By Lynn Ockersz Whether they were spirited away, In the arid stillness of the night, In the city’s fear-frozen by-ways, By ghoulish figures in vans, Or...
Can Pulasthini Rajendra aka Sarah Jesmine, wife of Katuwapitiya suicide bomber Atchchi Muhammadu Hastun, reveal something Abdul Cader Fatima Hadiya, wife of Zahran Hashim, couldn’t? This...
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, London Author: Shehan Karunatilaka, Publisher: Sort of Books, August, 2022. by S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole DSc (Eng) Lond, PhD Carnegie...
By Lynn Ockersz Womanhood’s been savaged, And made to sink to its knees, By no less a mighty quarter, Than the Long Arm of the Law...
Bankrupt Sri Lanka is caught up in a China-US battle. The situation has been further complicated by India, Japan and Australia becoming part of the US-led...
6th Anniversary By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA The footage on the TV News of the 6th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), commonly known as...
By Lynn Ockersz Slogan-chanting dips to a dying fall… Blue-helmets, menacing, grim-faced, Seem to have proved their point, But in high-rises the lights go out, And...
Tamil Guardian asks: The UK policy, regarding mainly Sri Lankan Tamils held in Diego Garcia, is likely to remain unchanged. Some of those who reached Diego...
Valdai forum 2022 By Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka Russia’s most prestigious international affairs conference, the annual Valdai Forum, was held, for the 19th time, at the...
By Lynn Ockersz Voices rise shrill, Angry, accusatory, In public space imperiled, Civility getting short shrift, But deep within the heart, There’s a silence zone of...