𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

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 tune of the famous song “Puthune Me Ahaganna Puthune” was playing over and over again in the mind and then I thought, why not for a change, let me start with a song and try to end also with another. When compared to the total land mass of the world, Sri Lanka is just a speck with just over 25,000 square miles and also with a population of even less than a three percent of the world population. Yet, if anyone asks you tomorrow, what was Sri Lanka’s contribution to the world; this is what we all have to be proud to tell. Yesterday, we militarily defeated a terrorist organization fairly and squarely in the battle field that was up until then was dubbed as the most feared and invincible force in the world. We, Sri Lankans, have proven to the whole world that with the political will, correct and determined leadership and brave and determined army, any country can overcome any form of terrorism, irrespective of whether they are the most s...

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...