by T. Sabaratnam, July 11, 2004 Weekly Review Wednesday noon suicide bomb blast in the heart of Colombo has sent shock waves among Sri Lanka’s business men and has made the common man worry about the country’s fragile peace process. “We hope that it is only an isolated incident,” was the common prayer of the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2004
Building Peace on Shifting Sands!
By V Gunaratnam, July 11, 2004 Try building peace on shifting sands. That’s what the Tamils and the LTTE are being asked to do with the Sri Lanka government. Ranil Wicremesinghe laid the groundwork for the peace process, and things were taking shape for negotiations to start on the ISGA when Chandrika Kumaratunga took power… Read more »
The Present Crisis: A Way Out
By Jayadeva Uyangoda, The Daily Mirror, Colombo, July 9, 2004 Sri Lanka’s peace process has now reached an unmistakable turning point. The Wednesday’s suicide explosion in Kollupitiya should not be allowed to mark itself as the beginning of a new process of low-intensity war. Without any further delay, President Kumaratunga’s government should take new political… Read more »
Sri Lanka’s Covert Military Activities in Maddakalappu
by R. Shan Former Maddakalapu –Amparai LTTE women wing leader Nilavini went to Colombo with Karuna, escaped and rejoined LTTE in Maddakalapu. Speaking to the BBC Tamil service on Sunday( 20/6/04) she said: “Initially we were all together in Colombo under Sri Lanka n Army(SLA). Later Karuna moved to a separate place.” She and four… Read more »
Dissecting the April 2004 General Election Voting in Jaffna District
by Sachi Sri Kantha, July 6, 2004 Perfidy of Bhairavan’s clones Many Tamil movie fans would remember the signature role of ace comedian K.A.Thangavelu – that of a phony writer named Bhairavan – in the popular tear-jerker Kalyana Parisu (1959), directed by C.V.Sridhar. On returning home with a garland he had bought from a flower shop, and… Read more »
Pirapaharan 2, Chapter 9: The Indira Doctrine
By: T. Sabaratnam, July 6, 2004 (Volume 2) India’s Solution The Sixth Amendment produced two immediate results. Firstly, Indira Gandhi made her second telephone call within 12 hours of its passage. Secondly, the TULF decided the next day, 6 August, to quit parliament and take refuge in India. These results had a profound effect on… Read more »
TNA’s Thrust in Parliament
PRESENTATION By Hon. R. Sampathan, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT, AT THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL LUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL TAMIL FOUNDATION UNITED KINGDOM on June 27, 2004 Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured by the invitation extended to me by the International Tamil Foundation, to make a presentation to you on the occasion… Read more »
Sri Lanka Scene: Sinhala Chauvinism Raises its Head
By: T. Sabaratnam, July 3, 2004 Norwegian special envoy Erik Solheim returned to Colombo this (Wednesday) afternoon with the difficult task of saving the 2-year-old ceasefire agreement which the new government had put under severe strain. Tiger political chief S. P. Thamilchelvan told Solheim and Colombo-based Norwegian envoy Hans Brattskar who met him at Kilinochchi… Read more »