04/22/2011
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Groundviews
Mrs. B. Thilagamani began her non-violent resistant activism when she was 18 years old and played a key role during the 1961 Satyagraha Campaign. During the Satyagraha Campaign, Sri Lankan Armed Forces (SLAF) brutally retaliated against non-violent campaigners. In their terror campaign of 18 April 1961, Thilagamani was sprayed with SLAF tear gas and her sari was partly burnt. Today, 18 April 2011, marks her 50 symbolic years in non-violent activism.
02/10/2011
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Daily News
Jaffna boasts of a number of national heritage sites and we should pay special attention to this, said National Heritage Minister Jagath Balasuriya. The Minister was addressing a five-day conference at Jaffna recently.
07/28/2010
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Daily Mirror
The month of July is a pertinent time to talk about communal politics and their impact on Sri Lanka. Finally at the end of three-decade-old war the country has arrived at a much desired juncture that must move away from past mistakes. These include revisiting the Black July, the origins of the war or the ethnic cleansing carried out under the leadership of Prabhakaran. These must only serve to facilitate a healing process that understands the devastation of ethnic politics.
07/03/2010
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TamilNet
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) which has been systematically razing to the ground without any traces the Heroes Resting Homes (HRHs) of fallen Liberation Tigers in the North has obliterated Kodikaamam HRH and erected a big SLA base in its place, sources in Thenmaraadchi said. Ellaangku’lam HRH in Udupiddi in Vadamaraadchi had been already destroyed without any trace and the premises converted into an SLA base, the sources added.
05/19/2010
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TransCurrents
It is with dismay that I read the news report on the front page of The Island of Thursday, May 6th, titled’ ‘TRAITORS SHOULD BE GIVEN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT’, with an inset that ‘Defence Secretary Rajapaksa says the LTTE rump is exploring every avenue to avenge Prabhakaran’s killing on the banks of the Nanthikadal lagoon last May’.