I write to complement Mr. Sangadasa Akurugoda’s essay “Why get rid of our linguistic heritage, and move back to English?” in ‘The Island’ of 8th February 2021. This is nothing to get excited about. It ...

Whichever of them wins, people will not get any solution to their problems. “The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is supporting Sarath Fonseka, thinking only about benefits for themselves.

The hardening of the state’s ethnocratic foundation on the basis of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism set the stage for the violence which would eventually lead to a 30-year-long armed conflict in ...

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Rather it is the loss of fragile democratic credentials that has left the people piteously vulnerable. When the country is thrust into treacherous cross currents of big-power rivalries with no ...

The Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism expressed by Jayawardene continues in today’s state, where it intertwines with governance, nurturing an environment where Tamil people are marginalized and human ...

Police, backed by Sinhala chauvinist thugs, fired on protesters, killing three people and injuring 49. The government and the Colombo media have attempted to blame Tamils for the deaths.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, a Sinhalese standing for the first time as an independent candidate, is among the 38 candidates contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday.

Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential ...