Point of View
History, MOUs, CFAs and all
If ever the nation of Sri Lanka stood united
wherein all factions of society whatever their opposing views came
together to say NO – that was when India forced Sri Lanka’s then
President J R Jayewardena to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord on July 29,
1987 threatening to invade Sri Lanka if it did not do so.
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Long walk of Hope
My trek begins from the Southern tip of Dondra
leading northwards across the island to the Northern tip of the
country – Point Pedro. I’m hoping to keep off the highways and the
main roads and walk instead through the lesser-known paths, through
villages and small towns. Why? Because I want to meet and understand
the people of my country. They are the Sinhalese, the Tamils and the
Muslims; the different generations; the Northern and Southern people
who have been torn apart by three decades of war,
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Strengthening institutions and organizational
capacity:
Can public sector take the initiative?
Some of the issues I have raised in recent
columns in this series came up in a different form in a presentation
made by Indrajith Coomaraswamy during one of the discussions the
Liberal Party has been conducting on Reform. Though initially we had
thought of concentrating on Constitutional Reform,
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