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“The TULF / TNA knew what the LTTE could do to the unarmed. They knew what they had done to those who were armed, those who had the guns and had undergone relevant training. The LTTE annihilated the TELO, and..

(Courtesy of The Island) by Rajeewa Jayaweera One of the most contentious aspects in Indo – Pak relations since independence has been the Kashmir issue. Kashmir was a majority Muslim state governed by a Hindu ruler at time of independence..

Ban Ki Moon the UN Secretary General appointed an Advisory Panel to ADVISE HIM on the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka. That advisory panel was not an officially UN General Assembly or UN Security Council endorsed panel..

In May 2009 Sri Lanka achieved what many had been saying was an ‘unwinnable war’. The ground force of the LTTE including its megalomanic leader Prabakaran were annihilated in a fair fight. Several times the GOSL requested the LTTE leadership..

H. L. D. Mahindapala The Dutch, British and post-independent administrators have left behind in their records grim accounts of how the Saivite-Vellahla casteists distorted and perverted the Jaffna political culture. Modern scholars (Jane Russell and Prof. Bryan Pfaffenberger etc), who..

The question to the International Community is this. Is the voice of the TNA separatist elements more important than the Tamil people who just want to rebuild their lives, educate their children and live with the rest of the communities together..

By Shenali D Waduge This quote is taken from a letter to the Colonial Office in the UK. The lines are important for several reasons. Firstly, it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the British were bringing in Malabars..

Gauri Bhatia | Special to CNBC Why China and Sri Lanka need each other Sri Jegarajah reports on the strategic ties between China and Sri Lanka, as China gets back to work on the huge Colombo Port City development. Situated..

Shenali D Waduge The Northern Provincial Council has boldly passed a resolution contravening its mandate claiming ‘Sinhalese colonization in the North’. Leaving aside what the Government should do about the NPC violations, the counter question is what about Tamil colonization..

Commencing with the ITAK in 1949 and its aims and objectives to the TULF and the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976 and the formation of the LTTE in the same year/month, to the demands made by LTTE (Thimpu Principles/ISGA as solutions)..