by Rohan Pethiyagoda Like you, I’ve been watching the elaborate preparations that the government’ has been making for the Independence Day celebrations, spending hundreds of millions of rupees on an extravagant display of power, apparently without a care in the world that poverty has reduced many children in this country to just a single meal […]
By Indira Guerrero Colombo, Jul 19 (EFE).- A hand-painted sign hangs outside the secretariat of the Sri Lankan president, saying “this is now a library,” and thus notifying the passersby that the colonial-era complex – which was stormed by thousands of protesters on on Jul. 9 – no longer houses any officials, only books. The …
by Manik de Silva Vijaya Chandrasoma, a not infrequent contributor to these pages, has published a selected compilation of his articles, adding an autobiographical section on his own life which the reader will see has had its many ups and downs. A wry sense of humour and an ability for self-deprecation in the pages dealing […]
by A. Patabendige This year is the 60th anniversary of the notorious attempted coup d’etat in SL. Jayantha Somasunderam and DBS Jeyraj have attempted to revive media interest in it for whatever reason. It would otherwise have been forgotten. Some facts however appear to be distorted even now. Their combined efforts refer to it as […]
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