By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Tamil National Alliance(TNA)regarded as the premier political formation of the Tamils of Sri Lanka has been very much in the news lately due to what could be termed as an internal crisis. The TNA that has in recent times been contesting elections under the house symbol of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu […]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “To change masters is not to be free” Jose Marti (eddosrios.org ) The photograph is iconic; Alavi Moulana, 83 years old and an SLFP veteran of 52 years, bending down and kissing the hand of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. That picture is revelatory of the current Lankan reality at multiple levels. It shows […]
By Gamini Weerakoon The conventional belief was that the military at best should be confined to barracks or be on battlefields but after the much celebrated victory over terrorism the forces have not been demobilized as is usual in other countries or found civilian jobs but appear to move into civilian projects under the Ministry […]