– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – NEW DELHI: In a bid to placate departing ally, DMK, the UPA government played out a farce at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), whereby India moved seven amendments to a US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, and all of which were duly rejected by the US. In the end, […]
– By Shenali Waduge – It was a child who eventually pointed out that the Emperor was without clothes as he proudly paraded the streets naked fooled by all his advisors who were too afraid to tell him the truth. Similarly, that Emperor is the US inclusive of the NATO allies parading round the world […]
– By Shenali Waduge – When the political party implicated in the murder of Rajiv Gandhi becomes more important in terms of political survival for the Congress and the widow of Rajiv Gandhi we will say no more. The choice is in the conscience. Sri Lanka does not need to go begging to India for […]
Ven. Dr. Bhadant Rahula Bodhi Maha Thero, Jt. Co – ordinator of the Indo-Sri Lanka Buddhist Network, has issued a statement addressed to Indian Cabinet Ministers and Members of the Lok and Rajya Sabhas stating that at this important juncture ‘ we should feel that our great India should stand for the unity, solidarity and […]
– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials on Wednesday raised concerns over the safety of its national players who would be taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament starting next month following the recent spate of attacks against Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu. […]
– By Shenali Waduge – Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Tamils with Tamilnadu’s leading politicians implicated in the cruel assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperumapadur,Tamilnadu using a Tamil (LTTE) suicide bomber. These very same politicians are now without any qualms of conscience appealing to Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv, to condemn Sri Lanka for alleged […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – If a resolution is passed by the Indian parliament accusing Sri Lanka army of war crimes or genocide on the lines proposed by DMK Supremo Karunanidhi because of his threat to leave government that could be considered black mail and a positive reaction to that could be a bad precedent […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – The Times of India in a hard hitting editorial written on the threat of walk out by the Indian Central government’s coalition ally the DMK on the issue of alleged human rights violations by Sri Lanka questioned where it was slumbering when the violations were actually committed. […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – In the main editorial that entitled, “The DMK can’t dictate the nation’s foreign policy” the Pioneer newspaper of New Delhi in no uncertain terms said that the party’s leader instead of doing something constructive to help the Sri Lankan Tamils has taken to grandstanding, marching his party out of the […]
– By Shenali Waduge – We are baffled. How can a country which has a population of 1.2BILLION people continue to fall at the feet of political parties passing the pillow of power between them in the state of Tamil Nadu which has a population of 72million Tamils which is just 6% of the entire […]