Reading The Island newspaper report on the Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C. V. Wigneswaran’s call to the Tamils to join the ‘Ezhuha Tamil!’ or ‘Tamils Rise’ rally in Jaffna today is disturbing, given the brazen attempt to mobilize …

By Dr Dayan Jayathilaka

You’ve heard of the “We Tamils” (who beat up High Commissioner Ansar). Now we have the “E-Tamils”–the “Eluga/Ezhuga Tamils” (or simply Eelam Tamils?). They shut down Jaffna, took over its streets, raucously demanding federalism, an international …

It’s rather a precarious situation giving new meaning to ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you’. The racist Tamil leaders have plucked out a new terminology from their racist hat ‘structural genocide’ the placards read claiming that the good governance …

Colonial rule was about takeover of nations, conversion of people and plunder of resources. Fast forward to the 21^st century has the objectives of the former colonial countries in the West changed? If colonials were Western Christian invaders today …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Sanja de silva Jayatilleka

It must surely be thought odd that I am even undertaking an effort to intervene here on a subject that requires comment by lawyers or political scientists. But as a concerned …

During the last few months before the end of the LTTE ground force there were 3 players inside the theatre of war – the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, the LTTE and Tamil civilians and the possibility of South Indians also …

By Major General (Retd.) Lalin Fernando

(By Courtesy of – Asian Tribune )

Major General Kamal Guneratne ‘s ‘Road to Nandikadal’ is the most comprehensive, credible, incisive, riveting and objective book in English on the entire 26 year old conflict …

Shenali D Waduge

Namesake Buddhists who are not culturally rooted in Sri Lanka are definitely not spokesman for the Sinhala Buddhists of Sri Lanka. Yet, it is the voices and opinions of these who are being showcased and who have …

In memory of Anagarika Dharmapala, whose 152nd death anniversary falls today

When he was born on Sept. 17, 1864 the Sinhalese had been deprived of their energy, confidence and spirit due to the colonial rule of the Portuguese, the Dutch …

by Senaka Weeraratna 

www.lankaweb.com

The German Dharmaduta Society, Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) based in Sri Lanka has submitted a Resolution to be tabled at the forthcoming 28th General Conference of the WFB to be held …