The 13th Amendment as a political solution
Dr Dayan Jayatilleke has forcefully stated the diplomatic case for implementing the 13th Amendment which is already part of the law, in reply to Mr Malinda Seneviratne. The President has told the…
Year: 2009
Sri Lankan media awards and Lasantha who?
Those posts written with a heavy heart have a tendency to backfire on one, and I suspect that this would have quite negative consequences on my personal relations, when read by those…
Decree
The government wishes all Tamils good rest, sweet sleep and recovery at Manik Farm. We have cleared the brush and carpenters are busy making coffins. Parasites will be snuffed out, no ifs…
Mervyn Silva publicly admits to killing Lasantha Wickrematunge and grievously attacking another journalist
[Editors note: The original page of this story and the entire Lankanenewsweb.com site are blocked in Sri Lanka for publishing a report on the President’s son. We are therefore re-posting this story…
On women’s attire and gender equality: pondering on the long way ahead
I was strongly tempted to write this article after reading an article entitled on July 10 2009. We learn that the writer of the said article is a journalist working for a…
Post-war reconciliation and nation-building in a global context
There have been three civil wars fought against the Sri Lankan state: 1971, 1986-89, 1979-2009. The Sri Lankan state prevailed in all three. These three wars settled three basic questions. The first…
On a woman’s attire: Are we really tempting young boys and priests?
As a journalist, there is almost no end to the diversity of people I meet on a day-to-day basis. I was covering an event this morning with a colleague and was accosted by…
The APRC Proposals and Winning the Peace
By Colin Irwin, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, www.peacepolls.org. Download PDF of this article here. Introduction With the end of the ground campaign, the death of the Tamil Tiger leadership…
The internment of IDPs in Sri Lanka: Comparisons with another example from US history
The continued denial of freedom of movement for over 250,000 innocent men, women and children – including thousands who are injured, some with disabilities, some mentally challenged, some pregnant, many sick and…
De-militarizing Democracy and Governance in Sri Lanka: From National Security to Human Security
Sri Lanka was once a ‘model democracy’ with a welfare state and social indicators that were the envy of the developing world. Hence, there was great optimism that life would return to…
Flag hoisting, non-violence and triumphalism in Sri Lanka
Our country is at a historical juncture with many controversies and contradictions. The resultant complex scenario leads to many questions but answers are not that easy to come by Jubliant triumphalism with…
Concerned Tamils, but what about the rest?
I read with interest the concerns of a group of Tamils on the situation of IDPs and their suggestions for a speedy recovery of a human tragedy. However, I am a little…
Setting the record straight: Challenges of internment for IDPs
I was surprised to see that a piece I wrote recently for was mentioned prominently in two articles in the Island last Saturday and Sunday. Since the original article was not published…
Divining peace
, United Nations This morning, as I was writing this column, I noticed a strange pattern of tea-leaves amongst the dregs of satiation. The pattern suggested that the Chief Executive’s term in…
Interview with Bijayini Satpathy, Director of the Odissi Gurukul at Nrityagram
Bijayini Satpathy, for one of the world’s greatest living dancers, is disarmingly mischievous in person. And, as I have experienced with a few others closest to perfection in their chosen art, humble…
