Part III 

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia

Parochial Political Panorama

As a third world country, we are superficial, and, lack in lateral thoughts and strategic vision. Most of the politicians are focused in selfish and self-centered matters only. Number of our politicians …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

Had a veteran police investigator, temporarily stationed in Vavuniya, ignored a tip-off received from an informant, in late July/early August 2009, the mastermind of a spate of high profile killings, including the assassination …

It is no surprise when Britain the root cause of majority-minority conflicts, transporters of indentured laborers causing demographic issues now come forward to support self-determination claims by Tamils during local elections to muster minority votes. Some facts need to be …

The British invaded and occupied 171 countries round the world except for 22 countries. The British and fellow colonial rulers together with the Church have left a legacy of problems the world over. Divide & rule policy, dividing communities as …

Dr Palitha Kohona –

Former Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

As Sri Lanka, with an administration now in power for over one year, begins to confront complex domestic and international challenges, Prime Minister …

Sri Lanka already has a federal constitution following the 13^th amendment. The provincial council system was introduced with arm-twisting by India. The TNA-controlled Northern Provincial Council already has 36 subjects devolved to it except land and police powers. So …

(By Courtesy of The Island)

By Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe

The literature on Sri Lanka’s thirty-year war is characterised by the undue preponderance of material on Norway’s failed operation outnumbering all other analyses by a ratio of 3:1. The evaluations have …

After the Dutch it was the British who had to police Vellahla violence erupting in Jaffna. Caste wars escalated to a new level. Jaffna under the British was a battleground for mini-wars waged by the Vellahlas …

Canada’s Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada’s Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. The GOC did not, however, list the many Canadian front organizations for the Tigers, despite the fact that Canada’s anti-terrorism act allows the GOC …