Posted on February 14th, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala
The
73rd anniversary of independence was officially celebrated in Colombo on
February 4 with some of the accustomed pomp and pageantry associated with the
event. Faced by the still rampant Covid menace and the looming economic and
political crises, the current regime, which is still struggling to reach its
cruising altitude, couldn’t have done better in the circumstances. This is so,
particularly, in view of the fact that today the relevance of celebrating the
1948 dominion status independence to the emerging Sri Lanka is increasingly
coming into question. The independence anniversary has become a virtual political-cultural
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Posted on January 15th, 2021
Dr Sudath Gunasekara Former Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka
Introduction
The objective of this essay is to
briefly explain the story of the origin of the Sinhala nation and how the
valiant Sinhalese have defended their motherland and its culture against all invaders over the
millennia and the history of the never-ending
chain of Indian invasions on this Island from Rama to date and their
ramifications and implications on its political economic and socio-cultural
spheres, with special attention on the Tamil menace in the Island nation that
had tormented this Island nation throughout history, continues to date and