By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.Former Government Agent, Matara District ƒ”š‚ A bomb blast in a Norway office block gutted it with fire. A few minutes later a gun man opened fire on a youth congregation and this left 94 dead. Many are yet missing. ƒ”š‚ Retribution does come- sometimes in driblets and at times delayed and that is […]

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– Kumar Moses North-East Tamils said no to development and cooperation and instead voted for racism. Tamil racist political parties – TNA and TULF won most LG bodies in the north and in all Tamil majority areas in the east where the election was held. TNA canvassed on a platform of ultra Tamil racism and […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚© 2011 Professor of mass communications emeritusƒ”š‚ at Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ The five elements in the mainstream/ Western news paradigm began to take shape in 19th century America. Penny papers emerged as a cheap source with coverage of crime, tragedy, adventure and gossip. The inverted pyramid structure of writing news became […]

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Mahinda Gunasekera Honorary President ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ By E-mail July 24, 2011 ƒ”š‚ Hon. Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway Oslo, Norway ƒ”š‚ Hon. Jens Stoltenberg, ƒ”š‚ Deepest Sympathies on the Tragic Loss of Life ƒ”š‚ We write to convey our deepest sympathies on the tragic loss of life in the City of Oslo and Utoya island caused by senseless violence […]

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Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya Melbourne Minister for Messing Small Nations! Norway Erik Solheim ƒ”š‚ I am immensely disappointed that you were deprived of joining your bosom Terrorist General Velupulle Prbakaran in Hell! You under the pretext of a Peace moderator sent the best in the business of war strategy as instructors abusing the Diplomatic immunity to train the […]

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Dr Hector Pereraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  London Ventilation This is a gift we have; with or without your knowledge we understand certain things only by smell but not the common dangerous killer, carbon monoxide. When we cook, methane gets combusted in oxygen to form carbon dioxide. If less air is available for burning methane, then it is possible […]

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ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Claude Fernando,Brampton, Canada. ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  It’s a significant milestone of Venerable Pannasara Thera of Brampton Buddhists Mission Centre, to have an opportunity toƒ”š‚  open”Canadapura”ƒ”š‚Children’s village on July 10th 2011. ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Indeed!ƒ”š‚  Dream came true. His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksha was the eminent guest who participated that exceptional moment with others to declare open this social […]

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Ratanapala For over 30 years Sri Lanka suffered at the hands of the Racist Tamil Tiger Terrorist called the LTTE, buttheƒ”š‚  Lynch Mob calIed International Community always justified the terror in Sri Lanka as those due to unspecified Tamil Grievancesƒ”š‚  or Aspirations and discriminations by the majority Sinhala Buddhists. The fact that terrorism is not […]

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