Against the backdrop of the economic crisis that erupted in 2021/2022 Sri Lanka’s dependence on Indian economic and military support is growing. INS Udayagiri, Indian Navy’s...
by Sasanka Perera (The writer is on X as @sasmester) A few weeks ago, a friend in India wrote to me about Ghazala Jamil’s book, What...
By Lynn Ockersz The 9/11 explosion of pent-up hate, Has left a slow-burning sorrow, In the hearts of the sensitive few, Proving humanity yet has some...
Those demanding accountability from Sri Lanka for war crimes allegations are strangely silent on atrocities committed by the LTTE. On the orders of its leader Velupillai...
By Ifham Nizam Pictures by Nishan S Priyantha and Kamal Bogoda Ashok Ferrey took readers into an older Colombo through Colpetty People. Vivimarie Vanderpoorten opened the...
By Lynn Ockersz Just for a fleeting moment is this sense of relief, As he eases himself heavily into his airline seat, Hoping to leave no...
Silent petty backbiting among Opposition may result in it grabbing defeat from victory over NPP There is no likelihood of the SJB and the UNP reaching...
Beyond noise and acrimony: by Sasanka Perera (The writer is on X as @sasmester) Background The Sri Lankan government has proposed to introduce the 22nd Amendment...
By Lynn Ockersz ‘Sunshine Isle’ saw it coming right along, Yet did not heed well the warning rumbles, Of this ‘Ice’ avalanche that’s flattening lives, Particularly...
The government’s high profile project to enact the 22nd Amendment failed to secure any tangible support from anyone outside the NPP, in Parliament or outside. In...