Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	Much Ado about Eastern Democracy?
After one cease-fire, two formal peace talks, three wars, we wade deeper into Eelam war IV, and we’re back at square one. Or is it we never left? Over 2000 deaths post-2006. Post-tsunami, over 700,000 refugees upon a decimated Northeast bloated with bone and shades of displacement....... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jan 14, 2008	‘I want a decent Education’ – A twelve year old’s plea
The field officer was on his usual rounds… visiting camps accommodating internally displaced personnel (IDPs). A young boy trots along and asks him what he is looking for. The field officer states that he had come to look into the welfare of the people and what he could do for him. The boy...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Dec 9, 2007	TMVP Protest In Batticaloa Today
The TMVP is organizing a big protest at the Weber stadium in Batticaloa today. According to the Pillayan-led TMVP, it is against LTTE atrocities in the East and the TNA. The TMVP also wants solutions to problems faced by people being resettled in the East, for example in terms of lack of jobs,...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Oct 29, 2007	The cost of liberation…
I do not have any words to express my agony and the untold hardship that I had faced in my village during the liberation of Seelavathrai, south of Mannar by the Sri lanka Army on 01.09.04. .Having woken up to the deafening sounds of the artillery, followed by gunfire, I peeped through the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Sep 26, 2007	Karuna Leaves The Country
TMVP leader V.Muralitharan alias Karuna leaves country to Briton few days ago leaving Pillayan for TMVP administration says several sources. At the same time Moulana reappointed as TMVP spokesman in place of Mahesh. Karuna, Pillayan issue was big headache for government and other anti LTTE...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Sep 13, 2007	SMS news alerts during emergencies - The experience of JNW and the tsunami warning of 13th September 2007
Chamath Ariyadasa The coverage by the media of yesterday’s earthquake near Indonesia might be of interest to some readers, and as the editor of JNW , Sri Lanka’s first SMS news agency, I thought of penning my personal opinion and raising some issues that could be discussed...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Sep 12, 2007	Sri Lanka on tsunami alert after Indonesia quake (Updated)
12 Sep 2007 12:31:03 GMT Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday for its north, south and eastern districts following a major earthquake in Indonesia, the National Disaster Management Centre said. “We have issued a warning for the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 14, 2007	Dismissing inconvenient truths - The Divaina’s take on Groundviews
Clearly, Groundviews seems to be doing something right in highlighting the plight of IDPs and refugees in the embattled North and East of Sri Lanka through stories such as I pray God that no one in this world should face the hardships, faced by my child and me and We are nobody’s...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 8, 2007	“I pray God that no one in this world should face the hardships, faced by my child and me”
“registration” Eachchilampattai, Trincomalee Sri Lanka. IDP registration point. this young girl and her family had to flee from their village. They had to walk 36 km to reach this school where hundereds other families are accommodated following escalation of violence last month...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 28, 2007	The forgotten: Sriyanie’s story from Welikanda
ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි. අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිතුමනි විශ්ව විද්‍යාල ප‍්‍රතිපාදන කොමිසමේ සභාපතිතුමනි විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයට යෑමට...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 27, 2007	The Indo-Lanka Accord - Some reflections 20 years hence
ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුම (1987 ජූලි- 2007 ජූලි): අවස්ථාවක්ද? බලහත්කාරයක් ද? “ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුමෙහි දසවන සංවත්සරය අවස්ථාව...... [view]