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...

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,...

Britain and other EU countries sold military equipment worth millions of pounds to the Sri Lankan Government in the last three years of its bloody civil war with the Tamil Tigers, The Times has learnt. Britain approved commercial sales of more than £13.6 million of equipment including armoured vehicles, machinegun components and semiautomatic pistols, according to official records. Slovakia provided...

Prof. Rohan Gunaratna Singapore, 18 April, (Asiantribune.com): “Sri Lanka has become a living laboratory on how to and how not to fight terrorism. Governments from around the world have started to study the Sri Lankan case. Western and other military, law enforcement security and intelligence services are today consulting the Sri Lankan government on how they reduced the LTTE power from a formidable...

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...

The holidays are over and the Kavun Kokis smell is postponed for another year. We inherit again the usual “drudgery reality” of day to day life. The domestics who went home to bust their earnings in fun and frolic have now returned, broke as the Ten Commandments. No more need for the madam to organise “take away” pseudo Chinese and the man who drove the Honda Civic is relieved, he doesn’t...

The true situation in Sri Lanka is coming to light with the visits of people who will speak the truth. I wish many of those who criticize the situation in Sri Lanka visits us to see for themselves the true picture. The LTTE has been beaten militarily, but the media vehicles are still running smoothly. The Diaspora supporting the LTTE claims should know that the LTTE kept the Tamil people in trenches,...