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Speaking at the Golden Jubilee of the Sucharitha Movement, President R. Premadasa said that after he was born, his father had gone to meet the well-known astrologer K. W. Jinadasa and had asked him to cast his son’s horoscope. A few days later, he had gone to see him again to get the horoscope read. He found that the astrologer was reluctant to do so. After much persuasion, the astrologer had said that the predictions are of an unusual nature. “If the birth time of your son is accurate, he would one day rule the country.” His father had scoffed at that rash prediction, as the country wa...

by Kumar David Why is there uncertainty, even at this late stage, about the stand India will take on the Human Rights resolution on Sri Lanka’s long ended civil war and overlapping allegations that the current regime harbours authoritarian ambitions? India’s silence is both curious and significant. There are three substantive players in the game in Geneva. Team 1 is the core group (UK, Canada, Germany and three other ninnies) supported by the new US Administration; they work as a unit. Team 2 is China; the only other important team member is Russia. Team 3 is India and India alone, an imp...

news Revolt on the razor’s edge Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Ceylonese Freedom was not really offered on a platter, as some quarters would hasten to comment on the country’s Independence struggle. It was a collective effort amassed over the years if not decades. Some architects of the triumph went down the chronicle, while the rest remain unsung heroes. Some champions of this worthy cause did not even get to see the light of their labour. Seen or otherwise, the fruition of their sweat and toil is alive to this day. Listed below are some of the luminaries who dared ex...

Posted on February 1st, 2021 Stanley Gunaratne  It is disappointing to see a significant amount of revisionist history going around (even by supposed educated people) claiming that somehow we were not independent, or that the date of this celebration should be on May 22nd. This would be an insult to history, disrespectful to the sacrifices of the entire Independence movement (such as Captain Pedris and the struggles of DS, Sinnalebbe, EW Perera etc) and the stark opposite of the truth. This notion showcases a need to re-establish history lessons to our People so that...