A public apology to Michael Meyler
Michael Meyler is an innocent Britisher going about being innocent with respect to language and language politics, he would have us believe. He is good hearted and generous. This is why, we…
Author: Malinda Seneviratne
The Buddha Sasana: Sri Lanka’s biggest NGO?
Sometimes words are used so often and so uncritically that they not only lose communicative value but those who utter them and those who hear them no longer know what they mean. …
Presidential hopefuls and escape-routes for the ‘hopeless’
The buzz in political circles these days is the possibility of there being a ‘common candidate’ (CC) to challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s bid for a second term in the event that a…
The IDP situation in Sri Lanka: Let’s keep things real and a response to Rohini Hensman
[Editors note: This article was published in , also on Sunday. Update – Rohini Hensman’s response to this article is now featured on here.] Rohini Hensman is absolutely right when she asserts…
The heartbeat of my country
The heartbeat of my country Crashes as wave against rock Bursts into spray and song, It roars down monsoon-swollen rivers, Drips one reluctant drop at a time From the leaves of a…
Media watch: To write or not to write the truth
I once asked the following question, not from anyone in particular of course: Why don’t pens, pencils and paper go on strike decrying journalists who will not write the truth?” I might…
For Lasantha and others
Murder is a moment to point fingers Murder is a moment to crawl into shells. But moments don’t forbid, there is no opportune time, nothing auspicious about standing up, speaking out. Speaking…
On dimensions of ‘lyricality’ in times of war
Aboorvan Prabanjana takes great pains to drive home a point in a piece titled “Why does Malinda justify excesses of Government?” (Sunday Lakbima News, July 6, 2008). For the record, Malinda doesn’t.  But…
Mehmet Bal: A Turkish-Sri Lankan story
Content of this submission deleted on the request of the author who fears for Mehmat Bal’s life.Â