Comments on: Jaffna and the East today: Harsh ground realities, opportunities and challenges after war https://groundviews.org/2010/05/17/jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war Journalism for Citizens Tue, 18 May 2010 05:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: ordinary lankan https://groundviews.org/2010/05/17/jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war/#comment-18987 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:46:55 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3366#comment-18987 Yes God be with you – and dont forget God is love – not these sun Gods and other pretenders ….

]]> By: Burning_Issue https://groundviews.org/2010/05/17/jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war/#comment-18981 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:43:19 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3366#comment-18981 Dear Heshan,

Ms. Sachithanandan did not mince her words; she clearly said that, at the parliament level there is not much to be expected; hence, devolution is out of the question for some time to come! Her target is based on a long term strategy possibly working with similar movements within the Sinhala Society. She came across as a dynamic lady with abundance of chrisms. She articulates very well her point in English; I am sure she is likewise in Tamil; if she also can do that in Sinhala, there will be no stopping; I wish her well.

]]> By: Pearl Thevanayagam https://groundviews.org/2010/05/17/jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war/#comment-18975 Mon, 17 May 2010 21:14:35 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3366#comment-18975 Ms Satchithananthan has spoken very sincerely and honestly and she appears to have grasped the pulse of the Tamils today.

She does have some novel concepts regarding protecting Tamil rights and it would not bode well with the TNA which is still entrenched in its stubborn stance of total soverignity for Tamils in a majority Sinhala hegemony.

But given time her liberal outlook is what we Tamils are hoping would rip through the caste-ridden backward -thinking Tamil psyche.

Whether we like it or not we need to engage with the South and shed our own prejudices.

]]> By: Heshan https://groundviews.org/2010/05/17/jaffna-and-the-east-today-harsh-ground-realities-opportunities-and-challenges-after-war/#comment-18964 Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:38 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3366#comment-18964 People are used to absolute power, regardless of ethnicity. Ms. Sachithananthan’s party could not bridge that gap. There needs to be more devolution, so that such thinking changes.

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