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Amal Jayasinghe on whether the LTTE is really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka
Vikalpa Video asked Amal Jayasinghe, Head of AFP Sri Lanka, for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished...
Continue reading »Prof. Rohan Samarajiva on whether the LTTE is really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka
Vikalpa Video asked Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Chair and CEO of Lirneasia, for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really...
Continue reading »Ape Lankawe: The Great NGO Pantomime!
For anyone concerned with the plight of innocent civilians, the reports from the North are depressing. The latest ‘avalanche (!?)...
Continue reading »A Common Programme for a United Left Front in Sri Lanka
[I wrote this article in response to an "internet-project" initiated by the Sri Lankan journalist, Kusal Perera] Vasantha Raja 20...
Continue reading »Dr. Devanesan Nesiah on post-war / post-LTTE Sri Lanka
Image courtesy TransCurrents Dr. Devanesan Nesiah in response to a question posed by Groundviews on the most important issue(s) in...
Continue reading »Behind the IMF bail-out and the state of the Sri Lankan economy with Harsha de Silva
An interview with eminent economist Harsha de Silva on the context leading up to and the fall out of the...
Continue reading »Your opinion on a war ‘over in 3 weeks’ and a ‘post-LTTE’ Sri Lanka?
A senior government minister claimed today that the war would be over in 3 weeks. Whether we believe him or...
Continue reading »Groundviews on Twitter and Facebook
Groundviews was the first media website in Sri Lanka to have its own Twitter feed and Facebook page. Both Twitter...
Continue reading »Is the President hiding Lasantha Wickremetunge’s killers?
We reproduce in full a letter from Sonali Samarasinghe Wickremetunge to the IGP asking him to record ‘very important details’...
Continue reading »Interview with Udaya Gammanpila, Legal Advisor, JHU
I interviewed Udaya Gammanpila, the Legal Advisor to the Jathika Hala Urumaya (JHU) and erstwhile Chairman of the Central Environmental...
Continue reading »An exclusive interview with Eastern Province Chief Minister Pillayan after the TMVP’s arms decommissioning
English transcript of an exclusive interview with the Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (alias Pillayan) conducted by Vikalpa. Have...
Continue reading »Video footage from TMVP weapons decommisioning
Exclusive video footage taken by Vikalpa YouTube Channel team on the handing over of weapons by the TMVP in Batticaloa...
Continue reading »It’s not cricket
“Ancient rulers of Sri Lanka built monuments established institutions to honour the philosophy of Buddhism. In turn this led to...
Continue reading »What’s wrong with Michael Roberts’ enthusiasm for a “knock-out blow?â€
Vasantha Raja, Editor, www.lankaeye.com  After reading Michael Roberts’ “Dilemmas at wars end” and his subsequent “Clarifications & Counter-offensive” my curiosity above...
Continue reading »Open Letter to His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka and the leadership of the LTTE
The undersigned are (a) citizen/s of Sri Lanka who are/is extremely concerned about the current plight of over one hundred...
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