Articles – 2011

December, 2011

  1. SL’s Ghosts of War
  2. Timeline Winter/Spring 2009
  3. TNA Statement on LLRC
  4. USTPAC: LLRC Flawed, Intl Investigation Urgent
  5. No More Excuses
  6. AFTA: Refer to ICC
  7. Amnesty, HRW Response to LLRC
  8. Justice Wigneswaran Interview
  9. TCHR: Chronology
  10. Profit Motive & Natl Security
  11. Burma: Offer Minorities Cannot Refuse
  12. Prabakaran’s Tigers & Mandela’s Spears 2
  13. Land Issues in North
  14. SL & the Responsibility to Protect
  15. Asia’s New Battlefield
  16. Tsunami Recovery: Ethnic & Regional
  17. Prabakaran’s Tigers & Mandela’s Spears
  18. TNA Statement Dec. 3, 2011
  19. GoSL Gave Orders
  20. Senate Letter re Militarization & Accountability
  21. Gaza’s Food Heritage

November, 2011

  1. Pulmoddai Mineral Sands
  2. Police & Army in SL
  3. TIC: Create an Authoritative Record of Casualties
  4. ITS Statement on Tamilar Sangamam
  5. ‘Torture, Power, Democracy’
  6. ‘In My Mother’s House’
  7. ‘The Sri Lanka Reader’
  8. ‘Pathways of Dissent’
  9. Biafra’s Ojukwu Dies
  10. Real Lessons of SL War
  11. Prabakaran Bibliography 3
  12. Aryan Theory 4
  13. Fear & Loathing in SL
  14. NORAD: Pawns of Peace
  15. TIC: Political Prisoners
  16. Sampanthan Speech in Canada
  17. Sumanthiran Interview in Canada
  18. Still Torturing Tamils
  19. Freedom from Torture Report
  20. Serious Concerns in NE
  21. Critical Situation of the Tamil People
  22. Fonseka’s 2010 Programme
  23. Major Dam on Yan Oya
  24. British Demarcation of the Tamil Homeland
  25. Coast Under Threat of Climate Change
  26. Qaddafi & Uncle Sam

October, 2011

  1. Tamizhar Sangamam 2011
  2. You Want to Track Me?
  3. Continued Militarization
  4. TN Nuclear Plants
  5. Bitter Past to Prosperous Future?
  6. Land Rights in NE
  7. Language: Power, Exclusion, Inclusion
  8. Rapporteur on Right to Food
  9. Farmers Anxieties
  10. “Colonization Canard”
  11. Steve Job’s Angle
  12. Amnesty Briefing on Torture
  13. ICJ Submission on Torture
  14. Principles of Good Governance
  15. ETA Halts Campaign
  16. ‘Women Fighters’ by Adele
  17. Press Freedom 2011
  18. Detailed Land Use Maps of Vanni
  19. US Foreign Assistance to SL
  20. US AID Fact Sheet
  21. Asylum Seekers from SL 2009-11
  22. Relocation Failures in SL
  23. SL Raises Defense Spending
  24. Animal Rights
  25. Kannadasan on MGR
  26. Empire’s Children
  27. Ten Terrifying Questions
  28. UN Rally Speech
  29. IED Statement to UNHRC
  30. Remembering Poet Kannadasan

September, 2011

  1. Archeological Sites in North
  2. Concepts & Structures of a Settlement
  3. SLMC & a Seperate Seat
  4. Lawsuit Filed Against Gen. Silva
  5. Case Filed Against President
  6. Tamils in Myanmar
  7. Amb. Kunanayakam & the PTA
  8. TAPI: Report Referral Positive Step
  9. Aryan Theory 3
  10. ICG: Progress Report
  11. HRC: Enforced Disappearances
  12. Amnesty: SL’s Rights Crisis
  13. Multilingualism & Academia
  14. Detainees & Disappearances
  15. PCs White Elephants?
  16. Sham of Lifting Emergency
  17. Law Victimizes Tamils
  18. Moment of Sorrow & Courage
  19. TNA Statement for UNHRC
  20. AI: Justice for SL Rights Crisis
  21. Only Possible Solution
  22. Three Chronologies
  23. Alternative Ramayanas
  24. Terrorism Shibboleth
  25. Colonization of the East 1990
  26. 13th Amendment: Devolution or ‘Comic Opera?’
  27. Libyan Rebels Successful?
  28. Politics of Grief
  29. Ethnic Triumphalism?
  30. Greasifying State Terror
  31. SL Replaces Emergency Powers
  32. PSC a Delaying Tactic

August, 2011

  1. ‘The Cage’
  2. TIC: More Measures Necessary
  3. The Aryan Theory 2
  4. ‘Ghosts of Belfast’
  5. Trafficking in Persons Report
  6. AI: Repressive Laws Remain
  7. Al Jazeera Visit to North
  8. Equitable Rights
  9. Ethnic Nature of NE Must Be Changed
  10. What US Businesses Must Consider
  11. NZ MPs: “Killing Fields”
  12. The Aryan Theory
  13. Role of IPKF
  14. US Country Reports
  15. Phantom Menace
  16. Mystery of the VC
  17. Review of ‘Pathways of Dissent’
  18. Space-Related Identity in SL
  19. Status of War Widows
  20. How Serious about Political Settlement?
  21. Developing the NE
  22. UN on Attacks on Schools & Hospitals
  23. JAAS: Displaced Northern Muslims
  24. Prof. Sivathamby: a personal appraisal
  25. Sampanthan Interview
  26. Two Years Later, Tamils Still Suffer
  27. TNA: Mullaitivu Resettlement
  28. Erasing Tamil Culture
  29. AHRC: Innocent Man in Detention
  30. AHRC: Police Torture
  31. ‘Finish the Job’
  32. TNA Statement on Talks re Political Solution
  33. Murali Should Speak Up
  34. The Missing Element
  35. Muslim Identity & Tamil-Muslim Relations
  36. Ban’s Never Again Moment?
  37. No Justice for ACF
  38. Report Whitewashes Abuses
  39. What South Africa Can Do
  40. Krishna Statement
  41. The SBS Industry
  42. Welikada Prison Massacre 1983
  43. ‘Extremely Violent Societies’

July, 2011

  1. Tamil Parties Make Strong Showing
  2. In Memory of V. Sivasubramaniam
  3. Remembering Mass Killings
  4. 1983 Pogrom
  5. Sampanthan Statement on Local Elections
  6. Protecting Human Rights in Sri Lanka
  7. Women Still Facing Consequences of War
  8. SL Army is Essentially Sinhalese
  9. War Crimes for Wickets
  10. Emotional Politics
  11. SL’s Post-war Dilemma
  12. CTC Calls for Free Elections
  13. Recent TNA Statements
  14. WSJ: India’s SL Problem
  15. ICG: Reconciliation Harder
  16. Interview with Amnesty’s Zarifi
  17. India in the Killing Fields
  18. Overseeing the Farm
  19. Wearing Thin

June, 2011

  1. ICG: India & Sri Lanka
  2. Amrithalingam on May-June 1981 Events in Jaffna
  3. Rajapaksa’s Core Poltical Constituency
  4. Cricket & the Killing Fields
  5. TAPI: Investigation Aids Reconciliation
  6. USTPAC Commends CM Jayalalitha
  7. UN HRC Submission
  8. Empowering Diasporas
  9. The Silence of Sri Lanka
  10. Channel 4’s ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’
  11. ‘Hela Nation Not Yet Independent’
  12. IDC Handbook on Detention Prevention
  13. Petition for a Referendum
  14. An Uninvited Speech
  15. Economic Sanctions in TN
  16. Autonomy in Music
  17. Why Pick Diaspora Pockets?
  18. “The Cage”
  19. Tamil Amnesia on History
  20. ‘Genocide Unearthed’
  21. Consensus Politics

May, 2011

  1. ‘Definitive War Crimes’
  2. 11 HR Groups Letter to Clinton
  3. Confronting the Killing Fields
  4. Pakistani Paramours
  5. Kyrgyzstan Inquiry
  6. Prabhakaran’s Liberation Struggle
  7. Barking at the Moon
  8. Jayalalitha’s First Salvo
  9. Long Overdue
  10. Why Diaspora Tamils Continue Support
  11. Amnesty: Survivors Appeal for Justice
  12. Love Amongst Tamils
  13. OCHA: Joint Humanitarian Update
  14. Aftenpost Wikileaks
  15. Too Many Rajas
  16. Harassment of Former Detainees
  17. Peace a Battle
  18. TNA Response to UN Report
  19. Exposed Core
  20. ‘Smell of Death’ Book Review
  21. The Sivarasan Cover-Up
  22. India’s Southern Promises
  23. Upcountry Tamils Recede
  24. Dare Not Criticise
  25. Power Devolution?
  26. Asst Sec Blake’s Press Conference
  27. A Second Chance
  28. 1961 Satyagraha’s 50th
  29. UN Should Do More in SL
  30. Diaspora: Difficulty & Dilemma
  31. Unity, Survival, Destination
  32. TAG: UN Panel Report

April, 2011

  1. Track Record of SL Commissions
  2. USTPAC Welcomes Report
  3. TAPI Recommends Investigation
  4. CTC Urges Meaningful Action
  5. AFTA: Panel Report
  6. US Amb Rice Statement
  7. OHCHR Urges Further Investigation
  8. Credible Reports of War Crimes
  9. UN Panel of Experts Report
  10. Panel of Experts Report Extracts
  11. WP: 40,000 Civilians Killed
  12. Rebels With a Cause
  13. Breaking the Silence
  14. UN Panel on Warcrimes- Augmenting Videos
  15. AFTA: Report Finds Allegations Credible
  16. Open Letter to Pres. Obama
  17. Sri Lanka Attacked [Tamil] Civilians – UN Panel
  18. Ethnic Cleansing in SL Armed Forces
  19. UN Report on War Crimes Accountability
  20. US Law Student Accuses Sri Lankan Leaders of War Crimes
  21. HRW on War Crime Accountability in Sri Lanka
  22. UN Policy Shift on R2P
  23. Sec Blake at HFAC
  24. SL Muslims in US
  25. Equal Rights for SL Tamils
  26. TNA Statement on Election
  27. 1971 JVP Insurgency Revisited
  28. Moving Globally Against Tigers
  29. UK Foreign Office Report
  30. TE Movement

March, 2011

  1. Look Beyond 13th Amendment
  2. Why is it Perplexing?
  3. Vanquished People
  4. Reintegration of LTTE Cadres
  5. Freedom Fighters?
  6. Land Day
  7. Tamil Activist-Journalist
  8. Security for Normalcy
  9. Hindu: ’13th Amendment Plus’
  10. Libya & R2P
  11. In Memoriam: T. Sabaratnam
  12. Making Use of Tamil Struggle
  13. VOA: Lasting Peace in SL
  14. Tribes With Flags
  15. SL: Eye of the Storm
  16. LKY: China’s Might
  17. Why Biafra Lost
  18. Riding UNESCO Horse
  19. The Diaspora Factor
  20. Amnesty: LLRC Not Accountability Process
  21. India Kept Pressure Off SL
  22. Asst Sec Blake’s Remarks
  23. What is Going on in N SL?
  24. War Ends, Women Struggle On
  25. T. Sabaratnam Passes
  26. Amnesty: SL Must Release Prisoners
  27. Amnesty PTA Campaign
  28. Amnesty: Forgotten Prisoners
  29. Ponniah’s ‘1961 Satyagraha’
  30. GWTF: Plight of Tamil Women
  31. TGTE: Brazil Urged
  32. Thirunelveali YMHA
  33. Problem with Karma
  34. Challenges of Conflict Prevention
  35. Batti Farmers Affected by Floods
  36. Cash Transfers to Vanni Families
  37. Libya’s Patient Revolutionaries
  38. Senate Resolution 84
  39. Interview with Asst Sec Blake

February, 2011

  1. Military Business Model
  2. AI: Need to Address Persistent Impunity
  3. Elegy to Parvathi Amma
  4. TGTE: UN Should Not Fail in Libya
  5. SL Muslims: Ethno-nationalism & Ummah
  6. Parvathi Amma
  7. SL Tamil Nationalism, II
  8. ICC Brief re Kohona
  9. 1961 Satyagraha’s 50th
  10. Tamil Studies Conference 2011
  11. Capacity Building in Rwanda
  12. Diaspora & Future of Tamil Struggle
  13. ‘Risky Boat People’
  14. Land System in North
  15. Tomorrow Never Comes
  16. Landmines & Land Rights
  17. Playbook for Revolution
  18. US Priorities in S Asia
  19. The India Model
  20. Flooding in SL
  21. AI: Enforced Disappearance
  22. SL: The Road Ahead
  23. The Road to Peace
  24. Northern Violence
  25. Close Encounters
  26. SL Tamil Struggle, Chap 22
  27. ‘Tiger’: A Rejoinder
  28. Encouraging Crimes
  29. Taking Tea with Torturers
  30. CPA: Supreme Court’s Ruling
  31. Japan’s Leadership Test
  32. SL Tamil Struggle, Chap 21
  33. Bank Lending & Ethnicity
  34. Quest for Dignity

January, 2011

  1. SL Leader Sued in US
  2. AFTA: Refuse HC Navy Man
  3. Why I Write
  4. Hawaii Temple
  5. War Crime Investigations of Visiting Rajapaksa Urged
  6. Death of the Tiger
  7. P. Arunachalam Memorial Oration
  8. AFTA: State Terror in North
  9. Oxford Lessons
  10. Amnesty: Investigate Pres during Visit
  11. MRG: Minorities Targets of Abuse
  12. OCHA Flood Appeal
  13. Smothering Revival
  14. SL Tamil Struggle, Chap 20
  15. Some Reflections on J & S
  16. Buchwald Humor Awards 2010
  17. Freedom 2011
  18. Review of ‘Public Writing’
  19. Breaking Up Is Good
  20. Sudan Election
  21. Hu Cometh
  22. Panel Arouses Strong Emotions
  23. Vanni People Missing
  24. Mannaar Diocese Submission
  25. Northern vs Puttlam Muslims
  26. ‘Tamil Studies in Ceylon’
  27. US Embassy Cables: Remove Chief SLMM
  28. In Sudan, a Colonial Curse
  29. Death of the Tiger
  30. US Embassy Cables: Radio Equipment
  31. US Embassy Cables: Relief Funds
  32. US Embassy Cables: Doctors Recant
  33. US Embassy Cables: Assessing Progress
  34. Cases in Point
  35. Make Peace with Tamil Diaspora
  36. Convention on Disappearances Takes Effect
  37. KP Ratnam: An Appreciation
  38. AID: Fact Sheet
  39. Ending Internal Displacement
  40. Chewing Gum for Terrorists
  41. Trinco 5 Anniversary
  42. War Against the Tamils
  43. New Year Message
  44. Concern Regarding SL
  45. India Digs In Heels
  46. Sudan’s Crisis