WHAT LIBERATION?
Introduction The East is ‘liberated’. It has been so since last June when the government requested it to be celebrated with ‘patriotic joy’. Over 300,000 civilians were displaced in the process and…
Year: 2008
The divide between Muslims and Tamils: Perspective of an IDP
“I was eight year -old, when we were forced out of Jaffna. I was crying throughout the journey from Jaffna to Puttlam. We came to Puliyankulam, Vavuniya and Puttalam. It took three…
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Prabakaran’s Role in Tamil National Struggle: Interview with Shanthi Sachithanandan
Prominent Tamil civil society activist Shanthi Sachithanandan shares some views on Prabakaran’s role in the Tamil National struggle, how to bring about a just and durable solution to Sri Lanka’s violence and…
‘I want a decent Education’ – A twelve year old’s plea
The field officer was on his usual rounds… visiting camps accommodating internally displaced personnel (IDPs). A young boy trots along and asks him what he is looking for. The field officer states…
SPLIT ASUNDER: FOUR NATIONS IN SRI LANKA
[Editors note: Scholars and serious readers are encouraged to download the Adobe PDF version of this article that includes all annotations and references in the original.] Sri Lanka today is a fractured…
Whose “bomb” is it anyway?
By Under Dog Is anyone else out there in the least bit suspicious about the real origins of the bomb at Fort Railway station that did no damage when the station was…
Where is the democracy in the UNP?
R.M.B. Senanayake The attempt to muzzle Dayasiri Jayasekera MP by the UNP leadership is another manifestation of the anti-democratic character of the UNP. Some, who crossed over from the UNP earlier, alleged…
Use Of SMS By Govt For Vital Information Dissemination
The growing use of SMS for information dissemination was discussed earlier on Groundviews, and I would like to mention a recent development. At least one government department has been pro active and…
AN ODE TO TODAY
Malinda Seneviratne Yesterday the proclamation of independence, The cloud burst on drought-ridden histories, The feverish composition of anthem, the dance of peacocks, The sunrise greeted by a 21-gun salute The colouring of…
Bloody anniversaries: Indepedence, pogroms, war and peace
The decisive year with terrible beginnings is also a year of anniversaries — 60 years of independence and 25 since the horrific pogrom of July 1983. It may be the case that…
Now that the CFA is out of the way…
Sanjana Hattotuwa and Sunanda Deshapriya Article written for and first published in , 6th January 2008. It was a bloody New Year. The high profile assassination of an Opposition MP and a…
Abrogation of cease-fire, a triumphant moment of a vicious conspiracy
We all know that a Cease-fire between the two contending parties by itself is no solution to our national conflict. A cease-fire provides only an opening for a tedious journey that we…
My life and my choices in a country at war: A personal reflection
By Packiam Where to start, what to write…. 2007 gone, 2008 started. When I ask myself what I wish in year 2008 I sincerely, hardly find any answer for myself. However, lot…
Post-CFA politics, war and peace in Sri Lanka: A few thoughts
I wrote some a few thoughts this morning in response to the Government’s decision, taken last night, to withdraw from the Ceasefire Agreement with the LTTE signed in February 2002. This significant…
