Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Joseph Stalin was one of the main architects of creating a collective trauma in the Soviet Union. His actions and policies brought immense suffering to the people. The aftermath of Stalin’s repression still impacts the post Soviet Society. However despite all the negative consequences Stalin is still remembered in Russia as […]

legislator Dr. Subramaniam Swamy puts it quite bluntly–only the Central government in New Delhi could and would deal with Sri Lanka– It is a subject matter between Center and SL President–Can’t force SL government to do something against it wishes   Senior BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy yesterday said India has to deal with the elected President […]

Gomin Dayasri (Courtesy; Daily Mirror) Look back in satisfaction; look forward in dismay. Lost the way in failing to take the right turn in not keeping to an intelligible road map. Excelled in the war zone: bungled at the peace precinct.The defeat of terrorism was the moment of glory-a valued building block not availed to […]

Shenali D Waduge Only people with clean hands can claim right to find fault with others and question their integrity. In taking an oath of loyalty to the National Constitution and country to protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty how far the BASL has compromised itself in accepting funds and donations from foreign sources is […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando (Continuation of Nicky Karunarathna exposures from 79) ….. “With the signing of the Indo-Lanka Pact it became the birth of the most dangerous anarchist period of Sri Lankan history associated with merciless killings by the regime with a vengeance; finally the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) hijacked Nicky Karunarathna’s efforts and his collective goal”. […]

Senaka Weeraratna The world’s first Global Buddhist missionary Anagarika Dharmapala and the most talked about man in India today and perhaps in the entire policy and decision making world the Prime Minister designate of India the iconic Narendra Modi, share something in common with each other.  Both were born on Sept. 17 though 86 years […]

Monthly Public Lecture  ‘Post-Independence Crises in our Society and the Arts’ by Prof. D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke Emeritus Professor of English, University of Kelaniya, and a scholar of both national and international repute, author of “Sri Lankan English Literature and the Sri Lankan People 1917-2003” and editor of “Kaleidoscpe: An Anthology of Sri Lankan English Literature”, Volumes 1 and 2. […]

Shelton A. Gunaratne This week, by chance, I experienced the joy of reading the two jewels of Buddhism and Hinduism””the Dhammapada and the Bhagavad Gita respectively. Until I read these two ‘jewels,’ I had no idea that Hinduism and Buddhism were so close to each other in terms of the pathway one should follow to […]

Nalin de Silva BJP has won the elections to Lok Sabha with an overwhelming majority and Mr. Modi can form a government without the support of the other parties that went into an alliance with the BJP. However, it is very unlikely that in India we would see a pure BJP government, in spite of […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in Shanghai, China on an official visit to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon this evening (May 21). The President enlightened him about the post-war development activities and the progress […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala In response to my article “Jehan (Pacha) Perera has done it again” the Governing Council of the National Peace Council (NPC) has rushed to defend their Executive Director  with the following paragraph: “We also take issue with Mr H L D Mahindapala whose article “Jehan (Pacha) Perera has done it again”   […]

By Rajendra Alwis Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra’s iconic twin drams Maname and Sinhabahu were staged recently in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. This marked the first time the celebrated Sri Lankan playwright’s work was shown in Canada, much to the delight of Canadians of Sri Lankan origin. “It required meticulous planning and a lot of hard […]

by Sandhya Jain Courtesy:  Vijayvaani.com Narendra Modi According to an apocryphal story about Chandragupta Maurya, the conqueror’s first attempt to seize the kingdom of Magadha failed. Wandering in disguise one night, he came across a mother scolding her son for chewing his bread from the middle. “Eat the outer sides first and then move to […]

By Mahinda Pathirana, University of Sabaragamuwa Courtesy: Island May 19, 2014, 8:23 pm   In the wake of Narendra Modi’s BJP powering into the ‘head office’ of India, Dr. Dayan Jayathilake comes out as usual with a warning to Mahinda Rajapakse. Writing to the ‘The Island’ on 15th May 2014, he says; “Mahinda is caught […]

Tamil Canadian politician claims to be walking in Prabhakaran’s footsteps By Camelia Nathaniel -The Sunday Leader A terrorist ideologue is masquerading as a politician in Canada.  He is planning to contest the forthcoming Ontario Provincial election in the riding of Scarborough Rouge River on June 12, 2014.  Having penetrated the Provincial political system, his mission […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, Geneva Minister of Health and Vice President of the 67th World Health Assembly, Maithripala Sirisena, addressing the World Health Assembly today (20th May 2014) said “the World Health Assembly has a historic opportunity to once again appeal to the world community to demand those countries releasing large […]

Shenali D Waduge  A harbinger to the largest democratic exercise in history was the lone state of Tamil Nadu desiring to be different from the rest of India. They thought differently and voted differently. Whereas the Modi wave was consistent throughout India it was not so in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu, their unanimous choice […]

 Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson, United Sri Lanka Association Ladies & Genlemen I would like to join you all in reinforcing once again our eternal gratitude to the Ranaviru , who sacrificed life and limb to liberate Sri Lanka from three decades of Tiger terrorism. Unfortunately, the honor and glory of this achievement has been […]

Shenali D Waduge On 18th May 2014, Sri Lanka celebrated the victory over the internationally banned terrorist movement LTTE. Sri Lanka has every right to celebrate the defeat of terrorism and the victory of peace. It came after 3 decades and the loss of civilian lives, military lives, assassinations of politicians, destruction of public property […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar May 18th. 2014 In response to the Island Newspaper Item of 17th May 2014 composed by Mr Kumar David the following summation needs to be broadbased on the overall flavour of the item as a symposium of racism composed by someone who sounds not only like a racist himself but also […]

LankaWeb Weekly Editorial, May 17th.2014 The Indian Prime Ministerial victory of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi has hardly settled in its global impact but already alarm bells seem to be ringing in the minds of some about a likely scenario comparable to Russia and Crimea as well as the ongoing tirade of actress turned […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Canadian High Commissioner says Canada will not be represented at the Victory Day Parade in Matara. Her claim is that “such events won’t help post-war reconciliation”. She goes on to state “I will not be in Matara, but I will be thinking and remembering all those who lost loved ones […]

Dr Hector Perera   London The general public should know whether my SCIENTIFIC ENERGY SAVING COOKING can apply to some other kinds of food. I showed only energy saving cooking of rice and chicken only to SIRASA TV just a day before Vesak in 2014 on a live programme. I have to understand that some people […]

Asoka Weearsinghe  Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 17 May 2014. Her Excellency Shelley Whiting Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dear Shelley Whiting: I just read the news item in The Island which said: “Canadian High Commissioner Shelley Whiting yesterday said that her country wouldn’t be represented at […]

S. Akurugoda According to media reports TNA has proposed to make Northern Provincial Chief Minister C.V Wigneswaran the common candidate at the next Presidential Election. All the Presidential elections we had since its inception, other than the last Presidential election conducted in 2010, were direct contests between the UNP (as a single party) and the […]

LankaWeb Weekly Editorial, May 1st.2014 Only a feeble minded simpleton without the capacity to comprehend the direction Canada  is taking with respect to Sri Lanka in recent times would have thought contrary to the breaking news that Canada will not enforce the Sri  Lankan ban on named groups who have the notoriety of being supporters and […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM DGMC Committee. Over two hundred and fifty Wellington residents of Sri Lankan origingathered on the night of Saturday the 17th May,for the last of a series of events to celebrate Vesak, at Wellington’s Sri Lankan Buddhist monastery, The Dhamma Gavesi Meditation Centre at 115a Coast Rd, in the Wellington suburb of […]

Shenali D Waduge India, that is Bharat, has elected its 16th Prime Minister in a historic election. He is none other than Shri Narendra Modi securing a virtual landslide victory in a mammoth election drawing 800million eligible voters. There has not been a clearer vote on Bharat’s choice of leader. It is a victory that […]

Asoka Weerasinghe  Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 15 May 2014 The Editor, EMBASSY                                                                                                                                                                            Ottawa. Dear Editor: In your essay, “Taking the temperature of Canada’s diplomatic relations”, on “Frosty – Sri Lanka”, you mentioned that Foreign Affairs spokesperson Jean-Bruno Villeneuve had said in an e-mail statement Sri Lanka’s government had called […]

Shenali D Waduge Too many catastrophic events are occurring too close together and should make any to wonder if there is a pattern and more importantly whether those causing the events are the same people. On this basis we must wonder whether those who control mainstream media, global banking systems, global food supply, production of […]