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The Sri Lankan Civil War: A Historical Overview-by Kalani-eLanka The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted and devastating conflict that lasted from 1983 to 2009, fought between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist militant organization seeking an independent Tamil state in the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka. The roots of the civil war can be traced back to ethnic tensions between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority. After Sri Lanka gained independence from British rule in 1948, successive governments implemented policies that marginalized Tamils, such as the Sinhala Only Act of 1956, which made Sinhala the official language, and university admission policies that reduced Tamil representation. These grievances led to the rise of Tamil nationalist movements demanding greater rights and autonomy. The conflict escalated on July 23, 1983, in what became known as “Black July,” when anti-Tamil riots ...

Mar 11, 2025 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Sri Lankan civil war

‘Odyssey of war’ Mr Rajeswary Balasubramaniam In this work, Dr Nadesan reflected the struggle for the liberation of Tamils in Sri Lanka (1977-2009) and the failure of interwoven world politics, illustrating how the upper-class Tamils overcame caste, religious religion, and regions and united for the liberation of Tamils, but went beyond the spirit of liberation, migrated, and eventually made the liberation struggle of Tamils as a profitable business. The novel ‘Odyssey of War’ shows how the struggle of the Tamil freedom fighters, avatars armed with many great expectations to save the Tamil nation, suddenly perished in ashes. The novel dissects the vital parts of the struggle as a doctor and conducts an autopsy to find the cause of his death. Odyssey of War will be of great help to the future generation to study the Sri Lankan Tamils’ freedom struggle. ‘Odyssey of war is the story of Asokan, an eight-year-old ...

Jan 24, 2025 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged LTTE, Odyssey of war, Prime Minister of India, Sarasavi Publishers

Remembering Heroes on 30th Anniversary of Special Boats Squadron – What I Learnt from The War Hero’s Son – By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne Former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of The Navy Chairman Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.’ — Mother Teresa “I learned true essence of GRATITUDE from this War Hero’s son” My mobile phone rang a few years back when I was Chief of Defence Staff (Senior most officer of Sri Lanka Military). It’s a number I have not saved. I answered the call. A faint voice of a young child on the other end. “Sir I am Wikum Anuhas, Son of Chief Petty Officer K G Shantha.” Yes Son! I replied. Late Chief Petty Officer KG Shantha was from elite Special Boats Squadron (SBS), the Naval Commando Unit who paid ...

Oct 18, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged 30th Anniversary of Special Boats Squadron, Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne, K G Shantha, LTTE, Sri Lanka Military, Sri Lanka Navy, War Hero

Gamini Dissanayake, a supreme politician – by Sunil Thenabandu As a young and energetic politician and the people’s representative in the Nuwara Eliya District, Gamini Dissanayake extended yeoman service to all constituents with devotion, obligation and absolute dedication using his characteristic charismatic loom, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, despite of each person’s political affiliations. It would be tricky to find a single politician in the archives of history of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka who was as vastly commended and held in sky-scraping esteem by his contemporaries and so cherished by his political opponents, predominantly due to his impartial and unbiased mindset principally owed to his unprejudiced stance. He was a unique and extraordinary politician who listened to the masses, solved their problems, and touched their lives in a very affirmative and compassionate mode. Anyone who was eager to meet him had very uncomplicated access, irrespective of their ...

Oct 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Asgiriya stadium, BCCSL, Gamini Dissanayake, ICC, LTTE, Sri Lankan cricket, Sunil Thenabandu

The happy isle that was – By Oscar E V Fernando Reading a piece of Des Kelly, editor in chief of E Lanka Journal of Australia-on the internet, carrying very interesting articles poems etcetera bringing nostalgia to some of us remaining in this fair isle and to those who reluctantly migrated in search of pastures green to satisfy their unsettled psyche. Des Kelly had referred to some epithets familiar to us that were in use in the good old days where we were able to laugh at ourselves-some of these were-lansia karapotha-goigamalansia etc-these were humorously and or derogatively used depending on who used it and for what. I can add a few more-parangia-kalathonia-nana-humbeya-thambia-kalu suddha-muss veddha and some sayings as-lansi gedera banku kakula-thambige toppia bambuwa warge-karakenakota sembuwa warge and topped it all by sihalaya modaya kavun kanta yodaya Yes we really enjoyed the days that were-dancing to the tunes of-lansi gedera banku kakula-thambige ...

Nov 9, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Oscar Fernando Tagged Des Kelly, LTTE, Oscar E V Fernando, The happy isle