Trail blazing military aviators

A walk down the memory lane of the history of Sri Lanka Air Force reveals an epic saga. The memories meander slowly over many poignant moments: the Royal Ceylon Air Force stepping out from the shoes of the Royal Air Force in 1951; being thrust into the dangers of Southern insurgency in 1971; from 1983 the thunderous roar of Eelam wars and now the serenity of skies where guns are silent

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UNP no longer a ‘National Party’

The political party thus becomes sub culture to every member of the party and since politics is to do with state power, the party often becomes the over bearing factor subsuming sectarian differences.

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Resolutions for International Women’s Day 2010:

Mechanisms for shared gender leadership

In reality there are no ‘women’s issues’ but only ‘human issues’ which become women’s issues when women are excluded and marginalized from decision making and to ensure that the outcome of the decisions are positive to both men and women

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On Milinda Moragoda and his ‘strange’ campaign

Milinda is not about posters, cut-outs, loudspeakers, firecrackers and mobs. He is probably one of the few politicians who do not violate election laws. Neither does he abuse grey areas in the law. For example, politicians know very well that they are not supposed to put up posters and yet they desecrate all walls they can lay their hands on.

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