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(Courtesy of Sri Lanka Guardian) President-elect Joe Biden has called the November 2020 U.S. election a “battle for the soul of the nation.” In offering himself up as a contrast to President Donald Trump, Biden made a clear distinction between..

On October 11, protesters in Portland, Oregon tore down a statue of Abraham Lincoln, leaving the phrase “Dakota 38” spray painted at its base. The attack took place during a protest called the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage Against Colonialism,..

Dayan claims, “Like most island-nations, Sri Lanka is given to a democratic civic culture” Really? Are only mainland nations given then to uncivilized despotism? Imagine we are gawping at the dying tail-ends of a tawdry English teledrama called The Scavengers starring Desperado..

Investigative Note from Daya Gamage As Joe Biden becomes the U.S. 46th president of the United States, Kamala Devi Harris will be sown in as the vice president on January 20 next year. She is of South India’s Tamil Iyer..

Thus Thamilselvan’s death in an air strike by the SLAF caused shock  waves at that time. It was regarded as a great blow to the LTTE in  general and tiger leader Prabahkaran in particular The LTTE accused the Mahinda Rajapaksa..

Say what you like against Donald Trump, the man was a phenomenon. Whether the legacy he leaves behind is good or bad is a judgement that will be determined finally by those who will feel the impact of his regime..

PM Modi was wrong to reiterate his call for the 13th Amendment’s implementation – especially when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already articulated his position on the matter. In the past, this has been a bait for the Tamils in the..

(Courtesy of Sri Lanka Guardian)  The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, should establish a commission to investigate the tens of thousands of Muslim civilians killed by US and UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead, all the indications are..

Certain quarters have been misplacing the significance of the recent visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo to Colombo. SL President and Commander-in-Chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s choice to continue the already on track military cooperation with the United States Indo-Pacific Command..

From State of eelam to State of Denial: The Tamil Trajectory  I could not believe my ears when I heard Gajan Ponnambalam, an excellent parliamentary speaker, as are CV Wigneswaran, R Sampanthan and MA Sumanthiran, drawing a distinction in one of..