Articles
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In Memory Of Manjusri – Painter, Scholar Who Passed Away In July 1982
The temple paintings of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries are some of Sri Lankan greatest national art treasures. They contribute a rich and distinctive authentic Sri Lankan contribution to the art of Asia. Many Buddhist temples and shrines..
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Hasalaka Gamini stood up for me 25 years ago and so I stand up for him today
Had he lived, this man would be approaching his fiftieth birthday. Ordained at an early age, he took the name “Mahiyangane Dhammajothi Thero”. He was not yet 21 when he survived a brutal terrorist attack. He was dead at the..
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Open Letter seeking clarification: Yasmin Sooka & EU Funding for ITJP-Sri Lanka via Foundation for Human Rights South Africa
A Sri Lankan writer has written to President of European Commission questioning the mandate given by EU to so called human right champion Yesmin Sooka. The email letter sent by the writer seeks clarification and appropriate action by the EU..
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God “should not save the Queen”
It is in the name of the Queen that horrendous crimes have been committed and continue to be. As Jamaica orders the Queen to pay billions in slavery reparations committed during British imperial rule. God cannot save the Queen for..
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If Germany accounted for their crimes why can’t US/UK & EU?
The EU/US & UK believe themselves to be & demands us to believe, they are paragons of virtue & models of human rights. This supremacy-mindset created Hitler who told the Jews how to behave & annihilated those that refused to..
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Foreign Funds, Friends and Foes: Fostering Foreign Friends
My exploration of foreign-funded projects, and what can be their corrosively corrupting effect, was interrupted when I was asked to deliver some remarks on a recent publication on ‘Foreign Policy Perspectives for Sri Lanka in 2020.’ This timely publication has..
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Can India be Mary’s lamb to the West yet aspire to be a Super Power?
Like it or not, India has to accept some ground realities. We do not doubt that India can be a great nation capable of more greatness. We do not doubt India is a nation rich in resources and human assets…
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German militarism and the war (crimes) in Afghanistan? – Peace champion against Sri Lanka
On Wednesday, the last German soldiers flew out of Afghanistan. This marked the end of the biggest and longest deployment of the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) to date. Bundeswehr soldiers from Camp Marmal on patrol (Image: ISAF / CC BY-SA 2.0)..
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Remembering “Deveni Dharmapala” Asoka Weeraratna, the indefatigable Buddhist Missionary on his 22nd Death Anniversary
Asoka Weeraratna (circa 1956) (1918 – 1999) Not too many people have taken Buddhism beyond the island’s shores, but late Asoka Weeraratna is heralded for his role in pioneering the first Buddhist Mission to Germany (1957). He also founded the German..
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Erasing The Eelam Victory
BBC Channel 4 produced several documentary films on the subject of the Killing fields in Sri Lanka. The first Channel Four Sri Lanka killing fields” documentary was broadcast on 14.6.2011 second on 14.3.2012 during the 19th session of the UNHRC in..





