Mourning a Man of Peace by Pranay Gupte
Neelan Tiruchelvam, Killed By A Suicide Bomber, Bridged Sri Lanka’s Differences Pranay GupteNEWSWEEK (Aug 9, 2000)Updated: 12:16 PM ET Jan 10, 2008 There’s a small restaurant just off the main beach road in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital city, whose curries are so violent that local residents seldom venture to recommend it to their foreign friends. […]
A Voice for Peace by Praful Bidwai
The article first appeared in the August 1999 issue of Tribune, India. Praful Bidwai is a leading political commentator in India. The assassination of Neelan Tiruchelvam, the towering Sri Lankan public intellectual, is a serious blow to the cause of democracy, peace, federalism, and ethnic reconciliation — not just in that country but in all […]
Peacemaker as a Victim – Australian Financial Review
This article appeared on 2nd August 1999 in the Australian financial review. On September 25, 1959, the Prime Minister of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known), Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was assassinated by a Buddhist monk at his home in Rosmead Place Colombo. His wife Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was installed in his place giving the […]
