“I am a traitor to Tamils”

A slipper garland – Jaffna (May 2020)

Tamil nationalism bordering separatism was birthed by Tamil political leaders and not LTTE. LTTE only hijacked it as a camouflage to justify its existence and Tamil political …

(Courtesy of The Island)

The Constitutional Council (CC) has reportedly apprised the Finance Ministry of the dire financial straits the Provincial Councils (PCs) are in, we reported the other day. All the PCs are now defunct as there have been …

Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in June 2019 confirmed that Canada has committed and CONTINUES to commit colonial genocide. The 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission report evaded the use of ‘genocide’ on the …

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has written an open letter on 13 May 2020 to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Justice urging Sri Lanka to abide by due process in the case of arrested lawyer Heejaz Hizbullah. While the …

(Courtesy of Daily News)

Next Monday (May 18) marks an important landmark in Sri Lankan history. Eleven years ago when the three-decade-old conflict was brought to end, the members of Armed Forces were widely respected and honoured for the valiant …

Sri Lanka faced a thirty year old war with Tamil terrorists. Terrorists had no scruples in breaking the age old international rules of war honored by all countries irrespective of whether they were democratic, socialist, capitalist or even communist countries …

Wesak Day is marked with great veneration in Sri Lanka. It is the day celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Buddha. It is one of the most colourful events in the world. It is also a day many …

The hardest thing about saying goodbye to a departed one is not being able to say goodbye, as with flowers and incense, a last long look, prayers for the journey ahead, or a final touch.

Yet, that’s how family and …

(Courtesy of Financial Times)

God has called a ‘time out’ for humans and asked us to get off the field until they purify it again. But will we be allowed back again? If so when and under what terms and …

(Courtesy of Financial Times)

The dissolution of the Parliament by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the postponement of the General Elections has led to many legal arguments.

By Gazette Extra Ordinary No. 2165/8 dated 2 March 2020, the President issued a …