that the violence and mayhem were committed by the Sinhalese public. This is far from the truth. The Sinhala public have been declared guilty by default for lack of voice by local media, Sinhala organizations, and academics to...

Over 40,000 strikers lost their jobs 35 years ago

July 15 marked 35 years since the great general strike of 1980 when 40,356 public and private sector employees lost their jobs for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka. The United National Party which contested the general election of July 22, 1977 under the slogan “Let’s Create...

STOP nominating people-rejected politicians re-entering Parliament through National List

If the sovereignty of Sri Lanka is inalienable and lies in the People that a set of people are brought into Parliament given strategic portfolios is a violation of that franchise. This is one argument to do away with the National List. Given that this request is nothing any party...

Ranil and UNP ‘FRONTING’ for Good Governance

It appears that Ranil and the UNP had a Freudian slip when naming their new political alliance the United National Front for Good Governance, as the English word, front, is commonly defined as “to serve as a cover or disguise for another activity, especially something of a disreputable or illegal...

UN/UNHRC – Going behind nameless 40,000 plus ‘dead’ but snubbing 5000 soldiers MIA with names. Seek an inquiry into their disappearance first!

Is it only in Sri Lanka’s case or does it happen elsewhere too that soldiers are treated as dirt by the supposed guardians of peace while internationally proscribed terrorists are white-washed at every stage? Ever since the military victory over LTTE following 30 years of failed attempts to bring peace,...

Let Sri Lanka not be stupid enough to fall for OHCHR’s Terminology traps

One of the most remarkable achievements of the UN system is the amount of time and money they spend in compiling reports / statistics /charts / creating terminologies and preparing plans and processes of coordinating and monitoring them. It is baffling how far entities within the UN system know who...

Meeting at Sirikotha to Expedite Gay Marriage Laws

exclusively that the new Sri Lankan government was expediting plans to legalize gay and lesbian marriages within the first 100 days. 100-Day Government Hurrying to Legalize Gay Marriage Yesterday, at the UNP headquarters Sirikotha,  the Sirisena-Wickremasinghe government took another forward step towards this plan. A meeting was held between UNP...

Is it legal for the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, TNA MP to discuss and issue statements with a UN banned Terrorist group?

Everything generally gets swept under the carpet due to legal technicalities but for us ordinary laymen it sounds rather bizarre to hear of a joint press statement issued by a UN Security Council banned LTTE front and a Member of Parliament even if entered through the backdoor on the national...