‘The Saddest Day in Police History’

Twenty one years ago, today, 600 Policemen were murdered in Eastern Sri Lanka in cold blood by the LTTE, on being ordered by the Political Executive of those times to surrender to them. This manifestation of LTTE savagery, coupled with the stunning opportunism and naivete on the part of Sri Lanka’s political leadership of those times

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There are 600 plus (murdered) Police officers inside the one you see today

Twenty one years ago, some 600 plus unarmed, blindfolded and tied up Police officers were butchered in cold blood by the LTTE. If we are glad that it is part of ‘past’ then we should ensure that it does not become part of ‘future’

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Louise Arbour:

Wicked Witch of the West or a Munchkin?

I have long had a soft spot for Ban ki-Moon. I realize this might make me unpopular with Sri Lankans who see the UN as a monolith, but I believe that analysis of his statements over the years suggests that he does his best to uphold basic principles, both those of moral decency as well as those on which the UN was founded.

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Kokavil - new triumph of peace and reconciliation

‘Triumphalism’ was once again the charge of sections of the Western media at Sri Lanka celebrating the second anniversary of the defeat, nay eradication, of terrorism from the country. News services who saw no triumphalism in the dancing on the streets and the well orchestrated boost for President Barack Obama and the US Navy Seals for the killing of Osama bin Laden

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