By Lynn Ockersz ‘Death couldn’t be proud’… Nor could wily despots, Maliciously gloat, Over the cruel snuffing out, Of a resplendent flame, In a cold, Arctic...
Dr. Elias Joseph Jeyarajah, represented the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) at the recent launch of district level workshops for ‘National Conversation’ based on the Himalaya Declaration....
By Susantha Hewa We have a natural empathy with fellow human beings. However, in reality at the individual level, we may be attracted to some and...
By Lynn Ockersz Thanks for your thoughts, Our good, dedicated Dons, From yon Groves of Academe, On the torments of teaching, Standard and ‘Sri Lankan English’,...
India steps up pressure on the Maldives with unprecedented harassment of Maldivian fishers within the Maldivian economic zone. Obviously, the nuclear power piqued by the Maldivian...
By Lynn Ockersz True, your roadside cobbler, Is no history-maker, folks, As he sits in splendid isolation, Earning a farthing for his pains, But he has...
In response to a query raised by Major General (retd.) Ashok Mehta who had served as the IPKF’s commander in Batticaloa and Ampara in 1987, US...
By Lynn Ockersz That the Customer is King, Is an adage evergreen, But it seems the opposite, In the Serendipitous Isle, For, we aren’t short of...
The Supreme Court ruling delivered on Nov 14, 2023 dealt with the economic crisis and found fault with the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Finance Ministers, Mahinda...
By Lynn Ockersz Reconciliation sure is needed, After all, murderous violence, Is sweeping the troubled Isle, With new vigour, we may say, But our mandarins at...