A candid post-mortem of the LTTE
Book: The Prabhakaran Saga
Author: S. Murali
This is a cold-blooded yet comprehensive post-mortem of the rise and fall of the LTTE and its boss Velupillai Prabhakaran who thought, till nemesis caught up with him, that he could never be vanquished. Murali displays admirable writing and reporting skills to present an otherwise complicated story of Sri Lanka’s Tamil conflict, which lasted over a quarter century, into a chronologically detailed but easy to read work.
Sweden to kick out Lankan ‘war refugees’
Diplomatic sources told LAKBIMAnEWS that the Swedish government was in the process of sending back all Sri Lankan ‘war refugees’ to Colombo shortly.
Letter to Mr.Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam of All Ceylon Tamil Congress, from Kanthar P Balanathan, Melbourne, Australia
Dear Mr.Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
SRILANKA, TAMILS & AMATEURISH POLITICS
On the 1st June 2012, the journalist from Inbaththamil Radio in Sydney interviewed you. The discussion went on for more than an hour with lengthy answers given by you, which may or may not have convinced the Tamil Diaspora.
Norwegian attempt to forge TNA-SLMC alliance fails
An attempt by Norway to persuade the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) to coalesce to contest the upcoming PC elections to the Eastern Provincial Council has failed, The Island reliably learns. The Norwegian Embassy in Colombo had done its best to bring the two...
