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Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2008

  A thought for the stranded refugees in Vanni

I wish to draw wider public attention to the following extract appearing in “ A short note from the Vanni ” written by “Witness” and appearing in the Groundviews on September 30, 2008: “The people now staying at Vattakachi and Tharmapuram areas are requesting to...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Oct 10, 2008

  Personal experience of the Vanni today

By Witness On the 30th of September, I traveled to Kilinochchi through Oddusuddan, Puthukudiyiruppu. This is not the regular A9 road which we travel from Vavuniya to Kilinochchi. It is the road A34 which turns towards Mullaitheevu at Mankulam from A9. Fortunately, this time I got a lift...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008

  SERENDIPITY AND INGRATITUDE: THE MAHINDA MIRACLE AND JANAKA PERERA’S ASSASSINATION IN RETROSPECT

R.Venugopal The course of this conflict has seen many unlikely bed-fellows, serendipitous twists of fortune, and actions that led to very unforeseen consequences. When the dust settles and the history of the present is written some day, it will have to record the extraordinary debt that the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008

  Put back missing chairs and stop the APC musical chairs game!

For all intents and purposes, the All Party Conference (APC), has been a waste of time by playing for time, all the time. Periodic boycotts and exits of parties based on their factional agendas have indirectly helped the procrastination, supported by the lack of political will and courage on the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008

  A brief note on the attack on J.C. Weliamuna

by R.M.B. Senanayake The attack on the human rights lawyer Weliamuna in the night where he is living with two small children show that danger is not far away from all citizens who uphold human rights and democratic norms. We the educated and influential in society have been silent when white...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 29, 2008

  A short note from the Vanni

By Witness I traveled to the Vanni on 17th September, with the hope of getting a lorry load of foodstuff from Vavuniya to Vanni, but it was impossible, as the Killinochchhi Government Agent’s convoy had been stopped at that time. From Omanthai exit - entry point to Killinochchi, the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 27, 2008

  Email and content sharing upgrades on Groundviews

Groundviews is pleased to announce improvements to its back-end email subscription service. You can now enter any email address and have new articles emailed to you, in full, as soon as they are posted on the site. You can sign up by entering your email here . We’ve also...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 22, 2008

  Is Sri Lanka China’s Georgia?

Seven years after 9/11, we’re in between world orders. And winds of systemic change grip all nooks of the globe: the overstretch of America, geopolitical quicksand which is the Middle East, the benign growth of Brazil and Japan, rise of China and India, resurgence of Russia, expansion...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 16, 2008

  Dhamma or Violence in Sri Lanka

A few weeks ago while in the Uda Walawe area I met an opposition party MP who had come to help in the provincial election campaign for the local candidates.  As I listened to the interesting stories he was relating, I could not help but be amazed as to what we have come to accept as normal,...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 10, 2008

  Hearts and Minds: the forced exit of humanitarian agencies from the Vanni in Sri Lanka

The day before yesterday, the government of Sri Lanka ordered all humanitarian organisations to cease all operations and remove all personnel (except Vanni residents) and assets from the LTTE controlled part of the Vanni. The question this observer wishes to explore is why the Government of Sri...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha
Posted On:  Sep 9, 2008

  The Politics of Winning in the Vanni

Fascists launch a final surge before they lose wars. The Kamikaze pilots were a last card against the US fleet. The Nazis developed the Tiger tank, launched the V-1 and V-2 rockets and fought the Battle of the Bulge in the closing stages of the war, when they had already lost in the strategic...... [view]

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