Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 10, 2008	Will there be a youth uprising?
A friend of mine commenting on my post about youth participation on the BB blog , contests my view that economic liberalization in Sri Lanka has made youth uprisings unlikely. She writes, Economic Liberalization still remains, sadly, the dominion of cities & certain strata of society...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  May 27, 2008	Victim, eye-witness and first responder accounts of Dehiwela train blast
For more videos visit the Vikalpa YouTube Channel . Similar Posts: Prabakaran’s Role in Tamil National Struggle: Interview with Shanthi Sachithanandan Present situation in Jaffna: A video interview in English and Sinhala Lionel Bopage: Evolution of the LTTE and...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  May 22, 2008	Jaffna: Retrospect and Prospect
Most of what I reveal below has been lying concealed in my notes and diaries deposited in the Government Achieves. I have decided to focus on them out of my belief that they may throw some light as we grope through the darkness covering our arduous trek towards national reconciliation. Read...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 11, 2008	Terrorists and Government win in the rigged Eastern Polls
It seems the Pillayan group(TMVP) a break away (still-armed) group of the Karuna faction a break away faction of the LTTE , who contested under the government's election symbol and patronage seems to have won the elections in the Eastern province after reports of ballot stuffing, voter...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 29, 2008	What is the solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka?
Any satisfactory answer to this question must examine, and consider the root causes for this problem; however, the solution must be sensitive to the numerous complexities brought about by the conflict itself. In the case of Sri Lanka, it would be naive examine this problem from a purely pre-1983...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 28, 2008	Doesn’t she have the right to live with her daughter?
My mother in law, age 55 is from Kalliyaddy, Mannar, (an LTTE controlled area) came to live with her daughter, who is married to me in Sinnakarishal, Pesalai on 15.01.08. Kalliyady is in LTTE controlled area with around 500 families. Life there has been extremely difficult for her and during the...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 25, 2008	Going home…
This video was filmed approximately two and half hours after the bomb exploded on a crowded bus at a bus-stop in Piliyandala, near Colombo, in Sri Lanka . There was a mobile phone ringing inside the bus. Earlier today the Sri Lankan military secured the Madhu in Mannar. The LTTE are being...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 21, 2008	How close is Sri Lanka to ending the war with the LTTE?
Compared to a year ago, how close is Sri Lanka to ending the war with the LTTE? ( polls ) Similar Posts: What Is The Future Of The Eastern University? Poll: What does the Minister of Special Projects do? Update From Trinco Looking back, looking forward: A brief chat...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 19, 2008	Violating the Madhu Sancuary - Some brief thoughts
Image courtesy Mannar Diocese website   The sacred shrine of Madhu is being violated. What right has the LTTE to encroach on the Pilgrim Reservation Area gazetted under the Pilgrimage Ordinance in 1982? The LTTE has violated International Conventions relating to War in...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 19, 2008	From the tiger’s den to an open prison
If we knew the government will put us in an open prison, we would not have come, it would have better to die in the Vanni” Man being held in Kallimoddai after fleeing Vanni to “cleared” areas Last year, I had helped a boy from Killinochi who was arrested in Pettah and...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	Jeyaraj, RIP
I already said this is one bad year for for MPs and it seems more so for MPs in the Gampaha District in Sri Lanka. Jayaraj Fernandopulle, the minister of Commerce and strongman of the SLFP has been a target of the LTTE for sometime now, it's generally believed that the claymore mine which...... [view]