King Sasanka – Sri Lankan Writer & Retired Aviation Professional.

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...