Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Aug 1, 2008	Have we faltered in Sri Lanka?
‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’. Edmund Burke Pictures of Sri Lankans mourning the victims of the bomb blasts in the past few months have occupied local and international press agencies; the former to a greater degree. What were once...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 30, 2008	‘Baaldhiya’ or ‘Vaaldhiya’: Two Wor(l)ds Separated by a Consonant
I don’t think I had the slightest inkling of a problem between the sinhala and tamil people in Sri Lanka, until July 1983. But I should have. In the heady days of the 1977 election, a good 13 years before I could vote, I remember my father quite nonchalantly relating a story: at some...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 28, 2008	Mano Ganesan on his experience of the anti-Tamil riots in July 1983
Member of Parliament and Convener of the Civil Monitoring Committee, Mano Ganeshan, speaks about his experiences during the anti-Tamil riots in July 1983. For more articles on July 1983, please click here . Similar Posts: Interview with Mano Ganeshan on abductions of Tamils in...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 27, 2008	Shanthi Sachithanandan on July 1983
Prominent Tamil civil society activist Shanthi Sachithanandan shares her experiences of the July 1983 anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka. For the Sinhala version of the interview, click  here and visit the  Vikalpa YouTube Channel  for more short videos on the events of July 1983. ...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 27, 2008	What's so alarming about the trade deficit? ST responds
This is probably not as a result of my earlier post on the subject, but ST economist's column today addresses the question I posed about an earlier column.... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	Civilian displacements in the Vanni
Reports coming in from sources in Kilinochchi district shows that military operations in the district have led to mass displacements of the civilian population living in the Vanni. In the past 3 weeks, approximately 9,000 families (approximately 40,000 individuals) were displaced from areas...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008	We report, You Decide Alliance.
Fox News is now on MTV Channel one . I Just watched O’Reilly Factor , which I used to follow through Fox's site earlier. It's good to see good old American-Conservatism on TV, really. Both channels are undoubtedly partisan, one on behalf of the GOP and the other one on behalf of the UNP,...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008	My Wordle
This is kinda cool . It let's you generate your own word cloud for a bunch of text. Here's mine : It generates the cloud for the current posts in the home page if you give your blog address, you can play with the colors and fonts. Here's one for Kottu : Go Play . [ Worlde...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jul 23, 2008	TNA MP Mr. R. Sampanthan remembers the events of July 1983
Tamil National Alliance MP Mr. R. Sampanthan speaks of the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983. Speaking of the “terrible experience for all Tamil people in Sri Lanka” he says that the riot was “premeditated pogrom… largely believed to be with the support of very...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 22, 2008	1983
July usually passes me by without too much notice, beyond the vague worry that there might be a Tiger attack on Colombo, and a few flashbacks to that weekend in 1983. But this time it’s been a bit different. I’ve found myself reliving that day a lot more this year. It isn’t the fact that...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 21, 2008	SAARC eviction and Property Rights
(Pic courtesy: The Daily Mirror ) In view of the SAARC summit, the Sri Lankan government decided to demolish the homes of a bunch of poor people living in 'unauthorized dwellings'. Apparently aesthetics are more important for the government than life and property of people....... [view]