The Sri Lankan civil war has been one of the great tragedies of our times. It has touched India directly in the deaths of 1,200-odd Indian soldiers, more than three times that number were injured in the course of our …

Kumar Chellappan

(Courtesy of  Daily Pioneer)

September 01, 2014

The hypocrisy of TNA leaders was exposed recently by their decision to boycott the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in Colombo. India must not give weightage to this combine which …

Our political pundits, black-coated coconut-crackos at Hulftsdorp, NGOs, academics, media commentators and frustrated politicos hanging around  in the opposition benches for decades, waiting to overthrow elected governments, have been announcing the death of Lady Democracy in Sri Lanka so many …

Noam Chomsky, the left-wing critic of America, pointed out that the Western media falls in line with the foreign policy of the US State Department. Even the prestigious New York Times is no exception. For instance, Atul Keshap, Deputy Assistant …

The ambassador of Sri Lanka to US Hon. Prasad Kariyawasam  had responded to the biased and illogical article appeared in the New York Times explaining the illegality of UN panel appointed by the UNHRC lead by ethnic Tamil high commissioner …

According to Indian Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu India needs to maintain a good office with Sri Lanka for a sustainable friendly relationship. The Indian media quoted Naidu as saying India would establish a friendly …

Sri Lankan Muslims concern over the call by extremists group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to demolish the world heritage Buddhist site of Borobudur in Indonesia. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka has written to the President of Indonesia …

Today’s wars are not between States. IHL and associated treaties are meant for conventional wars and with terrorism not defined there is a big question mark as to how terrorists are to be charged for their crimes (war crimes and …

The Ottawa Citizen, a Canadian newspaper has reported that Tamils in Northern Province were being subjected to ethnic cleansing during the war time with the LTTE Tamil terrorists. These are the sorts of misleading and biased unprofessional journalism practiced by …

India has turned down a Tamil National Alliance (TNA),pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party’s request for the appointment of a special envoy to resolve the so called ethnic question in Sri Lanka.   TNA leader R. Sampanthan who recognised the LTTE terrorists …