That was Barak Obama at his brilliant best addressing the Muslim world from a podium in Cairo. His words of wisdom plus his charisma maxima combined together to make anyone listening to be all ears and frozen till the speech was over. There is little doubt He meant what he said and I am sure the world wishes him well and prays that the appropriate action will follow to bring peace among any warring...

I have heard many speaking of her and the controversial interviews. Well during this time I managed to research on this phenomenon named . This video interview she did in January 2009 on PBS is far more critical of Sri Lanka. She claims in the interview that there are 4,000 tamil tigers who are not militarly advanced and can be wiped off by the million soldiers of the SL government. Instead the...

This is a well balanced article which appeared in The Washington Times yesterday. It actually should be a warning to all those countries which support terrorist as it can one day haunt them. Osama being the best lesson to the US. “Sri Lanka recently emerged victorious from one of the world`s longest-running conflicts, once termed an `unwinnable` war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),...

Michael Moore in his bitingly satirical book ‘Dude Where’s My Country?’ refers to Osama bin Laden and asks “Who’s his travel agent? Well, the same can be asked about Kumaran Tharmalingam alias Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who was appointed head of ‘LTTE International’ by Velupillai Prabakaran in January 2009.  Michael Moore asks the question a bit late in the day and considering what...

Last week Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) filed a fundamental rights case, citing President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Competent Authority for Northern Province G.A. Chandrasiri as respondents. Excerpt from the article from The Hindu (14th June 09):  The petition said the IDPs had begun arriving in government-controlled areas in March 2009. “These IDPs are housed...

Today I was watching Anderson Cooper’s show AC360 in which he was speaking about the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. As mentioned by many during the program there are many in the US who still believe in white supremacy. The statistics of these groups are alarming. Many think America changed with a African American president well think again. From some of the...

A visit to the Madhu Church as a little boy still remains faintly in my thoughts. This is nothing compared to the experiences my parents had when they were young. My mother still recalls how my grandfather used to take them on the Dragon Rapide as little children to Jaffna and the how my uncle thought the Rassum dish was the finger bowl and nearly washed his hands in it. The last visit during peaceful...

I received this email from a good friend of mine living in Canada. I wanted to feature him on this blog for his contribution and this is the response I received “Hey, I’d rather you didn’t given the situ for Sinhalese in Canda at the moment. Its not just me who might be targeted but my wife and kid too. It is pretty tense right now and I’d rather not be an object for any idiot(they...

In an interview with The Economic Times India (ET) Jim Rogers mentions that the present situation in Sri Lanka will be conducive to investors. Excerpt from the interview - “ET – You recently said that you would invest in China and Sri Lanka but not in India. Aren’t you betting on the new government in India? I was trying to make a point that if anyone wants to invest in this particular...