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July 1983 Riots : Sinhalese still waiting 38 years to be thanked for saving Tamils

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For thirty eight years there has been little or no mention and complete silence in acknowledging the fact that scores of Sinhalese...
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Untold sacrifices of a Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora member A Patriot speaks

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BY FRANCES BULATHSINGHALA This article and interview is part of a series initiated to understand the experiences of large...
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Busting the myths of organic agriculture

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BY MADHAVI WIJERATHNA To avoid negative impacts of agrochemicals, the Cabinet of Sri Lanka April, 27, 2021 has approved...
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The Jaffna U-turn from liberalism to communalism – Part 1

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H.D.L. MAHINDAPALA Who did what to whom and when and where are recurring themes that dominate the historical consciousness.
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Organic fertiliser in beautiful Bhutan

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BY RAJPAL ABEYNAYAKE President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s detractors are not relenting in their opposition to the organic fertiliser project.
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July was black in 1983 and in other years too

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Last week The Nation commented on the events of July 1983, referring inter alia, to the context and how it helped shape the larger tragedy...
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Rave at Wembley while world self-flagellates over Covid

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Rajpal Abeynayake Over 60,000 people packed the Wembley Stadium in London, England, for the European Cup 2020 final football...
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Reviving traditional knowledge

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BY FRANCES BULATHSINGHALA For anyone keenly observing a discussion based on public events organised (especially online, given the circumstances)...
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Organic agriculture, the only way out

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BY FRANCES BULATHSINGHALA Sri Lanka made a decision recently to revert to its organic heritage tradition of farming -...
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Open Letter seeking clarification: Yasmin Sooka & EU Funding for ITJP-Sri Lanka via Foundation for Human Rights South Africa

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Ms. Fiona Knab-Lunny European Commission MEMBER OF CABINET +32...
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European duplicity undermines anti-pandemic efforts

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By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Despite facing the world’s worst pandemic of the last century, rich countries...
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The ‘unseen’ underside of Black July

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He was at one time the foremost Tamil leader espousing the Eelam cause, a man who fired the separatist imagination of a...
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On Politicized Black July

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By Malinda Seneviratne – Last week The Nation commented on the events of July 1983, referring inter alia, to the context and...
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Why does US want to annex Cuba?

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Have you ever wondered why the most powerful nation in the world with 328m people is so obsessed with Cuba a tiny...
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Betray Gotabaya, betray the country

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By ROHANA R. WASALA Few in the present government seem to understand that they are holding in their hands...
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Colombo Port City: Wake up, dream on to reality – Part II

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- Find Here Part 1From last week To attract and entice such investments, hosting country run many promotional agendas,...
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Canada’s Genocide & Holocaust against the Natives of Canada no different to Nazi Concentration Camps

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BY SHENALI WADUGE Canada should be ashamed for several reasons. Firstly, Canada takes pride in throwing egg at other nations...
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Obtaining probables from one piece of jigsaw is a political game

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By Malinda Seneviratne Political commentary is easy. Good political commentary is rare. Think of a jigsaw puzzle. A tough...
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Lanka-China relations and President Xi’s speech

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Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a rousing speech to his people on the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. He is...
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If Germany accounted for their crimes why can’t US/UK & EU?

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The EU/US & UK believe themselves to be & demands us to believe, they are paragons of virtue & models of human...
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How Covid hogged headlines wasn’t a poor man’s story

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The virus came first, and then the vaccinations. The jabs, so-called, have now become more complicated than the issues surrounding the virus...
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China-Pakistan Partnership Continues to Deepen

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The China-Pakistan military and strategic relationship continues to deepen. Recently, the Pakistan Army inducted its first batch of Chinese-made VT-4 battle tanks....
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Hasalaka Gamini stood up for me 25 years ago and so I stand up for him today

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Had he lived, this man would be approaching his fiftieth birthday. Ordained at an early age, he took the name "Mahiyangane Dhammajothi...
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Sputnik V in the International Arena

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Over a year since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020, the disease is far...
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Another imperial debacle in Afghanistan, but another bloodbath looms

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By Ameen Izzadeen In scenes reminiscent of the United States’ humiliating exit from Saigon at the end of...
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Island of a thousand hypocrites

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By Malinda Seneviratne A very wise man, then an undergraduate at the University of Peradeniya, once said that there...
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Party politics re-emerging amidst COVID pandemic

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The ripples of political activity refuse to die down as both the Government and the Opposition prepare to do battle in Parliament...
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The Assassination of President Jovenel Moise: The U.N. “Peace-Keeping” Mission Has Failed to Implant Political Stability and Security in Haiti

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A major crisis is on the rise in Haiti. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has been going through one of...
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Tamil violence boomeranged on Tamils – Part II

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Part I - The Jaffna U-turn from liberalism to communalism BY H. L. D. MAHINDAPALA
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Finance Minister and the education orthodoxy

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BY RAJPAL ABEYNAYAKE The teachers are on strike. They have raised some issues about didacticism — are the elders...
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July 1983 Riots : Sinhalese still waiting 38 years to be thanked for saving Tamils

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For thirty eight years there has been little or no mention and complete silence in acknowledging the fact that scores of Sinhalese...
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Non-LTTE Tamils/Diaspora vs LTTE-Tamils/Diaspora

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While all LTTE were Tamils but all Tamils are not LTTE, it is important to also differentiate who are the non-LTTE Tamils...
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