We live in a world of blurred boundaries and deliberate misnaming.   We expect words to mean something but in their activation we discover that they are taken to be something quite different.  The much celebrated ‘Arab Spring’ comes to mind.  …

Norwegian Ambassador Grete Løchen, was quoted by the Embassy as saying that Norway in Sri Lanka is often accused in the media of supporting extremist groups and LTTE Tamil terrorists, Tamil separatists TNA and their views.

It is widely alleged …

In September 2009 Channel 4 claimed “we are unable to vouch for the independence of her testimony’ but there was no disclaimer and Vany Kumar was the star witness for C4’s ‘Killing Fields’ film. We soon discovered she was no …

September 17^th marks the 150^th birth anniversary of a great son of Sri Lanka. The name of Anagarika Dharmpala should not just be etched in stone and commemorated ceremoniously annually. The people must be aware of all that …

We don’t know who they are but the ‘Made in US/UK’ signs are hard to miss. ISIS are the “born again” of the Al Qaeda. The doubt is intensified because the enemies of the ISIS happen to be the very …

There are plenty of laws and conventions on how wars are to be fought, but those laws were for wars that did not have cowards manipulating them. Today’s wars are all proxy wars as state armies fight asymmetrical wars where …

– President

Suhasini Haider

Tell us what you think the Sri Lankan-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commisson (LLRC) has achieved so far?
We have already implemented 35 proposals of the LLRC and more are to be implemented. Some of them …

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who a supporter of LTTE Tamil terrorists  Monday filed a defamation case against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a city court over his remarks related to the issue of State fishermen being detained by Sri …