It is almost a crime to lie to the people and mislead them on a matter of vital national interest. When it is committed by politicians it is an act of unconscionable opportunism. When it is perpetrated by so-called intellectuals belonging to civil society, it is a
counterfeiting of the currency of the intellect and the […]

In a statement from Geneva , Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha , Presidential Adviser on Reconciliation, responded to claims in the latest Channel 4 film on Sri Lanka . Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha is currently Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and was re-elected
leader of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka .
Responding to Channel 4’s […]

Below are excerpts of a 38 page paper by Brian Senewiratne (MA. MD. FRCP.FRACP) of  Brisbane, Australia titled UN Human Rights Council Meeting – Another Farce.
Excerpts:
“This is not a document for easy reading, nor is it meant to be. It is a reasonably comprehensive record of the abysmal record of the UN and the UN […]

PERSONAL STORIES
Rohini de Mel’s story of reconciliation and hope
‘I am a Sri Lankan and happen to be born a Sinhalese. Sri Lanka is a heterogeneous nation comprising of  a majority  72% Sinhala Buddhists,18% Tamils (of which
1 million are abroad) 8% Muslims and the balance 2% comprising of Malays, Chinese, Parsis & Burghers and others. Although […]

I never saw so many bad hats in my life – Arthur Wellesely –Duke of Wellington-1769-1852 (On seeing the first Reformist Parliament)
The statement quoted at the outset was made by the Duke of Wellington regarding the members of the then British Parliament. I leave it to the readers to decide whether the same statement would hold […]

The US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka was formally presented to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week. The confidence that the Sri Lankan government had evinced that its diplomacy would
prevail and the resolution would be removed from the agenda did not materialize. However, the draft resolution presented by the […]

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision” – Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist
Queueing for bread
Forgotten are the days when people waited in line for two to three hours to buy a loaf of bread; forgotten are the days when rice was not available […]

“Unlike the last occasion, however, this time around the sponsor of the resolution is no less than the United States, which is the world’s dominant political and economic power. This time the resolution that is proposed will also be harder to overcome. The indications are that the resolution will call on the Sri Lankan government […]

Sri Lankan model
In the aftermath of the last phase of the war that ended in the military defeat of the LTTE, government leaders considered the “Sri Lankan Model” of overcoming terrorism to be one that the world could emulate. An international
conference was held in Colombo that was attended by military strategists from around the world. […]

Politics are now nothing more than a means of rising in the world – Samuel Johnson Boswells Life of Johnson.
The National Police Commission, was inaugurated in November 2002 on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. under the 17th Amendment to the Constitution. It became defunct due to the failure to appoint new
Commission members after the terms […]