Sri Lanka: Spice Island or Bland Nation?
Located strategically in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka was a hub in the maritime silk and spice routes for millennia. It drew traders from the east and west for both business and…
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Sri Lanka: Is the war really over?
The end of the conventional war in the north and the east of Sri Lanka witnessed the almost total annihilation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) including its leadership. However,…
Enigma of Prabhakaran and the Tamil Tigers
Both in life and death, Veluppillai Prabhakaran divides rather than unites the Tamils in particular, Sri Lankans as a whole. Therein lie the enigma of Prabhakaran (Thambi Anna to me), whom I…
Bob Rae, The Sunday Times and Wikipedia
In what may be a first for a Sunday newspaper in Sri Lanka, a reference from Wikipedia is used to buttress a case for the alleged pro-LTTE bias of Canadian Liberal MP…
Art, War and Politics in Sri Lanka: An interview with Jagath Weerasinghe
Jagath Weerasinghe is one of Sri Lanka best known and most influential artists (see bio here). He was commissioned by the Sri Lankan government to design the monument ‘Shrine for the Innocent’…
Fighting the PR War
The ongoing campaign by The Times to discredit the recent military victory by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces over the LTTE seems, at times, relentless. Not a day passes by without Jeremy…
Big Game
A group of men are standing in an outdoor location. They are grinning and laughing and are triumphant but most importantly of all, they exude an air of victory. The camera pans…
Interview with a leading Buddhist priest on whether the LTTE is really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka
Vikalpa Video asked Ven. Prof. Bellanvila Vimalarathana Thero for his opinion on whether the LTTE was really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka. Ven. Prof. Bellanvila Vimalarathana Thero is the…
Live micro-blogging of President’s speech in Parliament today
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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…
Fear Psychosis, State of our Nation, Terrorism and Sri Lanka, our Motherland
Double standards as it may seem Lasantha’s murder was a rude awakening for many, including me. Why I call it a double standard is that many lives were previously lost and I…
Breaking news: BNR discovers through CNN poll that International Community undecided on intervening in Sri Lanka
: The International Community is expressing its concern over the deaths of thousands of civilians including at least one hundred children who are caught between the crossfire as fighting raged between the…
The abduction, assault, arrest and defamation of the Sudar Oli Editor: Questions for the Sri Lankan Government
The police informed courts they have no charges against Mr. Vithyatharan the Editor of both news papers, after detaining him for two months. On 24th of April, he was acquitted by Courts….
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan on whether the LTTE is really finished and the war over in Sri Lanka
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…