07/11/2010
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Sunday Leader
The buzz word in the political lexicon of the Sinhalese in the past weeks has been ‘Sovereignty’ — Swaireebawaya (in Sinhala). We say Sinhalese because Tamils have ceased to speak on politics for quite sometime. Political sovereignty — as anyone who ventures to discover its precise meaning, will find a bewildering number of definitions. The closest interpretation of our ardent defenders of sovereignty is: The right of a nation to defend its national interests free from external interference.
06/24/2010
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Earth Times
Colombo – The Sri Lankan government Thursday declared thatit would refuse visas for UN panel members appointed to investigatealleged human rightsabuses during the civil war against Tamil rebels.
06/13/2010
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Sunday Times
So here we are, caught once again in the debilitating cross fire of international calls for a war crimes investigation on the one hand and on the other, (internally) by the misdeeds of a remarkably conscienceless administration. Is this a vicious circle that we can never free ourselves from? This question attracts discussion at several different levels.