Red Lines and Historical Realism
[Editors note: On the invitation of the Editors of by Anapayan, strictly and solely in Dr. Jayatilleka’s capacity as Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.] –…
Identity
Some reflections on reading Dayan Jayatilleka and Dharmeratnam Sivaram (Taraki)
[Editors note: A response to this article by Dr. Jayatilleka can be read here.] – D. Sivaram1 The discourse on Sri Lankan ethnic crisis has always been distracted by sideshows of political…
The Tamil In The Room At The War’s End
On May 19th 2009 the last shots in the nearly three decade long war between the Sri Lankan state and the LTTE were fired. The end came in the form of the…
Political Opposition in a Nihilistic Sinhala Society: Responses and clarifications
[Editors note: This response by Kusal is to the intense and interesting debate generated by recently.] To all who read and commented and did not comment, “Thank you”. Comments by and large,…
Female deities of Theravada Buddhism: Kannagi and Pattini
[Editors note: Once published, does not change the heading of an article. On this post, the author concedes to a point made by Chandula Kumbukage that it would have served her intent…
A slumbering LLRC: The image of reconciliation in Sri Lanka?
The Editors of were emailed the following story on a website called Athirvu.com. The photo is self-explanatory, and shows a commissioner of Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) falling asleep…
Hear My VOICE: Thenuja Tharmeshwaran ~ “I am always my father’s favourite”
Thenuja Tharmeshwaran (15) waits with hope at the entrance of her school~ ” (dot) is placed perfectly between her two eyebrows along with sandalwood and holy ash on top decorating her smooth…
Hear My VOICE: Velupillai Yesupalan ~ “My father is my role model”
Velupillai Yesupalan (16) seems nervous and unsettled as he waits at his school during the morning break~ drinks interval as it is called here in Jaffna. He wears a pair of Dark…
Political Opposition in a Nihilistic Sinhala Society
[Editors note: The intense and interesting debate this article generated resulted in a longer response by the author. Read it here – .] Taking off from the present This new year loaded…
Hear My VOICE: Jalajakumari Selvarasa ~ “I could often feel the nostalgia”
Jalajakumari Selvarasa (41) is very duty conscious in a bottle green traditional Shalwar Kameez. She sits at the entrance of the women’s side of the springs, and gives the instructions in Tamil…
The Offer from a Sri Lankan Tamil Man
My King! I propose a deal with you COMPATIBLE with my Membership of our country I hold so dear which you do not wish to deny. My King! Here is your part:…
Hear My VOICE: Arumugam Varatharajan ~ “I want to feel “belonged”
The time is 12.10PM, it is lunch time in Sri Lanka. The scorching Sun shines bright in Jaffna, North of Sri Lanka. Arumugam Varatharajan (56) wrapped in an old Blue Sarong and…
A Book That Defies All Definitions: A review of the End of War in Sri Lanka
From 19 – 27 May 2010, ran a special edition on the end of war in Sri Lanka. Over this week alone, the site received over forty-thousand readers and exclusively featured over…
Governance, Rights and Reconciliation: The National Anthem and Other Disturbing News from Sri Lanka
Original photo from The headline story of the was to be maintained. At a time when the principal challenge facing the country is to move beyond a post –war situation to a…
O country, Thy National Anthem…
It was reported lately that an interesting issue came up at a recent cabinet meeting, namely, the National Anthem of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. It was also reported that…
