H. L. D. Mahindapala The loud bravado with which Ms. Sharmini Serasinghe challenged the Sinhala Buddhists to give a valid answer” to her question – a question which was aimed deliberately at denigrating  the Sinhala-Buddhists – stands in stark contrast to the silence that prevails after the answer was given. (See Colombo Teleraph….) She asked […]

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By Gandara John Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again to make up nine. Peace! The charm’s wound up.  RW, CBK and ms, the ‘Hecatian’ trio, dance around the inflamed island as they concoct the deadly Constitutional brew. The shamans of the troika, drunk on the magic potion, blabber superlatively about the body […]

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Dr. Daya Hewapathirane There is a strong movement today for the reinstatement or restoration of the ancient   Sinha kodiya” (lion flag) as the national flag of the country. There is an outcry against the continued use of its corrupt and modified version with green and orange bands instituted in 1953. As the nation’s authentic traditional […]

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By Dayan Jayatilleka ‘President Sirisena says his government will not act in haste.” This is unacceptable.’ – New York Times Editorial, Jan 28, 2016. …there is no ethnic group called the Sinhalese.” – Chief Minister Wigneswaran, Jan 19, 2016. President Sirisena has followed up his important BBC interview on accountability with a lengthier one on […]

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Missaka A The question always asked is ‘what have the Sinhalese given the minorities’ and what more can they give? Why is there no question asked about what have the minorities given the Sinhalese and what else are they willing to give? Tamils came to Sri Lanka via invasions or because Tamil Nadu was too dirty […]

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Sarath Wijesinghe – former Ambassador to UAE and Israel  Amazing Kidney is a precious organ in the human body Kidney is one of the main precious organs in the human body making urine, remove excess water, controls body chemicals/ toxins, controls blood pressure, keep bones healthy, help make red blood, controls mineral potassium, blood acidity […]

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වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග වියට්නාම් යුද්දයට සම්බන්ධ වූ අැමරිකානු  සොල්දාදුවන් බොහෝ දෙනෙකු මානසික අසමතුලිතතාවයෙන් පෙලෙති. ඔවුන් අතර විශාදය , මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය භාවිතය, පශ්චාත් ව්‍යසන ක්ලමථ අක්‍රමතාව , දිවි නසාගැනීමට තිබෙන යොමුව ඉහලය​. වියට්නාම් යුද්දය අවසන්වී දශක ගනනාවක් ගතවූවද වියට්නාම් යුද සින්ඩ්‍රෝමය අවසන් වී නොමැත​. මේ නිසා වියට්නාම් යුද්දයට සම්බන්ධ වූ වෙතරානුවන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර කිරීම සඳහා වෙනම රෝහල් […]

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