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Reforming the Constitutional Council
Our Constitutional Council (CC) is the product of an extremely rare moment in our post-independence political history at which legislators...
Continue reading »A thought for the IDPs in the camps
It is hard for those who have no access to the camps in the North to form a realistic opinion...
Continue reading »Dutugemunu in war should remain Dutugemunu in peace
The question posed by Groundviews, “What is the most important issue facing the peoples of Sri Lanka in a ‘post-LTTE’...
Continue reading »Looking at the grid of SL political opinion as a continuum
I have read An alternative grid map of political opinion serving the best interests of Sri Lanka posted by C...
Continue reading »Wanted for the Tamils: An Ashroff or a Thondaman
Now that the armed conflict of the LTTE is supposed to be approaching its end, it behoves those concerned with...
Continue reading »Misconceptions that prolong our ethnic conflict
There is no doubt that our ethnic conflict is the worst scourge that has bedeviled this nation since Independence. An...
Continue reading »A thought for the stranded refugees in Vanni
I wish to draw wider public attention to the following extract appearing in “A short note from the Vanni” written...
Continue reading »Put back missing chairs and stop the APC musical chairs game!
For all intents and purposes, the All Party Conference (APC), has been a waste of time by playing for time,...
Continue reading »Hurry Up and Go Slowly
When we were being initiated to English under the Free Education Scheme, our teacher used to ask us to, “Hurry...
Continue reading »In Search of a Peace Package
Now that the government appears to be fighting the war to a finish, it behoves concerned members of our civil...
Continue reading »A ‘Hold-Fire’ for One Month – Response to LTTE’s ceasefire during SAARC
It would be short-sighted to dismiss out of hand, the current offer of the LTTE of a ‘cease-fire’. Apart from...
Continue reading »Some Reflections arising from Ethnic Riots
by Somapala Gunadheera Off and on, I write short stories, never anecdotes. But now I have to oblige Sanjana. He...
Continue reading »Jaffna: Retrospect and Prospect
Most of what I reveal below has been lying concealed in my notes and diaries deposited in the Government Achieves....
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