H. L. D. Mahindapala M. A. Sumanthiram, a rising legal eagle at Hulftsdorp, old Royalist, TNA MP, and an emerging Jaffna Tamil leader aspiring to be a successor to Ponnambalam or to Chelvanayakam, is a nice and affable man. I met him only for a brief while when he was visiting Melbourne. He was pressed […]

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Prof. Hudson McLean ƒ”š‚ Over the past fifteen years, scripts I have submitted have been patriotic, controversial, with the primary objective of creating an interactive Platform for Dialogue. It is always better to allow peoples opnion to “steam-out”, a form of catharsis, than bottling-in, then bursting-out with a cardiac arrest! ƒ”š‚  Said that, my personal opinion […]

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Asada M Erpini The 13th amendment to the constitution ofSri Lanka is projected by its protagonists, within the country as well as operating from beyond its territorial boundaries, as the panacea for all the ills thatSri Lanka faces in the sphere of the so-called ethnic problem. It has come to the fore again, in full […]

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Ben Silva There are numerous reports on the possible implementation of the 13th amendment. Many writers have said that implementing 13th A, would be suicidal. Yet the masses remain passive. With reference to this issue, it is reasonable to ask “ƒ”¹…”Are we on a suicidal mission or are we just foolish ?’ It is well […]

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ARCADIUS The World War II era was the time when my grandfather reigned supreme in thevillageofPathegama”ƒ¢¢”š¬…” liege lord of his territory, displaying a bearing as if to say “I am the king of all I survey.”ƒ”š‚ The villagers, liegemen one and all, did not dispute that, though a degree of resentment against his omnipotence latently […]

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By A. Abdul Aziz. ƒ”š‚ In my article titled: The Return of the Buddha “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” A Reality (LW “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” 8.12.2011), it was mentioned that the Gauthama Buddha had prophesized the advent of a “ƒ”¹…”Maitreya’ after his demise and that refers to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by quoting references from the Buddhist scriptures.ƒ”š‚  I can give so many […]

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