Jaffna regaining past grandeur

My first ever visit to Jaffna when I was just a child was way back in the early fifties. My uncle Tissa Ratnatunga was an important government official in Jaffna. He had a large bungalow within the Jaffna Fort and our family spent a holiday with my uncle and his family in this bungalow.

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The Morning Inspection

A rat has crept into my SAARC frame of mind

I am in a SAARC frame of mind. This happens whenever the SAARC Summit takes place. There is a rush of regional blood and my solidarity with peoples in the region become warmer.

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Fooling all the people all the time - Part I

Country Report on Sri Lanka commissioned by UNHCR :

Two sources abroad have now brought to my attention a recent report on Sri Lanka produced by an organisation called ‘Country of Origin Research and Information’. Unfortunately both told me this was a report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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