It is indeed a great sign for us……

Every time you fund me I’m as helpless as can be I become a puppet on a string You can do ‘most anything with me Every time you fund me….. The (edited) verse from Sandie Shaw’s song felt a fitting tribute to the slain leader of the LTTE upon reading the statements published on BBC News. It is apparent from these views that we who are living in Sri Lanka are not living here at...

There is euphoria in the island and none can deny the relief felt by any peace loving Sri Lankan to know the military conflict is over. Whether he is cultivating in Kakirawa or marketing in Wellawatta the opportunity has dawned for everyone to begin a new and safer journey. Who does not want peace? Who wants to live in fear and get so used to it that it becomes a regular routine to hear of yet another...

The afternoon was hot and humid and a merciless sun scorched everything preparing the ground for the evening showers that rolled from the east like angry gladiators. Bob Dylan was on CD, beautiful words coined together and in the unmistakable nasal rendition mewing about “times they are a changing.” Yes, the heat would change to the cool of the evening when the skies unleash and the daylight will...

Hey, Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me….. So goes the words, the musical version and as I punch my key board there are many men with fancy tambourines carelessly drumming rhythms and jingle jangling around the international stage asking Sri Lanka to plead “mia culpa” according to their hymn sheet in the handling of refugees. War victims are certainly tragic and no one denies the definition....

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...

Earlier this week Sri Lanka Tourism launched a new look. Whilst the Video etc looks good the website is still not functional. This is the sad part as now you cannot afford to market destinations without having a professional presence online. Compare the Campaign “The Best Job in the World” which was done by Tourism Queensland. It managed to bag Lions in the direct and PR categories and...

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),...