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Why The Media Silence On Sri Lanka’s Descent Into Dictatorship?
Local journalists who speak out against human rights abuses fear for their lives and the world press turns a blind eye By Edward Mortimer It is now over a year since the President of Sri Lanka,...
View ArticleJagath, And Not Quitting Smoking
It’s amazing how people who don’t know you or have nothing to do with you can change the way you look at life. It does nothing to them. They don’t gain or lose anything from it, but they just feel like...
View ArticleThe Sweet Sound Of Nationalisation
By Ravi Perera It is argued by psychologists that certain persons are programmed almost at birth for failure. In the same family we come across the successful entrepreneur while his sibling is a...
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A United Opposition? (Opinion)
JVP Leader, DNA Leader and UNP Leader at election event (file photo) Yesterday it was announced that a coalition was in the offing- between General Sarath Fonseka’s Democratic National Alliance (DNA)...
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Get A Grip: The 18th Amendment In Proportion And Perspective
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka – Photo by Lalith Perera A pro-18th Amendment march in Colombo It gives me no pleasure to contradict an Editorialist I respect in a paper I like, but the passage of the 18th...
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The Day Sri Lanka Lost Her Soul
By Mangala Samaraweera M.P. – Photos By Asoka Fernando and Lalith Perera “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.” — George Orwell, 1984 UNP protestors...
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Political Parties, Civil Society Organisations Or NGOs?
By Samanmalee Unanthenna Scene from a civil society protest So the unthinkable has finally happened. The Rajapaksa dynasty has been legally approved. Its totalitarian ambitions are now backed by the...
View ArticleBrave New World
Hot this season on the political column circuit – all things Orwellian. The President amended the constitution. Everyone’s talking about democracy infringed and the boot stamping on the face and people...
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Definitely Not Sorbonne
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient” — Romans. 1 Corinthians By Ravi Perera Parliament debating the 18th Amendment When the required majority was mustered in parliament, the...
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‘Home Grown Solution’ A Trojan Horse And Solidarity With Palestine Is A Gimmick
S. V. Kirubaharan in France G.L. Peiris — colours keep changing Sri Lanka was very good in ‘diplomacy’ in the past. Many government supporters holding citizenship in Western countries were hired – for...
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