By Usvatte-aratchi ‘…For, numerous as have been the autobiographies of the past, almost all have come from the upper or middle class, and most recent ones...
By Lynn Ockersz After the frenzied dashing, And the wild calls for revenge, Milky-white pieces of kernel, The rich core of the coconut, Evoking the starry...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka brought the war against separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to a successful conclusion on May 19, 2009 – fifteen...
by Prof. Amarasiri de Silva The government of Sri Lanka is waiting for clearance from the Public Security Ministry to go ahead with an India-funded Unique...
By Lynn Ockersz There it gawkily stands, First among skyscrapers, Rising over teeming slums, Inspiring not a sense of awe, But speaking volumes, Of the Arrogance...
The Norwegians mollycoddled the LTTE. The way the government in Oslo went out of its way to appease the LTTE during the time it facilitated the...
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca The Aragalaya came and went. The claim that “we need a system change in Sri Lanka” has become the main legacy of...
By Lynn Ockersz Let all the world bow low, To journalists being targeted, Tragically felled and silenced, By the mighty the world over, In orgies of...
President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament in late June 2015 to save his Yahapalana partner UNP from the COPE (Committee of Public Enterprises) probe report on the...
by Susantha Hewa For many people in society, universities and academia remain a far-off entity with a certain halo, except when undergrads come to the streets...