𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

Desecration or destroying a place of worship of any religion is sacrilegious. It is even more sacrilegious when a Cemetery is desecrated. What happened in the Auschwitz concentration camp yesterday is despicable. Whether it is a simple case of theft or politically motivated act, the authorities will have to find out soon. Many restored to such acts when they have miserably failed to prove their own hypothesises with hard facts than fictional ones. History cannot be obliterated or changed to propagate ones’ own political agendas by destroying or desecrating historical sites. Some historical facts are very stubborn and hard to swallow to many but unless you have learn to live with those facts and take guidance from the lessons learnt, then only they would be able to move forward in pursuit of whatever. But by opting to take the low road of vandalism, only exposes what you are really made of and the history would also not be very kind to such perpetrators too. Sasanka De Si...

Knowing the truth very well, neither Bush nor Karzai flinched. Maradona had the audacity to call it “Hand of God”. History is littered with such incidents in every spheres of life. So why call Thierry Henry as “Le Cheat”. The moral of the incident is “You cheat You will” and if you do not, then you are a looser. Stop calling people names. It is our own individual choice to decide to which camp you wanted to be belonged to.

The life sentence handed down yesterday in Canada on Desire Munyaneza for the war crimes he committed in Rwanda would, I am sure send a clear messages to many. After his killing spree, he went to Canada and sought political asylum and it was granted without any back ground checks. This is not a new phenomenon in Canada or in the west. Anyone who manages to reach their boarders and claims that he or she is being prosecuted in his or her country, because of their ethnicity or any other reason, those countries are happy to oblige. There are thousands and more who have either actively participated or have helped in various other ways in mass killings, genocides and other war crimes are still hiding behind in Canada and the West, milking their systems on the guise of seeking asylum. The mass rallies held, hungers strikes and havocs caused in those countries during the latter part of the three decade old war in Sri Lanka, where a democratically elected government was fighting a bu...

Boat loads of people are stranded in some parts of the world trying to reach countries which are economically prosperous. If the figures reported in some of the press are correct, the people now stranded in Indonesia have promised to pay or have already paid the smugglers in excess of two million American Dollars for the passenger of 250 people. This translates in to over a million Sri Lankan Rupees for each head, which is a very large sum of money for someone like me who is presently employed in the Gulf even. Looking at the pictures it is evident that the average family cluster on that boat is about four per family. I was wishing if I can raise that kind of money (Rupees 4 million), not to pay some slave trader but to start up something of my own back in Sri Lanka. Some may try to take political advantage on the predicament of those people still stranded on those boats. These people neither political nor economic asylum seekers but a bunch fools who always believe that th...

Ever since man decided that the only way to achieve a solution to a dispute between two of them is to take up arms, the rules of engagement have changed. They have evolved in a much slower pace that one would be able to keep abreast with it and be prepared for any eventuality. However, the 9/11 incident has changed the whole scenario. What is going on around in many parts of the world today are sufficient ample examples of the changes that have taken place in the rules of engagement. The conventional wisdom and the old school rules of engagement become lead weights, especially when a country where democracy prevails tries to fight off a terrorist outfit, threatening the stability of the country as well as in the region. The terrorists have only one objective and that is to terrorize and they would go to any extent to achieve their objective. Unless the democratically elected governments change their tactics and approach to the issue of how to deal with the terrorists, the hope of havi...

Where is ethnic cleansing? Written by a Sri Lankan, but the true author is unknown but the facts given below are 100% accurate. Hence, decided to publish this in my Blog, so the World can stumble on it and get the correct picture . Tamils – How many Tamils are employed in southern Sri Lankan companies? (See the number of high caliber Tamils in Sri Lankan banking sector, see hotel trade, film trade and other industries) Do they experience any hardship professionally due to ethnicity? If so, how come they hold such high positions? See how many Tamil kids are getting educated in International schools? They have outnumbered other ethnicities. Royal college has Tamil medium, DS has Tamil medium. So many Sinhala major government schools have Tamil medium and they share equal opportunities. How many Tamil major schools have Sinhala medium? Private schools like St. Thomas, Trinity etc have quite a large number of Tamil students. Travel to Wellawatte, Dematagoda, Deh...

This letter appeared in one of the Dailies in this regieon (Khaleej Times) today. Sri Lanka’s Pledge 22 September 2009 The world Tamil community and human rights groups are suspicious of the new Sri Lankan pledge to resettle about 280,000 civilians with over 60,000 children within this year, citing that this could be another attempt by the authorities to satisfy IMF loan conditions and European Union. The notable difference between the Swat Valley relocation and the Sri Lankan crisis is the level of participation of international organisations which have expertise on the projects of similar nature. In Sri Lanka, the conduct of war and the incidents following the war were carried out in complete media blackout, and aid agencies were expelled. The areas from where the civilians were herded during the two-year war is said to be going through a major change, demographically. 
 In Kilinochchi district 
 alone, the buildings of cultural importance to Tamils have been demolished and replace...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) securing a majority in the Vauniya district election is a worrying sign. The TNA was the LTTE terrorist’s puppet and pseudo democratic voice in the past and even after the terrorists were defeated completely, why and how they managed to secure the majority is something the authorities have to dig in and find out soon. The authorities will also have to keep a very close eye on their (Tigers in sheep’s cloths) activities from now on or they will again try to take us back 30 more years. The ruling alliance’s win in the Jaffna district was something that was expected, after all what the present government did to liberate the peace loving Tamils from the terrorist’s dictatorial fist. Some pro terrorist commentators were trying to link this magnificent win in Jaffna to the recent lifting of fishing ban in the north and east as the main livelihood in Jaffna, according to them was fishing. The terrorist for sure and perhaps some of those commentator...

Getting the self appointed LTTE leader, Selvarajah Pathmanathan also known as KP by the Sri Lankan authorities in Malaysia is a great achievement and this would be the last nail on the Eelam coffin. This also proves another important point that the peace loving international community is still behind the democratically elected Sri Lankan government. Until the biggest murderer was killed, many in the Diaspora, languishing comfortably in many developed countries supported the idea of achieving Eelam only by military means and the following day many have changed their tune and prefer to enter the democratic means. KP , a man with blood on his hand is one of them. Unfortunately this opportunity was given to them many times in the past by many Sri Lankan governments but all what they did was go back on their words and restored to military option. I am sure getting KP in a foreign land by the Sri Lankan authorities would send a loud and clear message to those who are languishing i...

With the crushing of the LTTE militarily recently, the local Medias are in a dilemma now of not knowing as to what to do to attract readers and viewers in numbers to them like the final few days of the battle. The war was a curse for the country as a whole but for few it was a blessing. The media too benefitted immensely during that time. Now the war is over and development works that were moving at a snail pace would pick up wind and the benefits’ would trickle down soon to where they are mostly needed. Despite the calm and the promise for a better tomorrow, there is one illegal business still flourishing in Sri Lanka. Human smuggling is a very lucrative business and those who have ventured in to it were benefitted and made millions during the war times. This was another venture funded with blood money by the LTTE with two broad intentions in mind. Knowingly or unknowingly, many of the “Anti LTTE” and “Anti War” people too have got involved in such activities that have ...

My sympathies are with the people of Pakistan for having being subjected to endure atrocities in that magnitude day after day. However, you can take courage and solace from the recent Sri Lankan experience that any terrorist can be defeated, if you stick together as one. But my only word of caution is to beware of those international agencies that have lately taken moral high grounds and started calling for investigations in to human rights violations and war crimes, when a country is engage in a battle with a bunch of terrorists. In fact, the real violators and perpetrators’ of such heinous crimes are only found in the lands, where most of such frequent calls are coming from. Some of the officials who are going places and pledging so many because the talk is cheap but unfortunately none is yet to be able to show to the world that they can even   “Walk their talks” as well. Take the case of Sri Lanka’s recent victory against a bunch of terrorists who had been dubbed as the mo...

For the majority of those who are living in Sri Lanka and abroad the war is finally over. When the final victory was announced, people spontaneously came out on to streets to celebrate. Though it was tersely reported in many international Medias, among them were many Tamils living in and around cities too have voluntarily joined the frolicking crowds. They too lit crackers, cried, laughed, sang, danced and enjoyed communally cooked “Kiri Bath” and “Lunu Miris”, with the other merrymakers. An identical incident happened, some years back but that too was only reported tersely. When the Indo-Lanka peace treaty was announced in 1987, the Tamils who were living then in the north of the country too came out in thousands on to streets to celebrate, when they heard that one of the preconditions of the treaty is to, all armed Tamil groups to surrender their arms. All groups were surprised and only a few were annoyed and angered. I do not think that I need to go in to details of what happened a...

Just before I sat down to write, the familiar and stirring tune of the beloved song “Puthune Me Ahaganna Puthune” echoed through my mind, its gentle melody tugging at the heartstrings. And I thought, why not begin with a song and perhaps end with one too? In the grand scale of the world, Sri Lanka is but a small island, just over 25,000 square miles in size, home to less than three percent of the global population. Yet, if someone were to ask you what our island’s greatest contribution to the world has been, this is what we must proudly say: We did what many thought impossible. We militarily defeated a terrorist organization on the battlefield—a group once feared and described as one of the most ruthless and invincible forces in the modern world. It was a battle hard-fought, and ultimately, a victory well-earned. We, the people of Sri Lanka, have shown the world that with political will, decisive leadership, and the courage of a dedicated armed force , any nation, big or small, ca...

Yesterday, they were pinning their hopes on Miliband and Kouchner to rescue their terror outfit and its leaders. But today, they started pelting Miliband with eggs and other projectiles when they heard that their leaders were killed by the triumphant Sri Lankan Army when they were trying to flee with their tails between their legs. What happened to their much prescribed and infamous Cyanide capsule? Not only Miliband is young, brash and inexperienced but unimaginably naïve too to believe a bunch of terrorist and their acolytes and supporters for his own political survival. Perhaps, Miliband and other western leaders are conveniently unaware of, who these terrorists really are and what they are made of, but it is not a secret to any Sri Lankan. Those Podians, first turned their gun on their own senior peoples those who gave them the much needed initial emotional support. Then they turned them on the very country that provided them safe refuge, monetary support and terror tra...

Tonight, I go to bed with a very peaceful mind, knowing well that from now on, my family will  be safe in Sri Lanka and Bomb blasts and suicide bombings will only be a thing in the past. I consider we have been lucky to have narrowly escaped two incidents in the past. First, when a bomb exploded on the Air Lanka flight at the Katunayake Airport and then Brigadier Paramee Kulathunge’s life was taken by a suicide bomber in Kottawa. But some families have not been so lucky and many of their loses and scarifies are unimaginable. However, today we all can take solace and have a big sigh of relief, knowing well that the bloody war is finally over. Wesak is a very important as well as an auspicious month both historically and religiously for the Sri Lankans and with the latest military achievement; I think it is most appropriate to name it as the “Month of Renaissance”.   Sasanka De Silva, Blogging from Oman.

I am in complete agreement with everyone saying that there is a catastrophic humanitarian situation is unfolding in the North-east of Sri Lanka. Interestingly, some of the international aid agencies and the states backing them are still calling the government to allow them unimpeded access to those areas. Those international aid agencies, for more than two decade have had an unimpeded access to those areas but what have they done during that time and who is really responsible for the present crisis are the questions only they   themselves have to provide answers? Unfortunately, what I cannot fathom is that how they are going to resolve this issue, which they have stealthily but greatly contributed to expand to this kind of unimaginable proportion. First, with their backing and blessings managed to secure safe refuge in their backers’ territories to many murderers who had been waging a war against a democratically elected government. Then they started not only by providing tho...

The Wesak celebration is just a couple of days away and it is the most revered and celebrated day in the Sri Lankan calendar. It marks the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of the Gautama Buddha. Amidst the very chaotic situation in a narrow strip of sandy land in the northeast of the country, this day will give all of us an ideal opportunity to ponder on some of the teachings of the Exalted one. One of his teachings that come to my mind is that “Hatred will not cease hatred, love will” . More than six decades ago, former Sri Lankan President Late Mr. J.R. Jayewardene (then he was a Minister in the government of Ceylon) used exactly the same quote in San Francisco to plea clemency for Japanese people, after their defeat in the Second World War. His plea was not gone unheeded and I am sure that no one today will regret the decisions taken at that summit. “A tooth for tooth and an Eye for eye” sort of justice system was imposed on us, more than five hundred years ago...

The LTTE terrorists have hitherto been dubbed as the most feared and invincible fighters in the world But when cornered from all sides and after losing 2/3 of the forcibly held human shield, the invincibility has evaporated and now turning to western powers’ to help, at lease to prolong the impending sure defeat until if they can find an escape route. Mind you that this is a banned terrorist organization even in most of the western countries, yet they still manage to carry out their nefarious activities in those countries without impunity. How and why are very interesting questions? Knowing the answers fully to those questions, I strongly believe that those powers will soon use all their economic might to twist the arms of the Sri Lankan government to help a banned terrorist organization this time around too. Despite their openly declared desire to see that all forms of terrorism is to be wiped out in all corners of the world, when it comes to money, such lofty principals are...

First, they started hacking innocent civilians who were trying to flee from their side to the government side. And now they have started hacking government and other Sri Lankan websites giving correct picture to the rest of the world of the ongoing situation in the north east of Sri Lanka. What is it that the terrorist, their acolytes and sympathizers living in developed countries are so much afraid of and do not want the rest of the world to know? Like General C.H. Grosvenor once said, “Figures won’t lie but liars will figure”. 

At least the Canadian Federal minister for Immigartion seems to have a backbone . He has said the demonstraors are carrying an LTTE flag and the Government of Canada does not talk to terrorists. Well said & well done minister. I wish a lot more western politicians were like him. Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenny lost his cool yesterday, when 5,000 tamil protestors blocked all roads to Canada's parliament at Ottawa, carrying flags with the LTTE Logo.     When the media requested him to speak to the protesters, this was what he replied,     I have nothing to say to them. They are a bunch of terrorists only , if not they would not be carrying flags with the Tiger logo. They should be carrying black flags,  if they are really mourning for their kith and kin and they should be asking the Tamil Tigers to surrender to the victorious Sri Lankan Army immediately without any preconditions and save the lives of the tamil civilians still held by the terrorist as a Human shield,...

It was interesting to read the comments made by the visiting foreign ministers from France and the United Kingdom, after their failed mission to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. They claim, this was requested to help the innocent civilians but many of us know that their modus operandi. It was definitely not to help innocent civilians still held by the terrorists but to help the trapped terrorists give more time and enough diversion to help them to escape. Mr. Kouchner says that we pleaded with the government to allow international relief agencies and NGOs immediate access to those areas. Mr. Miliband says that we were here not to save the terrorists but to help innocent Tamils. But how and why only now are the questions that they failed to answer. First, let us not forget that this terror outfit is a banded organization in many of the countries including United Kingdom, yet they still manage to operate openly and without impunity. Secondly, many of the international aid agencies and...

The latest news to hit the news wires is that The British and French Foreign Ministers are rushing to Sri Lanka to ensure an immediate ceasefire. This move is said to ensure the safety of the trapped civilians but what I am unable to understand is how they would ensure that by having a ceasefire? The civilians are trapped in the zone still held by the terrorist, not because of the fighting but they are held against their will by the terrorist to use them as a human shield. The recent mass exodus witness by the rest of the world, of trapped civilians from the terrorist held area, when the Sri Lankan Army breached part of the erected earthen wall is a clear indication to prove this point. This terrorist organization is a banned organization, all over the world which had been fighting an unjust war against democratically elected governments for the last three decades. If any wants to gauge the backing of the people for the present government’s policies, the recent poll results o...

A few days back, during the festival times, Sri Lankan government declared a 48 hours ceasefire to allow trapped civilians a peace of mind as well an opportunity to cross on to the safe areas. The LTTE who ridiculed this ceasefire arrangement then has hacked and shoot during that period, many of the trapped innocent Tamil civilians, one time that they claimed that they are duty bound to protect, simply because they too want a better life has decided to crossover to the government side has suddenly decided to have an unilateral ceasefire today. The interesting question here is why now? Is it because that they fear the inevitable, the dream turn in to a nightmare and soon they will have to owe up to their own misdeeds? I hope the Sri Lankan government would not easily give in to the Arms twisting tactics of some western influences, who have had many other hidden agendas in this protracted bloody war this time and finish the terrorist once and for all. I am sure The world would ...