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
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
Posted on December 31st, 2020
by
Senaka Weeraratna
The making of Sri Lanka’s
Constitution from the time of the Soulbury Commission (1944) has been an
exercise that had completely ignored the Dharmic religious background and
civilizational history of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is a nation state but is
also an unique civilizational state with a set of Dharmic values the nature of
which was completely overlooked by the framers of all the National
Constitutions from the time of the first (Soulbury) Constitution.
The same thing happened in India,
more or less.
In Sri Lanka, the making of the
original Constitution was rushed without paying due consideration to the
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Rationality Is Required For Unity
Jehan Perera
Just over a year after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over the reins of governance, which the 20th Amendment to the constitution has strengthened, the red lights are beginning to flash even as the New Year gets under way. There has been a continuing expectation that the president will be true to his early pledge, made at the sacred site of the Ruvanvelisaya built by the great king Dutugemunu, that he would be the president of all Sri Lankans and to rule justly. The president’s popularity remains high amongst the general population. However, contradicting expectation of enlightened governance there has been a surge in acts and words of hate that are not conducive to a healthy polity that heals itself of the conflicts that have for long held it back from reaching its fullest potential.