The celebrations in Colombo after Prabhakaran’s demise
Video shot on the streets of Colombo and its suburbs on 18th May 2009. For related videos, please visit on Vikalpa’s YouTube Channel. For live and regular updates from the ground in…
Video shot on the streets of Colombo and its suburbs on 18th May 2009. For related videos, please visit on Vikalpa’s YouTube Channel. For live and regular updates from the ground in…
From the Ministry of Defence website: LTTE defeated; Sri Lanka liberated from terror Sri Lankan armed force have militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror, Army…
Vikalpa Video recorded on Thursday 7th May 2009, as part of its current series on the LTTE and the end to the war in Sri Lanka, an interview with prominent Tamil politician,…
Vikalpa Video asked Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, Minister of National Integration, for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. After fighting for the Liberation Tigers…
Vikalpa Video asked the spokesperson of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Nishantha Warnasinghe for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. This video…
Vikalpa Video asked Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratna, Leader of the National Left Front (NLF), for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. His opinion…
Vikalpa Video asked Amal Jayasinghe, Head of AFP Sri Lanka, for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. His opinion in English: His…
Vikalpa Video asked Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Chair and CEO of Lirneasia, for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. His opinion in English:…
For anyone concerned with the plight of innocent civilians, the reports from the North are depressing. The latest ‘avalanche (!?) is yet to be fully screened, searched, scrubbed and bleached for any…
[I wrote this article in response to an “internet-project” initiated by the Sri Lankan journalist, Kusal Perera] Vasantha Raja 20 April 2009 In countries like Sri Lanka, capitalism did not evolve from feudalism.…
Image courtesy TransCurrents Dr. Devanesan Nesiah in response to a question posed by on the most important issue(s) in a ‘post-LTTE’ context and how can the State address it, writes in with…
An interview with eminent economist Harsha de Silva on the context leading up to and the fall out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bail-out package and the general state of the…
A senior government minister claimed today that the war would be over in 3 weeks. Whether we believe him or not, commentators like Ahilan Kadirgamar (writing in , February 2009) have called…
We reproduce in full a letter from Sonali Samarasinghe Wickremetunge to the IGP asking him to record ‘very important details’ known to the Sri Lankan President and at least one other senior…
I interviewed Udaya Gammanpila, the Legal Advisor to the Jathika Hala Urumaya (JHU) and erstwhile Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA). Udaya is now a candidate from the Colombo District for…