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Monday, 19 November 2007 |
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The American gift of defensive weapons to blunt the effort of the LTTE to fight Sinhalese army attacks on their civilians and survive, while blowing their horns about the need for a division of power, is a form of frontier justice that is typical of a courtiers mastery at double dealing.
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Monday, 08 October 2007 |
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The shocks, one after another, could not have come at a worst time for former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. She had returned from a meeting of the Bill Clinton Foundation in New York hurriedly last week. Last Sunday (September 30) was an important family event - the wedding reception for her daughter Yasodhara. She married an Englishman, a surgeon in London in August. They had come to Colombo for the social where together with Mama Kumaratunga they could meet friends and relatives to share in the joy of the nuptials in London.
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Monday, 08 October 2007 |
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Over the years, the country has witnessed many an election based on democratic principles and has elected several governments up to date. The UNP as the single largest political entity takes a prominent place in the country’s chequered history as a party that has ruled the country for more than 30 years.
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Monday, 08 October 2007 |
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President Rajapaksa's journey across the United States has, quite naturally, been applauded by the state media as a success. However, he has taken stick from other sections of the media for engaging in what they have seen an extravaganza that was unlikely to produce any tangible results that would benefit the country.
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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Amidst speculations and rumours that the Liberals are maintaining a lead in the polls, it is worth addressing some political issues readers should know. Throughout the history of provincial politics, Ontarians have failed to participate, in great numbers, in elections. Voters, once again, have a say in whether they want, as their leaders, representatives of the Liberals, Conservatives, New Democrats, or Greens. Let your voice be heard at Queen’s Park by voting for a representative of one of these parties.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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The epicenter of the struggle of the Eelam Tamils for liberation has always been the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is now, however, the turn of Tamils living in the western world to take up the struggle, although the struggle has been in the hands of the Diaspora Tamils, the Tamils of Indian origin now have an obligation to raise their voices in favour of Eelam cause. It is imperative that the Tamil leadership in India become pro-active in guiding the Diaspora Tamils than just being reactive.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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Every time the Chief Editor of reputed news paper Madras Hindu, Naresimhan Ram visits Colombo and delivers his speech, it is made to appear that he was delivering the official view of India. He speaks as though he were an official spokesman of India.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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Colombo leadership is of the view that it is the LTTE leader Pirabakaran, who determines, who could be in the seat of power in Sri Lanka. Suresh Premachandren, TNA Jaffna District Parliamentarian, has stated that the South needs LTTE leader Prabakaran either to capture power or to topple the government.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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Whenever there are clashes, innocent Tami civilians lose their lives. There is no concern shown for the loss of the lives of the innocent civilians. In fact, the victims are branded as terrorists.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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Tamil Nadu politicians have condemned the failure of the central government of India to dispatch food aids and other essential commodities collected in Tamil Nadu to the Jaffna peninsula.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Sri Lankans have not learnt any lessons from the failed politics of the country. Nor have they from the natural disasters. The chaos that was seen in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka for the people to rush for safety in a haphazard manner following a recent warning reveals the sordid quality of disaster management in the country.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Sri Lanka struggles due to twin problems namely the national ethnic problem and the economic crisis. It is the people in the north east who are directly and greatly affected by the national ethnic crisis. On the other hand, the economic crisis affects not only the people in the north east but also those in the other parts of the country. Every citizen in this country is seriously hit by the economic crisis.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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The commitment of the government to resolve the national problem through military means has come to light. Although the government repeats the slogan of political solution, its agenda is not. This controversy arose when the Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse announced at a public function a couple of weeks ago that the government would chase the LTTE out of Vanni in the same way that they chased them out of the east.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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The problems and the sufferings faced by the people displaced in Mannar following the war are indescribable. Fearing attacks, they have sought shelter in temples and schools but even there, they feel insecure. Recently even the security of the people who sought refuge in Madu Church could not be ensured.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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It is unfortunate that humanitarian activities are viewed with suspicion. It cannot be denied that the people are grappling with the economic problems. Following the closure of the A9 high way, there has been a shortage of medicines and food items. There has been an increase in the prices of essential commodities. Even if adequate stocks are dispatched to Jaffna and sold through the multipurpose corporative societies, the people in the north do not have the purchasing power to buy them. They live in poverty.
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