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...

Over the past few weeks the famed battle of the great king Dutugamunu and Ellara was re lived by many. The LTTE also used Elara (Ellalan in tamil) to identify their armed wing the “Ellalan Force”. In my view the present day Sri Lankan (Tamil or Sinhala) has forgotten the greatness of both kings. King Ellara was a fair and impartial king unlike his present misleadingly claimed counterpart...

We  require a visible shift from sympathy for the IDPs to an affirmation  of  their  rights and  dignity as Sri Lankans, said Bishop of Colombo Rt.  Rev.  Duleep de Chickera in a statement issued yesterday. This  shift  should  be  accompanied  with  a  multi-task  approach  towards  recovery   and normalcy,  he  added.  “Two  priorities  of  screening  and  counselling ...

Some perspectives from the “war torn generation” A victorious day – 19th May 2009: Those words were uttered by His Excellency President Rajapakshe addressing parliament in the wake of that historic and momentous occasion, on 19th of May 2009, when our Commander-in-Chief proudly proclaimed the resounding victory of our forces over the tyrants of terror; H.E. was referring to our Tamil brethren,...

Another email which is worth applying to our lives. Let us show the world that we can build One Sri Lanka. Hi Friends, I write this with a lot of sadness, relief and hope, from what has happened in the past few months. As a Tamil, (and proud to be one) I deeply feel that together, we can build the burnt bridges and pave a path to peace, happiness, equality and prosperity for us and for the future generations...

This e-mail was forwarded to me by a friend which should make people think more about the truth….. “Thousands of protesters gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, to ask for the Canadian government to intervene in what they are calling a genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. (AP) I have cringed with pain and clutched my head in anguish, watching my grand children’s...