May 29, 2005

5 months later: 500,000 still in refugee camps

It's now five months since the tsunami struck our coasts. A newspaper report said 500,000 people are still living in refugee camps. One wonders why such a report was published in the first place. Everyone seems to have forgotten to...
Posted by raditha at 9:28 AM

May 23, 2005

When is Vesak

The buddhist calendar looks like a lunar calendar, hang on a second it is a lunar calendar with the most significant days falling on the full moon day. The full moon day in Sri Lanka is known as the full...
Posted by raditha at 3:22 AM

May 21, 2005

No Fuel for cops

39 Members of Parliament belong to the JVP - a former terrorist organization. 22 belong to the Tamil National Alliance, a pro LTTE organization according to some, an LTTE organization according to the sinhala extremists. 12 Members are extremist buddhist...
Posted by raditha at 3:09 AM

May 19, 2005

The Kandyan Betrayal

The monks have accused the government of betraying the territorial integrity of the country at the just concluded Kandyan summit. The reason? the government has been pushing for a so called joint mechanism with the LTTE. The purpose of the...
Posted by raditha at 7:22 AM

May 17, 2005

Monk Convicted of Rape

A news item says a monk was convicted of raping a thirteen year old girl at a sunday school. For some time buddhist monks have been agitating to have private tution classes and sporting events on sundays banned. Now we...
Posted by raditha at 10:08 AM

May 15, 2005

Monsoon : now you see it now you don't

Towards the early part of May we had a few showers in the morning. And the rainfall in the evening appeared heavier than it was during the month of April. That is usually an indication that the South-West monsoon is...
Posted by raditha at 10:59 AM

May 14, 2005

Extremism

The hallmark of an extremist is his inability to listen to reason. This quality can be observed among the few people who stil sing the praises of the JHU. Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans voted for the monks at...
Posted by raditha at 7:47 AM

May 10, 2005

Please neglect education

Last year, after disolving parliament which resulted in vital exams being postponed, the president accused the UNP of neglecting education. Since her party came to power the president herself holds the ministry of education. Her close confidant was appointed the...
Posted by raditha at 8:56 AM

May 9, 2005

government bows before rogues and wretchs

If there is one minister in this government to tell the truth, it is surely Mr. Amunugama, the minister of Finance. Around an year ago, he made a celebrated speech in which he labelled five government instituions as monsters. The...
Posted by raditha at 7:18 AM

May 8, 2005

Pretending that we are awash in crude oil

Around one year ago, when the prices of petrolium started their bull run, the minister in charge appeared on TV and solemnly pledged that the prices will not be raised. At the time I predicted that since this government does...
Posted by raditha at 5:00 AM

May 7, 2005

The Monsoon

It looks like the monsoon may finally be upon us. April is usually one of the hottest months in Sri Lanka. This april was one of the worst. It is perhaps more accurate to say april is one of the...
Posted by raditha at 5:29 AM

May 6, 2005

Everyone on Strike

Railway Engine Drivers have been on strike for a couple of days now. Nothing unusual about that, one department or the other with in the railway is always on strike. Trains don't run on time anyway. The finance minister has...
Posted by raditha at 4:50 AM

May 5, 2005

World Press Freedom Day and Wild Asses

Yesterday was press freedom day. It is appropriate that it came around just after the brutal killing of Sivaram. Jouranlists as expected took to the streets to protests, but the question begs asking do they make use of the freedom...
Posted by raditha at 5:04 AM

May 3, 2005

Sinhala Hard Liners Play Into the LTTE Hands

The death of Tharaki (aka Sivaram), the editor of tamilnet.com at the hands of hard line elements of the government has provided the LTTE with a trump card to play in the international arena. Sucessive Sri Lankan governments have been...
Posted by raditha at 1:34 AM

May 1, 2005

Government Kills Journalist

The government has killed the editor of the Tamilnet website (Mr Dharmaretnam Sivaram (alias Tharaki)). Isn't that a wild accusation? no. The fact that the journalist was abducted in front of a police station and the fact that his body...
Posted by raditha at 3:30 AM

 

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