MEN & EVENTS BY Sugeeswara Senadhira

The United Kingdom, the mother of the Westminster model of democracy functions without a written Constitution. It has successfully carried on a democratic Constitution based on traditions and conventions very smoothly without running into …

By H. L. D. Mahindapala

Tamil Theology Upgraded Prabhakaran & Downgraded Jesus: Part II

The mainstream Churches of all denominations aligned themselves with the LTTE in varying degrees of connectivity. In particular, the clergy in the Tamil-dominated Churches threw their …

 (Part 2).

By Bandu de  Silva

In an article I published in 2013/2014, discussing the relevance of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation model (TRC) to Sri Lanka I concluded as follows:

“One should see that behind this projection of the …

By Michael Hudson

The nightmare scenario of U.S. geopolitical strategists seems to be coming true: foreign economic independence from U.S. control. Instead of privatizing and neoliberalizing the world under U.S.-centered financial planning and ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments are …

Shamindra Ferdinando,

(The Courtesy of in The Island),

In a statement issued on Dec. 10 to commemorate the Human Rights Day, Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, proudly declared: “Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be …

Daya Gamage,

(Courtesy of The Asian Tribune)

“U.S. to persuade ‘Sinhala Hardliner’ Ranawaka for federalism in Sri Lanka”

A hard-line advocate for the retention of the unitary system in Sri Lanka whose advocacy resonates well with the majority Sinhalese sentiments …

Part 1

H. L. D. Mahindapala

At the height of the 33-year-old war – i.e., from the Vadukoddai declaration of war on May 14, 1976 to Nandikadal on May 18, 2009 — two Tamil clerics decided to give a face-lift …

By Daya Gamage –

(By Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

Following his official meeting with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Colombo 14 December, the U.S. Department of State Counselor (and onetime -2009/10 – counselor in Obama White House) who, …

By Shamindra Ferdinando

(Courtesy of The Island)

In a statement issued on Dec. 10 to commemorate the Human Rights Day, Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, proudly declared: “Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be substantive. …