Memories Of H. L. D. Mahindapala
By L. Murugapoopathy H. L. D. Mahindapala, former editor-in-chief of Sri Lanka’s Sunday Observer and a renowned writer, passed away on January 30 in Colombo. I was introduced to Mahindapala by Noel Nadesan, a...
Tamby
The story of Moddeley Tamby of Jaffna deserves a place in Tamil history because he challenged the might of the Dutch who dared to diminish the power of the Vellalas – the entrenched political...
The Third Deadly Event Of The First Independence Day
Part II – continued from last Sunday It is by looking back that one can detect how coming events had cast their shadows across the political landscape in Sri Lanka on Independence Day....
Moddeley Tambi – the Father of Vellalaism
The story of Moddeley Tamby of Jaffna deserves a place in Tamil history because he challenged the might of the Dutch who dared to diminish the power of the Vellalas – the entrenched political...
President’s unique speech that defined the nation and its historic values
To understand contemporary national politics and its complex combinations and permutations it is imperative that any student of politics must first get a firm grasp of the two political cultures that divides the North...
Post-Trump America with Biden – not to mention Kamala Harris
Say what you like against Donald Trump, the man was a phenomenon. Whether the legacy he leaves behind is good or bad is a judgement that will be determined finally by those who will...
Three events of thirties that made the post-independent era — Part 1
Taking an overview of the 20th century it can be argued that the seeds of the major forces that shaped the political landscape of post-independent era were sown in the thirties. Three events in...
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s appropriate counter to Modi’s Thirteenth Amendment
Managing Indo-Sri Lanka relations is prioritised as the most important item in the agenda of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry. In fact, the Pr@|
Fires of communalism were fanned by anti-Sinhala-Buddhist ideologues
The abuse of history has been one of the major contributory factors that led to the exacerbation of the North-South relations. If our political/social scientists had balanced the mono-ethnic extremism of the North with...
What happened on August 5, 2020?
Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain – Gerard Manly Hopkins After zig-zagging under the pressures of multiple inimical forces, evolving history has once again returned to its traditional Centre...
