By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. ƒ”š‚ Ranil Wickremasinghe the Leader of the Opposition has said that India should help us to restore development in the North. He begs for India’s support. He has also said that India should help us in our agriculture. He states, referring to the liberated North, that :”ƒ”š‚ until the region returns to […]

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Geethanjana Kudaligamage Rajapakse, regional politics, “Eurocentric Developmentalism”ƒ”š‚ and the western hegemony (Part 14-) As I was writing this article, the 18th amendment was pending to be submitted before the parliament for approval. Other than some NGOs and some opposition political parties, there is no significant public participation in opposing this move. The silence of the […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  September 8, 2010 ƒ”š‚  The Editor(Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚  Sir: ƒ”š‚  “One more boatload of Tamils: expert”ƒ”š‚ is on its wayƒ”š‚ to Canadaƒ”š‚ you said.ƒ”š‚  This is insane, when Sri Lanka has been theƒ”š‚ most amazing success story in recent history where Tamil refugees areƒ”š‚ returning […]

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– Kumar Moses ƒ”š‚  There are those who support the 18-Amendment and those who oppose. Have you noticed that most of those who oppose it and the few who vehemently oppose it are anti-Sri Lankans? When people like P Saravanamuttu, Rohan Edirisingha, Basil Fernando, Tisaranee Gunasekera, Rohini Hensman, Suresh Premachandran oppose anything, at face value, […]

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