Opinion

Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNot everThrough compromise and fear.I tire so of hearing people say,Let things take their course.Tomorrow is another day.I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.‘Democracy’Langston Hughes(1902 – 1967)‘Actioning the Blueprint’ was the title of the presentation. The venue was the Shangri-La hotel in...

2019-09-14 18:30:00

The new progressive camp and its challenge

The politics of Sri Lanka have undergone a great shift within the last two decades. This article is about this great paradigm shift in the political landscape of Sri Lanka that has taken shape since the late 1990s, galvanized after the victory of the armed conflict in 2009, and of which the major manifestation was January 8, 2015. Today, despite the claim by the Sri Lanka...

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Removal of the Vice Chancellor of University of Jaffna and politicization of higher Education

By Dr. N. Sivapalan, Dr. S. Arivalzahan, Dr. P. Iyngaran, Dr. N. Ramaruban, M. Thiruvarangan and Dr. Rajan HooleWhen the decision to sack Professor Ratnam Vigneswaran from the post of Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna surfaced in the public domain in May this year, many academics and well-wishers of the University were shocked by...

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