But Challenges Abound! by Mohamed Harees, Colombo Telegraph, November 12, 2024 Lukman Harees The largest lie of all—that the country depended on the elite rulers, benefits from their rule, and owes them silent loyalty entirely collapsed. The historic election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the President of Sri Lanka on September 21st was indeed the beginning of… Read more »
The Will to Freedom
An Inside View of Tamil Resistance by Adele Balasingham, London, October 6, 2001 Front Cover Maps Photos Introduction 1 New Horizons 2 Inside The Tigers’ Den 3 Turbulent Times in India 4 The Indo LTTE War 5 Hunted By The Indian Army 6 Premadasa – LTTE Talks 7 Living amid War in Jaffna 8 Tribulations in Vanni Post Script Annexure Abbreviations Back Cover… Read more »
On the Garbled View of Bhagavad Gita Lines (Sloga) 4:13
by Sachi Sri Kantha, November 10, 2024 Prelude Early this month, I read the opinion of my long time intellectual adversary Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole on whom Eelam Tamils should vote for the forthcoming parliamentary elections of Nov 14th, in the Colombo Telegraph (Nov. 1st) [https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-north-east-caste-perspective-promoting-an-npp-federal-party-coalition/ ] Of course, he is entitled for his view. But,… Read more »
North East Sri Lanka 2024 Parliamentary Votes
NE Nov 2024 parliamentary votes [PDF], source unknown Graphics below by: By Furfur – Presidential election 2024, election.adaderana.lk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152985447
The Tamil Nadu Model of Doing Business
From EVs to gorilla glass, the southern state bags marquee investments by Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg News India Edition Newsletter, October 3, 2024 This week: The Gujarat model may soon be replaced by Tamil Nadu, an excellent monsoon and Bengaluru’s new neighbor. Tamil Nadu vs. Vietnam It’s raining investments in Tamil Nadu, as the state nets… Read more »
MGR Remembered – Part 78
Indira’s Chikmagalur and Thanjavur Imbroglio by Sachi Sri Kantha, November 4, 2024 Chronological record of political activities by Indira Gandhi MGR Karunanadhi 1977-1979 Fellow MGR biographer R. Kannan’s thoughts about the contents in Part 77 of this series (received on Sept 14), were as follows: “ I enjoyed reading part 77 of the MGR series,… Read more »
SLCPJ: A New Era?
An Analysis of the Sri Lankan Elections and the Implications for Truth and Justice by Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, London, October 27, 2024 The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election marked a pivotal moment in the country’s political landscape and in geopolitics, with Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) / National People’s… Read more »
SLCPJ: Thirty Years of Failure
Sri Lanka’s Domestic Accountability and Human Rights Processes by Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice, London, December 2022 SLCPJ 2022-Dec-Failure-of-Domestic-Accountability-Mechanisms A brief overview of Sri Lanka’s history of domestic accountability and human rights processes, from 1989 to the present day. Introduction Whenever the possibility of an international investigation of human rights violations is raised,… Read more »
Out with the Old, In with the New – for Tamils Too
Sri Lanka elections by Mario Arulthas, Tamil Guardian, London, October 28, 2024 Sri Lanka’s so-called “political earthquake” saw the election of a president from outside the traditional political elites for the first time. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s election, while an obvious upset and challenge to the ruling elite, promises to maintain some of the more embedded, structural… Read more »
Marco Polo and the Puzzle of a Point Pedro Port Landing
by Sachi Sri Kantha, October 30, 2024 Prelude Previously I had presented my view on Venician explorer Marco Polo’s (1254-1324) visit to medieval Eelam. [https://sangam.org/marco-polos-visit-to-medieval-eelam/]. This is a first sequel, to commemorate Marco Polo’s 700th death anniversary, which passed by on January 9th this year. Where did Marco Polo and his party land in ‘Seilan’? First… Read more »
Memory Wars
Sri Lankan diaspora in Canada grapples with how to honour those lost in civil war by Stephen Khan, The Conversation International, Australia, October 27, 2024 Last August, a foundation stone laying ceremony was held in Brampton, Ont. for a Tamil genocide monument in the city. The memorial’s architectural design was selected from among 100,000 submissions and finalized by… Read more »
JVP Always Denied Eezham Tamils’ Inalienable Self-determination
Anthropology scholar by TamilNet, Norway, September 21, 2024 The JVP has recently lent itself to US efforts to consolidate the unitary state and realise its long-held ambition to capture state power in Colombo. In this regard, they have also engaged with a range of actors, from the IMF, Washington, and New Delhi, as well as… Read more »
The Genesis of the Sri Lankan Unitary State
and the Call for Eelam Tamil Self-Determination by Sahithyan Thilipkumar, December 2023 Master Thesis at University of Zurich’s Faculty of Law Master_Thesis_Sahithyan_Thilipkumar_ZORA 6. Conclusion Contemporary discussions on the conflict in Sri Lanka often start with the country’s independence or the beginning of the war. My thesis examined how the basis of the conflict was laid… Read more »
Sri Lanka’s Genocide Against Tamils
by Ottawa Tamil Association & Bramption Tamil Association, November 26, 2019? Sri LankasGenocideAgainstTamils_ Booklet
BTF: President Elect – the Challenge Faced by Tamil Nation
by British Tamils Forum, October 4, 2024 BTF press release re 2024 presidential election FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President elect — the challenge faced by Tamil nation. Forge a strategic alliance and face any future democratic process unitedly When the nation has been struggling under the regime of successive nefarious governments, the arrival of the newly… Read more »
The 2024 Winds of Change Have Not Yet Reached Southern Lanka
By Gogol G. on his/her blog ‘Voices from Exile,’ October 2, 2024We’re 3/4 of the way through the year of 2024. The year 2024 was considered the biggest year for democratic elections in the world. Not all elections are free and fair societies, so the real questions were/are how the elections of India, France, UK, European Union… Read more »
Washington’s Mixed Messages
Tamil Guardian editorial, October 12, 2024 It has been a week of mixed messaging from Washington on Sri Lanka. In Geneva on Wednesday, the United States as a leading member of the Core Group, successfully led a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on accountability for war crimes and called for an end to impunity… Read more »
Why Did Tamils & Muslims 0f the North & East Reject JVP-Led Alliance?
by Imtiyaz Razak, Colombo Telegraph, September 30, 2024 Introduction Sri Lanka’s recently concluded 9th presidential elections culminated in a notable victory for the Marxist JVP, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who secured the presidency after a second ballot count. The election results underscore a significant electoral divide: while a majority of Southern Sinhala-Buddhists rallied behind… Read more »
From Sachi’s File – Chapter 24
A Published Note on Ptolemy’s Taprobana Map by C. Suntharalingam by Sachi Sri Kantha, October 4, 2024 Front Note by Sachi Due to my protracted literature foraging activities on missed items by eminent bibliographer Henry Ian Goonetilleke (1922-2003), on Ceyloniana, recently I was able to locate a research note by mathematician Chellappah Suntharalingam (1895-1985) that… Read more »
Stupidity, Not Corruption, Crashed Our Economy
by Daniel Alphonsus on his Substack, October 6, 2024 Jail the corrupt and bring our money back! This is the cry of our times. It rings from the four corners of the island and echoes across the usual divisions of race, religion, language and class. For our woes were caused by corruption, and redemption will… Read more »