Feb 21-27
US Senator Casey Remarks Read at Global Tamil Forum Event [TC]
Sri Lankan Tamils disillusioned with India must forget the "North" and turn "East" towards China
By S. Sivathasan
In the Asian region, hardly any people have had such close cordiality as the Tamils of Sri Lanka with the people of Tamil Nadu and by extension with India.[TC]
Three "Bees" for Britain-Brown, (Mili) Band and Bogol (lagama)
By Malcolm Ferdinands
Gordon Brown is no match for Tony Blair. In fact he was very jealous of Blair and tried his best to undermine him. It is also no secret since Blair’s wife, Cheri has written all about it in her book. [TC]
The Arrest of Sarath Fonseka and Comrade Dayan's critical response
by Nalin Swaris
I must disagree with some of Comrade Dayan Jayetileke’s recent writings Arresting Sarath Fonseka, he wrote was a “Perfect Political blunder”. But then nobody is perfect. Otherwise they would not blunder. Perfect blunder seems so oxymoronic. [TC]
IMF delays third tranche of $2.6 bln Sri Lanka loan [TC]
Jayalalithaa: From alluring actress to powerful politician
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
India in general and its Tamil Nadu state in particular have spawned many colourful political personalities. Standing out among these figures is Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the actress-politico of Tamil Nadu. [dbsj]
Foreign Secretary David Miliband's Written Statement to the House of Commons on recent developments in the political and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. [TC]
Miliband risks Sri Lanka’s wrath to support Global Tamil Forum [TC]
Int'l Crisis Group Full Report: 'Tamil diaspora groups should move away, once and for all, from the failed agenda of LTTE' [TC]
by J.B.Muller
Democracy’ is neither organic nor home-grown. It was a foreign imposition upon a polity that was segmentalized and divided against itself. [TC]
Interview with BBC
What is the American view of what is taking place in Sri Lanka? Live now to the U.S. State Department in Washington, and Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs. [TC]
Caste in modern Sri Lankan politics
by Prof. Michael Roberts
In a recent intervention in the web-site www.transcurrents.com (10 Feb. 2010), Lakruwan de Silva has conjectured that caste rivalry between the Govigama and Karāva contributed in a secondary manner towards the rift between the Rajapakse clan and General Fonseka [TC]
mp3 audio: Anoma Fonseka says her husband is held in hot, unventilated conditions [TC]
The Decline and Fall of "Colonel"Karuna
Karuna Amman is a politician who had the potential to be a phoenix but got all his fortune ruined as a result of a wayward lifestyle. [TC]
Hundreds need reconstructive orthopedic surgery
Many patients who had surgery during the time of fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) that were operated on initially under emergency conditions have developed infections, particularly of the bone. [TC]
TNA must disavow separatist politics and accept a political solution within a unitary state
by Dayapala Thiranagama
The TNA, the remnant of old politics in the Tamil community has entered a new era. The post LTTE politics has made it possible to create conditions for a democratic culture in the North and East. [TC]
On being Democratic in spite of the Constitution
by Rajan Philips
The polemical piece I wrote on cricket and the Constitution two weeks ago has got drawn into the debate over the Third Amendment, courtesy Rajiva Wijesinha’s intervention last week. That provides me with the context, if not the pretext, to offer this proposition on how Sri Lanka could be democratic despite the Constitution and not in defiance of the Constitution. [TC]
Clueless Wanni IDPs and govt. resettlement plans
By Ranga Jayasuriya
The government pledged to resettle former residents of Wanni, in their former villages by the end of January 31. [TC]
Discharged "Lanka" Editor Remains Defiant Despite Detention
by Rathindra Kuruwita
Irida Lanka Editor Chandana Sirimalwatta has been a frequent visitor to the CID in the last few months [TC]
Gotabaya Rajapaksa was very cautious in precipitating action against former Army Commander
Mahinda Rajapaksa Discloses in Interview with N.Ram
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is confident that the United People’s Freedom Alliance, led by his Sri Lanka Freedom Party, will win the forthcoming parliamentary elections “very comfortably.” [TC]
Specific quotas necessary in Sri Lanka to enhance women representation in electoral politics
By Ruana Rajepakse
According to statistics, women constitute 52 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population and 56 per cent of registered voters [TC]
Will the Constitution,Parliamentary Elections Act and Criminal Procedure Code be Dispensed with too?
By Kishali Pinto Jayawardene
On the one hand, a former professor of law now turned strident government propagandist, Minister GL Peiris tells us that the due process of law is being followed in governmental actions against its critics. [TC]
"Bell,Swan and Trophy": The JVP march of Folly
By Chakravarthy
“We have not formed any alliance with the UNP; we supported the General, the UNP supported the General and the other parties supported the General separately. [TC]
Gotabaya Rajapaksa's imprint on Lanka will not be a footrint on the sands of time
By Ranmali Fernando
After a certain victory in the north, lovable General Denzil Kobbekaduwa came running and embraced him with fatherly affection. [TC]
US$23.6 million FAO appeal for resettling Sri Lankan refugees [TW]