By Bandu de Silva No impact of Pre-independence Indian politics On Sri Lanka’s side, the great movements that took place in the sub-continent during the pre-independent phase had little impact on the emerging island nation. A few Leftists had come under the influence of India Socialists like Jayaprakash Narayan overseas. These links were maintained to […]

S. Akurugoda Addressing the ‘Janapathi Janahamuwa’ program telecast live last week, President Rajapaksa  has said that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in connivance with a handful of powerful countries, based on wrong information, demanded  an international investigation against Sri Lanka despite the fact that the government had eradicated three decades of […]

By Charles.S.Perera  USA and its close allies who never intervened to  help Sri Lanka during the terrorism under which Sri Lanka was suffering, are very active now  after Sri Lanka on its own eliminated a ruthless terrorism.  They are not only present but interfering excessively into Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, and showing an exaggerated concern […]

By Charles.S.Perera.  United States of America is a failed State, trying to recover its lost prestige and leadership through a Hitlarian methodology to create a white hegemony in the world- to become a police state. In its blind search for power it uses human rights as a weapon, regime change as an object, arming dissenting […]

by Kalinga Seneviratne Special to The Nation ( Bangkok, Thailand) Sri Lanka’s move for international peacekeepers to intervene during its civil war is now seen as a monumental mistake by most in the country In Thailand anti-government protesters blow whistles at a Bangkok rally. Caretaker Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul recently asked the United Nations Secretary-General […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson United Sri Lanka Assn  Dear Editor,  Jan Logie  Green MP  in her maiden address to the NZ parliament on 12th of February 2012, described herself as a leftie, feminist, lesbian and admitted to ” having  gone off the rails in the past”. Sadly, really sadly her recent  call in parliament […]

Editorial The Island Former Indian Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani has said the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi created the LTTE to protect Indian interests as she believed China and Pakistan were establishing their power in Sri Lanka. He has made no revelation. That Sri Lanka got a RAW deal from India is only too […]

The UNHRC hype is not really about war crimes is it  Why would the TNA and Tamil tiger diaspora back Sri Lanka’s War time Army Commander in the elections as opposed to the President? While accusing the Government of War Crimes? The TNA and LTTE diaspora funding – was to back the former Army Commander […]

Mr. Bernard Wijeyasingha USA There are a few issues that the Tamil Diaspora are facing that will hinder their efforts of using their host nations to condemn Sri Lanka on selective human rights issues with the ultimate goal of creating Eelam using diplomacy. With each attempt of a human rights resolution the Tamil Diaspora have […]

Mr. Bernard Wijeyasingha USA Problem with Nehru’s approach that Indians recruited to foreign nations should be given citizenship follows the Colonial mentality. I doubt if Nehru would feel the same way if the British imported Africans from her African colonies into India to do the same indentured labor. If so that would make his demands […]

Mr. Bernard Wijeyasingha USA The post world war 20th century takes its roots from the Colonial era when Christian nations of Europe created empires which reshaped the world. Out of them the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and British Empires stand out. Each in its own way pushed Christian values upon the nations they subjugated. When […]

Mr. Bernard Wijeyasingha USA Problem with Nehru’s approach that Indians recruited to foreign nations should be given citizenship follows the Colonial mentality. I doubt if Nehru would feel the same way if the British imported Africans from her African colonies into India to do the same indentured labor. If so that would make his demands […]

By Paul Craig Roberts March 10, 2014 “Information Clearing House – Over the decades various administrations, seeking to improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the point that the statistics are no longer meaningful. According to Friday’s (March 7) payroll jobs report, the US economy created 175,000 new jobs in February. If you […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: As the nation prepares for the next general election, Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged all political parties to show their sincerity towards the implementation of various welfare schemes to media persons engaged in both print & electronic media. The Assam based scribes’ body also insisted on enrolling a special protection […]