By Shenali D Waduge

Name a country that has violated the constitution to sing the national anthem in Tamil instead of the language it is to be sung in? Those that said singing the anthem in Tamil ushered unity cannot …

Sinhalanet Note;

Tamil politicians are not sincere to Sinhala majority ever since Sri Lanka got it’s independent in 1948. Although, pro-minority present government lead by Ranil and Sirisena has pre-election pact with Tamil extremist political party; TNA, TNA and its …

By Major General (Retd.) Lalin Fernando

(Courtesy of the  Asian Tribune)

 Apparently there are many traitors in SL today -according to the Prime Minister (PM). They are supposed to be in the media and the GMOA among other places too. …

It did not happen that far back, exactly 131 years ago an entire continent was cut and divided between greedy Western nations without so much as asking the African tribes if they minded. This was their notion of making the …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

One-time BBC journalist, researcher and analyst, Mark Salter, will launch TO END A CIVIL WAR: Norway’s Peace Engagement in Sri Lanka, at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo, tomorrow (March 3).…

We should celebrate independence only if we function as an independent nation. There is little point throwing tamashas to celebrate independence if we are taking orders from foreign nations or running to them before making decisions or have to get …

(By Courtesy of the Island)

By KAMALIKA PIERIS

The 13th Amendment to the Sri Lanka Constitution owes its existence to the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. Under the Accord the government of Sri Lanka had, inter alia, to devolve political powers to …

By H. L. D. Mahindapala

In 1968 Jaffna was facing an  internal caste war which was threatening to tear it apart.  The simmering caste conflict in Jaffna exploded with the  low-castes, spurred by N. Shanmugathasan, head of the Peking-wing of …

Our mistake has always been to be in a hurry to copy and adopt what is not ours. Must we always imitate other countries? Just because the British had an anthem, or India was to have one did Sri Lanka …