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Historic Hindu Pattini claim to Madhu Church
With the recent calls to rewrite history it is no better a time than now to bring out all the hard facts that have got both hidden or buried (pun intended). Every time the topic of colonial atrocities are brought
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UN ROLE IN SRI LANKA – CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED
Let us view some of the comments made by the Office of the UN Secretary General in relation to Sri Lanka.
STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESMAN OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL
New York, 12 September 2011 – ON UN PANEL
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The Mahavansa phobia
According to learned opinion Mahavansa was written in the fifth century by a Bhikku named Ven. Mahanama. Mahavansa may not be the most authoritative book on history in the Western tradition, but it is definitely the most hated book on …
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Has Cameron heard of the RAB ?
by Malinda Seneviratne
[The grimace referred to here materialized on Peter Hayes’ face a little more than three years ago. The article was published ‘Sunday Lakbima News’ on December 26, 2010. Back then, I hadn’t known what RAB meant. I …
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Oh, Cameron! Why Have You Forsaken Tim, Deirdre And Iona?
By Blind Spot
The names, Tim Macpherson, Deirdre Higham and Iona Macpherson obviously mean nothing to the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Her Majesty’s Government, David Cameron.
But, maybe it is time to remind Cameron as to who they were.…
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UN, Radhika Coomaraswamy and the abuse of children
H. L. D. Mahindapala
(Courtesy of Daily News 22 Jan 2014)
The failure of UN to be the broad, universal umbrella for all 192 member states, protecting the big and the small evenly and fairly, without being a tool of
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The Dilemmas the GOSL finds itself in
No post-independent Government has faced such a barrage of disputes as the current Government many of which have been as a result of its own making. The momentum brought about by the patriotic forces following the LTTE’s closure of the
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Mathematically challenged priests and other tidbits
That empty glass
When a glass that can contain 50 ml of water contains 25 ml, you can say it’s half full or half empty. That’s the difference between negative and positive. But what if there’s say 60 ml or …
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The myth of the rule of Law in an American Police State – and America preaches to the world!!!
The country that proclaims to be the shining example of freedom of every kind cannot escape the harsh realities that questions how far Americans are living in a free state. Tragically, most Americans do not know or realize how successive …
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Father Rayappu Joseph confesses
Lord, let me start with a disclaimer. I am frail, M’Lord. That’s because I am human, M’Lord. I falter, M’Lord. That too because I am human, M’Lord. I err, M’Lord. That’s human too, M’Lord. M’Lord, I am blinded by ignorance …
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LTTE Terrorists Attack of the Month
On 14 th May 1985 LTTE attacked the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
Numbers Game
13th Amendment
