Aragalaya. Translatable as revolt, uprising, protest, agitation, struggle or even insurrection. Aragalaya is singular, but considering statements and actions it was certainly not marked by concert, ideological agreement, unity of purpose etc. Eclecticism was the signature of the rumbling. …

Ranil Wickremesinghe is no longer president in an acting capacity. He is the president, period. Did someone say ‘I don’t know whether to laugh or cry?’ I am pretty sure someone did. Did someone say, ’who wudda thunk?’ Well, if …

13^th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7^th President of Sri Lanka but one who was unlucky enough to inherit …

Police use teargas as protesters storm Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office compound in Colombo, Wednesday. (AP)

A pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist  diaspora lobby groups are working for revival of separatism in Sri Lanka amidst of current political crisis.

The following propaganda  article for separatism to create so called Tamil elam, separate country for 12% of Tamils in …

The political system has collapsed. Mob rule has taken over. Where lies the People’s mandate? Is Sri Lanka a functioning democracy or is life to function as per protests, protestors & their demands? What will life be under such a …

The late Gomin Dayasri declared he didn’t want to be a President’s Counsel. Appearing on Sirasa Pathikada, the outspoken lawyer said that there was no point in requesting such a title. Dayasri said so during a conversation with the late …

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is calling for justice for Easter Sunday, we all want justice, but why didn’t he call for justice for the victims of LTTE crimes? He doesn’t do so because the Church was heavily involved in the LTTE-Eelam-separatist …

Sri Lanka has been a guinea pig since colonial times experimenting “democracy”. Since post-independence we have been thrown numerous challenges to test us. These have enabled more “tests” to be thrown at us. Unfortunately, those we presume as leaders have …