Shenali Waduge Independence to colonies came at a cost with a legacy that bound nations in debt by spending on solving the problems the colonials implanted. People were divided. Populations were divided. Ethnicities were divided. Tribes were divided. Boundaries were created and endless issues associated with each. Muslims have issues, Christians have issues, but when […]

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Dilrook Kannangara The recent racism boilover in Tamil Nadu teaches us many things. It is how Sri Lanka will be after meaningful power devolution. TNA, TULF and ACTC led Northern Province will be no different to DMK and AIADMK led Tamil Nadu state of India, if not worse. However, things get far worse than that. […]

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Sri Lanka Support Group, Canberra It is believed Eric Soheim was instrumental in creating the separate state of South ƒ”š‚ Sudan. Norway, with help of the West threatened Omar Al Baashir that unless he agreed to hold a referendum on South Sudan, war crimes charges against him (in relation to the Darfur conflict where it is […]

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LankaWeb Weekly Editorial March 30th 2013 ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ It was always a forgone conclusion that despite all the hooing and haaing byƒ”š‚ the likes of Jayalalitha, Vaiko and Karunanidhi to name some. over Sri Lankan matters relative to Tamils,ƒ”š‚ India would not toe the line with theirƒ”š‚ agitations which are plainly visible as linked to the pro LTTE Global […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 29 March 2013 Mr. Vinod Babuƒ”š‚  Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd 2-A Ground Floor, Prestigeƒ”š‚  Pointƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  47/2 Haddows Road, 2nd Cross Street, Thousantƒ”š‚  Lights Chennai “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” 600 006, Tamil Nadu, India Dear Vinod Babu: Your news item of March […]

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M. Gunasekera Toronto, Canada There have been some inner rumblings within the Sri Lankan Muslim community with the Wahabi (Saudi form) and Thawheed groups taking aggressive steps against the Sufi order known as Tharikathul Mufliheen in the eastern coastal village of Katankudy (the same village where the LTTE killed nearly 150 Muslims at prayer in […]

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G.C. SHEKHAR Courtesy the Telegraph Calcutta ƒ”š‚ A portrait of Balachandran, the slain son of LTTE leader V Prabhakaran, held up by protesters on Marina Beach in Chennai last week during a demonstration against alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan government. (Reuters) Chennai, March 28: A claim by the Sri Lankan envoy that the Sinhalese […]

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Dr. Tilak S. Fernando During the late General Sepala Attygala’s tenure ƒ”š‚ as ƒ”š‚ the High Commissioner in London,ƒ”š‚  President Premadasa decided to take some remedial actionƒ”š‚  to give a face lift to ƒ”š‚ the ƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka High Commission building at 13 Hyde Park Gardens, upon realising ƒ”š‚ the historic value of this vast building where Lord Northcliff had […]

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