R Chandrasoma The commonly received wisdom in our country is that our current difficulties are largely due to the want of a “ƒ”¹…”fair deal “ƒ”¹…” for the minorities – a “ƒ”¹…”political solution’ that will assuage the (supposed) hurts and discontents of the non-Sinhala folk living in Sri Lanka. While factually dubious, it is a supposition […]

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By Stanley Perera-kandy My dear Sampanthan, When Indian Minister Krishna visited Sri Lanka what did he tell you Sampanthan? Last week when Indian opposition leader Sushma visited Sri Lanka with a parliamentary delegation, what did Sushma tell you Sampanthan? Didn’t Krishna and Sushma both tell you to go to PSC? When Both Krishna and Sushma […]

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SINHALA JATHIKA PERAMUNA The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was enacted in August 1983.ƒ”š‚  The Article 157A(2) states the following; 157A (2). No political party or other association or organization shall have as one of its aims or objectives the establishment of a separate state within the territories of Sri Lanka. Many […]

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Sumanananda Premseri Dear Venerables and Friends, In Malaysia, today marks the end of the month long Sinhala Avuruddha celebrations with the last event being the Sinhala Avuruddha Show at the Buddhist Maha Vihara Brickfields.ƒ”š‚ The month long Avuruddhaƒ”š‚ programs wereƒ”š‚ organized by the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society, the Siri Jayanthi Association, the Malaysian Sinhalese Association and the Sri […]

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