By Lynn Ockersz White-clad and smug, In cavernous Limousines, The dignitaries are back, Trying out winning smiles, Surveying the debacle, Of these brave decades, Of people...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Jaffna district parliamentarian Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran’s recent declaration supportive of the militarily defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) particularly captured the public...
By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA With Israel having been issued with a judicial order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on its operations in Rafah...
By Lynn Ockersz The parched, weary earth, Is seized by death-spasms, Floodgates have swung open, And the signs are that, In the Climate’s fickleness, The lot...
Fifteen years after the eradication of the LTTE, unsubstantiated allegations regarding the number of dead civilians, LTTEers and missing persons persist. Forced disappearances, as alleged by...
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...