Dilrook Kannangara Who is the most frustrated politician in the island today having lost so many elections? And why that person is desperate after the 19th Amendment was diluted by SLFP MPs? What if the decoy works? A news item was floated by pro-UNP websites of a purported conversation President Maithripala had with his party stalwarts. He […]

Dilrook Kannangara Use them and dump them is the doctrine used by the global policeman towards its non-European allies. It can be seen right throughout the history it has teamed up with a nation or a group, particularly after 1945. Interestingly, one of its first captives was Sri Lanka (Ceylon) which signed the Anglo-Ceylon Defence […]

Dilrook Kannangara  දෙමළ ජනතාවගේ දේශපාලන, ආර්ථික, සංස්කෘතික සහ සමාජ ආකල්ප බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට ගෝචර නොවේ. ජාතිවාදියා යයි හංවඩු ගැසීමේ බියෙන් බොහෝ දෙනා ඇස් පනාපිට ඇති යථාර්තය සඟවති. දෙමළ ජනතාවගේ ආකල්පය නම්, “අපේ දෙය අපේමය; ඔබේ දෙය අප සැම සමගියෙන් බෙදා ගත යුතුය” යන්නයි. අද කොළඹ සහ අනෙකුත් ආර්ථික කේන්ද්‍ර වල දෙමළ ජනපද සැදී හමාරය. එහෙත් සිංහල […]

Dilrook Kannangara 19A is another Indian imposed constitutional gimmick aimed at empowering Indian origin minorities. It serves the wider Indian hegemonic project of turning part of the island into another Andaman, Nicobar, Wheeler, etc. type island to be used for Indian military purposes. 19A must be defeated. However, merely rallying MPs and the people to defeat […]

Dilrook Kannangara When a Chinese submarine docked in Colombo for supplies, India was needlessly worried. In retaliation India regime changed the Rajapaksa administration installing a puppet regime. This follows India applying the Monroe Doctrine to dominate the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). To assist in its empire building work, India has bought an outdated Soviet aircraft […]

Dilrook Kannangara King Soththisena is an Anuradhapura era king who ruled in the 5th century AD. His rule was marked by weak governance and atrocities against Buddhism. As a result he didn’t last for more than a year. Unfortunately the same is enacted again in Sri Lanka. The incumbent president is bending over backwards to […]

Dilrook Kannangara Chandrika claiming credit for war is both hilarious and malicious. It is a tragicomedy. During her term the LTTE leader Parabakaran was recognized by the Asiaweek magazine as Asia’s 48th most powerful person. Interestingly Chandrika was ranked 49th. Such is her record of winning the war! The Asiaweek volume was published in June […]

Dilrook Kannangara Victory has many fathers but defeat is an orphan! So goes the war victory claims by many even those remotely associated with the war. Strangely those who believed the LTTE problem had a political solution are also claiming credit for war victory! Under Chandrika’s feeble leadership, Sri Lanka lost most battles costing men, […]

Dilrook Kannangara It is absolute plunder of weakening foreign reserves. Although they promised good governance, their dud governance has proven a corrupt disaster already. When the Rajapaksas left office, country’s foreign reserves stood at $7.8 bn. Thanks to unlimited plunder of foreign reserves, it has now fallen to $6.8 bn. What is noteworthy is reserves […]

Dilrook Kannangara Defeat of Mahinda was caused by his neglect of his core Sinhala voters since 2010 but the victory of Sirisena was not automatic. Casting two votes each by certain Tamil and Muslim sections in western, northern, eastern and central provinces helped Sirisena achieve the required 50% at the January presidential election. He was […]

Dilrook Kannangara South Africa is already beaten by both India and Pakistan. It stands to be beaten by the other South Asian giant, Sri Lanka. However, Team Sri Lanka must gear up for this do-or-die game well. Having only beaten minnows, Bangladesh and a hopeless England, Sri Lanka’s prospects are not good going into the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Based on my own calculations based on regression analysis, Mahinda received 58% of Sinhala votes confirming media reports to the effect. However, what those media reports fail to say is Mahinda received 68% of Sinhala votes in 2010 and 61% of Sinhala votes in 2005. It is clear that falling below the 60% […]

Dilrook Kannangara Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Signs are up on the horizon that history is about to repeat in eerie coincidence. Déjà vu! Following the death of King Mahanama of Anuradhapura, his son Soththisena became king in 434 AD. He was born of a lesser queen of […]

Dilrook Kannangara Team Sri Lanka played to lose. It was obvious from the very onset. Team selection was not appropriate for the match. It was not only the selectors that picked the team of the day; it was the captain in consultation with the coach and the selectors. The smart captain who thought it best […]

Dilrook Kannangara Despite some key inputs from the President, the budget was basically a UNP affair. The lies made to the public by the interim government are shocking! Any numerically literate person would see at a glance that the UNP is not keen to abolish or change the executive presidency, give the promised salary increase […]

Dilrook Kannangara As predicted by the senior Indian diplomat Badrakumar, in the long term, Sirisena’s policies are closer to Mahinda than the UNP. What lies underneath the popular budget is not Royal College thinking but Maxim Gorky thinking of Sirisena. The Port City Chinese project was resolved the way Sirisena wanted, not the UNP way. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Team Sri Lanka made it to the Final of the world cricketing event in the last two occasions in 2007 and 2011. However, this time its chances look slim as disastrous India and New Zealand fixes show. Team Sri Lanka was mercilessly beaten on both ODI series. The trend continues and there is […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka is in a dismal state of lawlessness under the Sirisena-Wickramasinghe interim government. The law has indeed gone to dogs! Chief Justice Mohan Pieris was properly appointed. There was absolutely no flaw in his appointment. If there was a flaw, why not the Supreme Court consulted in his removal? The decision to […]

Dilrook   January 15th, 2015 at 5:46 pm I’m not going to take sides here. Mahinda deserves his defeat as he disregarded the majority and served a proven ungrateful minority. But this coupled with other facts cast serious doubts on the validity of Sirisena’s election as president. The astronomical increase in the number of persons polled […]

Dilrook Kannangara The manner in which the Chief Justice was removed resembles Pakistan under General Zia-Ul-Haq or Pervez Musharraf. Mohan Peiris was not removed from his post by legal means. The threats he faced while serving as the Chief Justice until his removal were not seen in this country’s history. The parliament was not consulted […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka will be like Zimbabwe pretty soon if UNP remains in power and in control of economic policy and finance. This is driven by UNP’s China-averse policy driven by its Indian and US backers. Only China can sustain Sri Lanka economically and if the China support is taken out, the Sri Lankan […]

By Dilrook Kannangara Voters are already in for a great disappointment. Instead of promised good governance and “Maithri Palanaya” before the election what is delivered after the election is mud governance and “Vairi Palanaya”. Is it the natural response to the inability to deliver on the promises made during the election campaign? Where is the salary […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is no doubt Mahinda lost the election. It w as a mathematical certainty as he invested far too much on the minority which turned against him by 2012 and the majority was deprived of meaningful economic benefits. As per strict interpretation of the law, a candidate wins the election by winning over […]

Dilrook Kannangara Writing to Lankaweb a writer asked the above question. This is just one of hundreds of questions raised by the people. In the current context, this is the most pertinent of all questions posed. The continuation of the new government, promises made to the people and most importantly the electoral calculous depend on […]

Dilrook Kannangara  In 2010 Mahinda won with an astounding lead of close to two million. But within just five (5) years, he lost 2.3 million votes to a hitherto unknown contestant. How did that happen? It is important to get it right. Otherwise the UPFA and the Rajapaksa clan will be condemned to nothingness for […]

Dilrook Kannangara First comes the nation; second and third too comes the nation. Is there anything that comes ahead of the nation? Surprisingly yes. There is. Sinhala ethnicity, Sinhala language and Sinhala Buddhism are much more precious than Sri Lanka because it is the Sinhalas who defend Sri Lanka. In known history, this nation was […]

Dilrook Kannangara  Sections of the Opposition may make an attempt on the life of Maithripala in the last few days leading up to the election and blame the government. Given the tide he has created, it is a good starting point for the ambitious Opposition politicians to field their own candidate who have been failing […]