Death of liberal democracy in Jaffna, a disaster
Sun Online Desk
19th April, 2021 08:59:25
No Tamil political leader in the post-Donoughmore period had single-handedly constructed an ideology and changed the course of national politics, almost overnight, as Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam (November 8, 1901 – February 9, 1977).
Not only that, no one else has left such a lasting impact – albeit a divisive and devastating one with his ideology on the national scene as the politics engineered by him. He was, in his own way, an exceptional figure whose role has been overshadowed by his junior partner, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, a charismatic figure who in reality extended and built on the ideology founded by him.
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Posted on April 7th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Philip
Gunawardene returned to Sri Lanka in 1932 after ten hectic years abroad. Of all the socialist politicians in the
island, Philip Gunawardene is the only politician to have had close contact with
socialist movements abroad, observed Ananda Meegama. He had met with
revolutionaries and freedom fighters in four continents. Philip said he
has associated with socialists of different brands from pale pink to dark red
in various parts of the world.
His
father got to know something of his son’s activities when
Queen’s Counsel R.L. Pereira returned
from New York. Pereira had watched a massive demonstration by the Hotel Workers
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