The founder of the Pohottuwa party, Basil Rajapaksa, has suffered a severe setback. All political parties, represented in Parliament, sunk their differences to bring back constitutional...
By Lynn Ockersz Words fail Chief Clerk Suraweera, Now in his thirtieth year with the state, As he learns with a lump in his throat, That...
Violence cannot be justified, under any circumstances. Therefore, the practice of referring to the JVP bids to topple the governments of the late Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike...
Author: Raina MacIntyre (Sydney: NSW Press, 2022) “June Twenty Second Sixteen Thirty-three A momentous day for you and me Of all the days that was the...
By Lynn Ockersz Of this surprising turn of events, The boy ambling back from school, Hunger gnawing at his entrails, Doesn’t know what to make; For,...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Having read the writer’s review of ex-Lankadeepa defence correspondent Ratnapala Gamage’s Ranabime Panhinda (Notes from the battlefront), retired Lieutenant L.S.A.N.T. Siriwardhana sought an...
by Laleen Jayamanne “David Paynter is a great master of painting…his talent and greatness were not properly identified and well appreciated by the Sri Lankan society...
By Lynn Ockersz The Tech Age’s razzle-dazzle effects, And instant Internet knowledge, Seem to be crafting the epitaph, Of the Speculative Philosopher, For whom surfing the...
Wartime Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is one of those who strongly believed that the LTTE could be defeated. The Gajaba Regiment veteran didn’t mince his words...
By Lynn Ockersz At the Lotus Tower’s highest point, Where the pain of living eases for a while, And delirium takes over minds and hearts, Sightseers...