News Archive for Dec 2013

TIME TO UNITE THE PLANET EARTH
Shripal Nishshanka
The world can be conveniently united for the sake of all beings living and unliving. Today the most advanced technology shall be only utilized for peace, justice, humanity and equanimity. May all universes be in peace by the bliss of all good guardian deities till eternity!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/13)

United National Party will never lead Sri Lanka because…..
 Shenali D Waduge
There is one reason and one reason alone that explains why the United National Party will never lead Sri Lanka and no one needs to be splitting hairs or having conventions to find out. UNP will not win elections because it does not command the Buddhist vote. The tragedy is that it does not even care to consider championing the Buddhist cause. The reason is plain and simple and explains why over the years it has forgotten the arithmetic realities of how parties can win elections and why parties win elections.  A leader who wants to celebrate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/13)

A Letter to Conservative MP Roxanne James by Dr. Asoka Perera - Canadian Sri Lankan
Dr. Asoka Perera,  Brampton Ontario Canada
Roxanne James, Conservative MP for Scarborough Centre, Ontario Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness House of Commons, Ottawa   Dear MP Roxanne James:   Let me give you a brief introduction about myself before I open my pen. I hail from beautiful island of Sri Lanka and currently residing in Brampton at the above address. I am a Canadian Citizen, work as an environmental consultant and therefore believe the fact that I have a moral right to forward... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/13)

E. W. Perera: a reflection on SL politics, then and now
Rita Perera
  At present, not a day seems to go by when an increasing number of wrongs, even crimes, committed not by criminals but by some of our politicos are highlighted. Thankfully, it was not always so! Hence, it is refreshing to look back on an era, still within our living memory, of people who were willing to risk even their lives, in the interests of others in their country. Maybe it is wishful thinking that all is not lost and true values, such as, selflessness and true patriotism are not quite dead yet.  I am personally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/13)

Utter waste of money and Energy
Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai,Vanderwert Place, Dehiwela
The anti mosquito campaign is a failure is a foregone conclusion, proved not only by the ever increasing number of cases of Dengue and malaria but also be the way the government officials go about taking action. Once in a blue moon, suddenly there will be a flurry of activity from the officials and every house in a particular area will be visited and those who had even a coconut shell with stagnant water will be hauled up in the courts to pay heavy fines – fair enough. But the mosquitoes must be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/12/13)

Mistake of multiculturalism aided extremists says PM: Report finds politicians failure to tackle the hard-line views allowed fanaticism to take root
By James Slack
Timid politicians with a -misplaced- fear of offending Muslims have allowed Islamist extremism to take root in the institutions of Britain, the Prime Minister warned yesterday. A task force chaired by David Cameron said the policy of treating different cultures as -separate and distinct- – known as multiculturalism – had been a -mistake-.... -Full Story- (dailymail.co.uk - 05/12/13)

Sinhela Nation’s disarray dwarfs their true stature! Are the Sinhelas a Nation?
Anura Seneviratna.
There is an old saying, “ if leaders are great, the nation follows its example”. In an impartial close look at the island country of Sri Lanka , the nation of Sinhela people hold the indigenous heritage to the country in all its sovereign entirety. Indeed, the Sinhela people are the nation in the Island Country nicknamed as Sri Lanka. Hence, the national sovereignty of the Sinhela nation is inalienable and inviolable just as much as with every nation of every sovereign country. Tragically, the Sinhela nation inherited anti-national leaders as a direct impact of numerous intrusions of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/13)

Life Abroad - Part 56: SERIOUS CHALLENGE -HIGH STAKES!
Dr.Tilak Fernando
There is an educated chap, Sri Lankan in fact, with a PhD in Chemistry who presently lives in London. He has been obsessed with the idea of getting through to the public and governments in the UK and Sri Lanka to demonstrate a new invention of his, which he says could cut down on energy wastage. My good friend, Dr. Hector Perera, has gone crazy over his new theory that he is determined to get across to some governmental authorities or private institutions. Out of his enthusiasm, he has been writing incessantly to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/12/13)

Lessons Learnt at CHOGM
by Gomin Dayasri
 A sigh of relief - CHOGM is mercifully over – but watch for the fall out. Whether a supporter or detractor: unconcerned or uncommitted: that is immaterial- it is the aftermath that matters.  Did we accelerate the process Navi Pillay is trying to initiate at Geneva 2014 in taking our troops before an international inquiry on accountability? Did CHOGM provided a stage for the local/foreign hatemongers to perform to discredit the national image? Did Sri Lanka display to the dignitaries, the value of the peace dividend and its rewarding nature to all ethnicities making Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/13)

Dangerous Ideas and Strategies that hoodwinked Sri Lanka
by Shenali D. Waduge
 At some stage or the other the people of Sri Lanka would need to sit down and carefully deliberate over exactly what and who contributed and continues to contribute towards steadily reversing the great victory of the Ranaviru in defeating terrorism in Sri Lanka in May 2009.  Some agreements that had either been authored or agreed to sign on behalf of Sri Lanka have virtually sealed Sri Lanka’s fate. Before we accuse external sources of attempting to destabilize the country we need to look inward, without bias and identify objectively from a country-centric point of view... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/13)

From Nostalgia to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Mass Society Theory of Psychological Reactions to Combat
By Joshua A. Jones
Joshua A. Jones graduated in 2013 with a concentration in Criminal Justice from American Military University in Charles Town, WV. In this article he  deeply looks in to the construct known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by analyzing  Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge's article : Post-Traumatic Stress. Disorder (PTSD) – A Malady. Shared by East and West.  The late historian and former World War Two-era Army platoon commander, Paul Fussell (1989), explained that “the allied war has been sanitized and romanticized almost beyond recognition” particularly because it is commonly viewed as a just war (p. ix).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/13)

Take UK and U.S before Int'l War Crimes Tribunal on Iraq and Libya-CAMERON'S DISASTROUS LOVE FOR THE DIASPORA
JAYANTHA GUNASEKERA
British PM Cameron is adopting a "holier than thou" attitude in the belief that the rest of the world is unaware of war crimes committed by Britain. They joined hands with the USA to commit these crimes. Britain is unashamedly playing poodle to the USA as if Britain is its satellite. This is similar to PM Cameron taking orders from the LTTE diaspora. It is reported that PM Cameron descended to the level of meeting members of the Global Tamil Forum, the spokespersons of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/12/13)

Canadian Sham Human Rights Concerns Exposed – Canada a Major Violator of Human Rights in the Middle East
Dilrook Kannangara
Canada boycotted the November 2013 CHOGM summit in Colombo alleging human rights violations by Sri Lanka. However, this fake concern for human rights by Canada fell apart just a few days later! On November 25th, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution naming 2014 as the ‘Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.’ 110 nations voted in favour; 7 opposed and 54 abstained. The great self proclaimed champion of human rights – Canada – voted against it along with six (6) other countries including Israel (the perpetrator), Australia, USA and de facto US territories. If... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/12/13)

SHRI LANKA SHALL STOP BORROWING
Shripal Nishshanka
The shame and disgrace which our leaders did and do by borrowing shall be stopped with immediate effect. Budget deficit and paralyzing of country could conveniently be ceased had the intelligence of the leaders be utilized. Consult brainy financial advisors and from this budget onwards the procedures should be implemented to achieve a surplus. Otherwise the leaders better be resigned. Commendable achievements could be resulted in many and various fields, for the integrity and united country. The principles of Buddhism which the Shri Lankan constitute legitimizes are the basis of noble development of Shri Lanka whilst every... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

The Spread of the CDU Kidney Disease: Is ten thousand deaths not sufficient to spur us to action
By Garvin Karunaratne. Ph.D.
I am perturbed to hear that CDU is found to have spread to the North Western Province, This disease has already caused the deaths of at least ten thousand  people in the North Central Province and though this has been investigated by local as well as international institutions like the WHO, the spread has not yet been arrested. It appears to me that no definite course of action has been taken because of conflicting advise and in view of the fact that the advice has been offered by  authorities of repute  it is not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

වසර 36ක් පුරා මෙරට තුල සිදුකරන ලද මානව හිමිකම් උල්ලංඝණයන් හා ඒවාට ඇති විදේශීය ඥාතිත්වය හෙලි කරමු! 3.
චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි
 අප රට තුල, ජනතාවට, සුපිරි බලයක් උරුමය, තවද මේ බලය අභිබවා යෑමට කිසිවෙකුටත් නොහැකිය. එබැවින් අපි ඒ බල සීමාව තුල රැදෙමින්, අපටම අාවේනික වූ නීතිමය පදනමක් මත වසර 2500ක ශිෂ්ඨාචාරීය දැක්ම, හා තර්කනය මත පිහිටා, වසර 36ක් පුරා මෙරට සිදුකරන ලද මානව හිමිකම් කඩකිරීම් සම්බන්ධව, සත්ය ගවේශණයක යෙදෙන්නෙමු.   මේ වනවිට අප 1972 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 17 වෙනිදා යාපනයේ දොරෙඅප්පා ක්රීඩා පිටියේදී පැවති සැනකෙළියකදී බෝමබයක් පිපිරුවා හැරීම සම්බන්ධව, සිදුවීම් දෙස විපරම් කරමින් සිටින්නෙමු. මෙහිදී අප මන ගැටෙන කරුණු තුලින් මෙම සිදුවීම හා බද්ධවෙන කණ්ඩායම් හතරක් හදුනා ගතිමු. ඒ කණ්ඩායම්;   1b. මෙම කාර්යය කලයුතුයයි තීරණ ගත් කණ්ඩායම.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

Commemorating 'Terrorist day'
 S. Akurugoda
It is reported that  TNA Jaffna District MP S. Sritharan, while  participating in the second reading stage debate on Budget, has praised  the dead LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran justifying violence saying that  Prabhakaran was a national hero and called upon Tamils to commemorate his death. On a another report, the day the LTTE ‘war heroes’ day was commemorated the Chief Minister C.V Vigneswaran and several others remembered the lost war heroes at Jaffna educational office premises with a tree planting campaign. Vigneswaran, in fact, is the first politician  to state Prabhakaran as a national hero in public after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

Self-Interest Before Principle - Dompost 27th Nov
Dr. Chula Rajapakse Spokesperson , United Sri Lanka Assn. Lower Hutt.
 The Editor, Dompost. Dear Editor, Prime Minister John Key's not supporting further inquiries on Sri Lanka at the CHOGM , is similar to the stand of all fifty three members of the Commonwealth including India whose PM stayed away, bar Canada and the UK. The latter's  decisions were dictated by the influence of the Tamil vote in key marginal electorates that would determine the outcome of the next general election in their countries. By his stand Mr. Key has demonstrated NZ's ability... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

What archives? UK ordered destruction of ‘embarrassing’ colonial papers
Britain systematically destroyed documents in colonies that were about to gain independence, declassified Foreign Office files reveal. ‘Operation Legacy’ saw sensitive documents secretly burnt or dumped to cover up traces of British activities. The latest National Archives publication made from a collection of 8,800 colonial-era files held by the Foreign Office for decades revealed deliberate document elimination by British authorities in former colonies. The secret program dubbed ‘Operation Legacy’ was in force throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in at least 23 countries and territories under British rule that eventually gained independence after WWII. Among others these countries included: Belize, British... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

Open Letter to Conservative MP Roxanne James regarding Sri Lanka
Chanaka Kurera Free Lanka International - Montreal, Quebec
Roxanne James Member of Parliament Scarborough Centre 1450 Midland Ave., Suite 21 Scarborough, ON M1P 4Z8 November 29, 2013 Dear Roxanne James, This is in response to your recent letter regarding Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this past month in Sri Lanka. As you have indicated that you welcome our comments, please accept this letter as representative of the sentiments held by countless individuals across all racial and economic boundaries, who have had enough and will no longer tolerate the war mongering, deceitful and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/12/13)

Little girl-s Speech at CHOGM- A reply to Terrorist supporter British Prime Minister David Cameron
Beautiful -- no other words
This little girl said in her speech what we all had in our minds. All of us who love Sri-Lanka and calls it our home. All who are proud to say we are Sri-Lankan no matter were we live and what we do. We have come along way and have a long way to go. Le-ts walk forward hand in hand to make our dreams come true.......".... -Full Story- (youtube.com - 01/12/13)

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