Nihal Perera Toronto Canada It was just six months ago, we were jubilant as we had finally seeing the end of 30 years of Tamil Tiger terrorism, which devastated Sri Lanka – economically, socially, and destroyed a generation of youths on both sides.  The same people who made this historic and unprecedented victory possible are […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. A famous black historian in USA mentioned in his autobiography an incident that took place when he was a young boy growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He helped a white old blind woman to cross a street. Half way on the street the blind woman asked the name and then the […]

L. Jayasooriya There is a lot of talk about devolution these days but please let me say this. If any form of devolution is granted it means our country will no longer be a unitary state and the Tamil politicians in those areas will not permit any Sinhalese to settle down there and those who […]

CONCERNED In 1977 when Sri Lanka appointed JRJ to lead the country SL never imagined that the seeds of destruction of the Sinhala Nation was been planted. Ever since the servile JRJ started ƒ”š‚ his non productive relationship with the west it gave an excuse for India to destabilise Sri Lanka and interfere in the country […]

Ben Silva I am referring to the derogatory remarks by made by you ƒ”š‚ Peter Schalk, ref. ‘Mercenary Intellectuals’, Tamilnet, Mon, 28 Dec 2009, ƒ”š‚ on great Sinhala academics’, who have been brave enough to tell the truth to the world. Many Sri Lankans would feel deeply offendedƒ”š‚  byƒ”š‚  your ƒ”š‚ unwarranted ƒ”š‚ remark, and hence my response is […]

By Dr D. ƒ”š‚ Chandraratna, Western Australia. Once again that ghost of separatism is raising its ugly head. A number of Tamil organisations spurred on by the Diaspora are appealing to the Tamil voters to boycott Presidential elections. The LTTE used the same tactic to forcibly drive a wedge between the Tamil electorate and the rest. […]

Ajit Randeniya It is more than eight years since the “ƒ”¹…”alleged’ terrorist attacks of 9/11 on America, and two wars are still raging in the Middle East and its neighbourhood under the pretext of bringing the perpetrators “ƒ”¹…”to justice’. The war effort has only just been rejuvenated by none other than the “ƒ”¹…”Great Black Hope’, […]

S. Akurugoda Just after a month since the end of the humanitarian operation against racial terrorism that continued for 30 years, both the electronic and printed media were full of various views, theories and dialogues from some Ministers and a diplomat appointed by the government, supported by notorious NGOs, in favour of the 13th amendment […]

– Kumar Moses In local language “ura”ƒ”š‚ means pig. An Ura Kumara of the JVP must take a hard and close look at his own genre, including the name his parents gave him, before calling others pigs. Unable to face the challenge posed to Fonseka over his son-in-law’s Hicorp and other arms deals, An Ura […]

By Walter Michel It was a great decision taken by Canadian Authorities to relax its travel advisory to Sri Lanka for their Citizens traveling to Sri Lanka. We were very much aware that decision was instrumental by the newly appointed High Commissioner for Canada, Mr. Bruce Leavy. “Thank you Sir”ƒ”š‚. In a recent media interview, […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourne My dear Sarath. You are neither an officer nor a gentleman. To be an officer of an army, he must be a fully disciplined officer with full allegiance to his country of birth with true patriotism free of corruption, nepotism, and fully loyal to his masters and would never ever […]

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L. Jayasooriya This is in response to a posting “Doctorate to Sarath Fonseka” appearing in the Asian Tribune of Monday the 28th December 2009. I am not responding to Asian Tribune because all what I send to it are returned with the message “Over quota”. Also if I want to add any comment there is […]

Chitra Sandanayake Sydney With an open mind without malice and craving for material benefitsƒ”š‚  and accompanying hatredƒ”š‚  towards others and thinking thatƒ”š‚  “I am always correct “ƒ”š‚  I decided to write these few lines for the sake of my birth country . Our nature is to criticise and vilify what we think is wrong.ƒ”š‚  However […]

Ajit Randeniya Fonsymorons (backers of Sarath Fonseka) getting desperate. Nothing seems to go right for them! ƒ”š‚ They are now convinced that the great challenger they decided to pitch against President Rajapakse suffers from an incurable case of the “ƒ”¹…”foot in mouth’ disease. They are convinced that Fonseka’s pillow talk with Frederica Jansz, and its aftermath […]

Ben Silva Acknowledgement to Nihal Perera for his valuable contribution towards this article. There are number of reasons why we need to identify who is the father of the war victory. The main reason is that we need to know the leader who actually liberated the country from terrorism, and who stood firm when foreign […]

Dilrook Kannangara The Guththila-Musila story is a popular Buddhist Jataka story. Guttila was a musician par excellence serving king Brahmadatta in the North Indian city of Benares. Musila was an ambitious young man keen on learning the Veena. But when Musila approached Guttila, he was refused. Undeterred, Musila stays in Guttila’s house and attends to […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi Brunei I watched the CNN program “ƒ”¹…”Keeping America Great’ at lunch time on Christmas day during a recent visit to Singapore. It featured Bill Gates and Warren Buffet taking a range questions from students of varying backgrounds. It was a great affair with many students, including top business school students from different parts […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia Immediately after retirement, Gen. Fonseka (Rtd) donned the national dress as he had decided to contest the Presidential elections. There is nothing wrong in anyone having a go at the ‘top job’. In fact there are 22 in the race. ƒ”š‚ In the same way the choice of dress is essentially a private matter […]

Prof. Hudson McLean White Flag waving Terrorists – Dead Terrorists Do Not Kill! History has proven that the LTTE Terrorists were adept at turning White Flag into a Flag with a Growling Angry Tiger Head, many a time. With their backs against a point of no return, even if the LTTE Terrorists waved a White […]

By Customs insider Speaking at the press briefing after joining SF in the Presidential election campaign Arjuna said that during the time he was with MR administration, he spoke about corruption but those who were responsible for frauds and corruption have neither punished, nor investigated. FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES It seems Arjuna Ranatunga has completely […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratneƒ”š‚©2010 Two days after the July 1990 Glencolumbkille episode (recounted in the preceding installment), I, “Weligama Podda”ƒ”š‚ [the brat from Weligama] of yore, was eating dinner at the Dunguaire Castle in the seaport village of Kinvara (population 945) on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay. The castle’s 75-foot tower and its encompassing […]

Henry. USA A few days ago, I commented in a little observation I made about us Sri Lankans that we are literate, intelligent, rational and reasonable people, except for some politicians, who in additon to be devoid of any of the above qualities, are also just power-hungry and totally unreliable. Therefore we would neither be […]

L. Jayasooriya The country thanks you for the way you handled that Arbour woman and the Pilli woman and others of that type. We also thank you for getting friendly countries to understand the real situation with regard to accusations of human rights violations made by the most sadistically brutal butchers of innocent men, women […]

ƒ”š‚  This is not an appeal. This is not a letter sent by a campaign office. This is a letter from the heart sent by a group of UNP members who are very saddened and worried. ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  *Dear Friends of the UNP,* This is not an appeal. This is not a letter sent by […]

By: Bassam Javed Afghanistan has been the battle ground for many outside invaders since centuries but none could prevail therein. The resolute Afghans have always resisted foreign occupation and the respective misadventures turned into “graveyard of empires”ƒ”š‚ over time. The latest in the list is the United States of America, the only super power that […]

By: Bassam Javed Sequel to the policy speech on Afghan strategy, various opinions and comments have appeared in the US press indicating that Pakistan needs to expand war against terrorists and extremists to other areas in Pakistan. The New York Times reported in its edition of 8 December that the US has warned Pakistan that […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia One night during the 1987-89 Insurrection, some members of the JVP visited my brother, an army officer, who had come home for a short break afterƒ”š‚ servingƒ”š‚ the terror stricken areas. He was blindfolded, tied his hands behind his back amidst screams from his wife and children and taken away. They were given strict instructions […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Dr. A. C. Viswalingam (President, The Citizens Movement for Good Governance) asked fourteen questions from ƒ”š‚ presidential candidates (The Island, 12/20/2009). It is unlikely that anyone of them will come forward with yes or no answers as requested by him. More importantly, because the list includes some questions which are wrong, if […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia ƒ”š‚ Gen.Fonseka’s (Rtd) statement levelling charges against the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse had led to his condemnation from various quarters. ƒ”š‚ It had sparked the UN thereby asking Colombo to explain the circumstances of the death of 3 LTTE cadres, who in the eyes of the Sri Lankan government are terrorists. But to the west […]