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...
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...