By Senaka Weeraratna
As the symbolic head of the UN, the Secretary-General serves as both its top diplomat and its chief administrative officer. The UN Charter postulates, that he / she is responsible for performing various functions entrusted to him/her …
Prior to January 2015 the propaganda was directed at ‘white van kidnappings’ but names of the kidnapped kept conveniently omitted. Fear psychosis propaganda sufficed. Lack of a police commission became the reason for all ills. Now even after the establishment …
H. L. D. Mahindapala
After enduring the indignities and humiliations of oppression and persecution of the Vellahla supremacists, the “Minority Tamils” – a euphemism for the untouchables — launched their first organised revolt in 1968 at Maviddipuram Temple. Earlier attempts …
Kanthar Balanathan, Australia
For readers to understand the line of action by the Tamils, it would be appropriate to identify certain actions by the Tamil politicians since independence in 1948.
SJV Chelvanayagam (SJVC) started his blindfold demand of federalism with …
The question arises following a study that reveals Christianity influences the United Nations. This immediately takes us back to the age of discovery and the manner colonials together with Christian missionaries set out to ‘civilize’ the world by taking over …
(Courtesy of The Sunday Island)
by Padraig Colman
In my rebellious youth, I did not have much respect for the military and was grateful that I was born just late enough to escape doing two years National Service in the …
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 …
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 …