𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

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,...