Personal page and articles by Kusal Perera
Reloading General Sarath Fonseka for a post-paid Sinhala package
Photo via JDS. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI. The V-Day celebrations were on, as this piece was written. A military victory being commemorated...
Continue reading »For a belated “Left” Option
More than 5000 people packed Colombo’s Sugathadasa stadium (photo above) for the inaugural conference of the Peratugami Samajawadi Pakshaya (Frontline...
Continue reading »Delivering on the LLRC Recommendations
Immediately after the Resolution on SL was adopted in Geneva a month ago, US Secretary of State issued a short...
Continue reading »Post 9/11 world: Compromises with war crimes and accountability
The President looking at war crimes in Vietnam. Courtesy Defence.lk A mapping of differences amongst and alliances within member States...
Continue reading »How bad is the crisis for Mahinda Rajapaksa?
Photo courtesy Lanka Standard “Although certain foreign powers have attempted to conspire against and oust me from the presidency, I...
Continue reading »No 13 “Plus”? APRC Proposals are better!
For the sixth time over, President Rajapaksa snubbed the Indian Big brother, on devolution and 13th Amendment with a “Plus”....
Continue reading »LLRC Recommendations: Can the Rajapaksa Regime Digest?
Photo credit Ada Derana Finally, the full report of the long awaited Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is in...
Continue reading »State Capitalism: Revitalising under performing businesses the Mussolini way
The factory of Sevanagala Sugar Industries Limited. Government supporters have stormed and occupied the factory earmarked for nationalisation under a...
Continue reading »Sinhala Buddhist Rationale In An Omnivorous Society
Photo courtesy Ada Derana My new neighbour, a quiet middle class, young Sinhala Buddhist professional from beyond Matara, who started...
Continue reading »De-greasing social speculation over “grease devils” in Sri Lanka: Part II
Read Part I here. ### Basically the whole plethora and all variations in media, from print to electronic to the...
Continue reading »De-greasing social speculation over “grease devils” in Sri Lanka
Image courtesy Amber Whispering campaigns in Sri Lanka are the most speedy and penetrating campaigns that product promoting advertisers have...
Continue reading »Can a ‘Sinhala patriot’ explain pesticides, arsenic and fertiliser?
Photo courtesy Arsenic and toxins found in baby rice food – what you need to know There is a new...
Continue reading »For those who have missed out and want to know humanity
Belated, but worth it. I read through this collection of Sinhala poems by a Sinhala “creative activist” friend, who moves...
Continue reading »How will Delhi listen to Jayalalithaa calling Rajapaksa a ‘war criminal’?
“Declare Rajapakse a war criminal: Jayalalithaa tells Centre” was a banner headline on 13 Friday in the “Indian Express”, following...
Continue reading »Opening a public case against the US and its President(s)
President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden...
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