As India-Sri Lanka mark the “historic” importance of resuming a ferry service, a Channel 4 documentary grimly raises questions of gruesome war-crimes

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 16 June 2011

Co-sponsored by China, Sri Lankan Army’s anti-terror conference touted the island’s model of counterinsurgency. Major Generals continuously referred to Eelam War IV as a “humanitarian operation” but could not clarify how exactly Prabhakaran died

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 1 June 2011

While the country celebrated Vesak, known as Buddha Purnima, last week and prepares for victory celebrations this weekend, internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to live on the edge

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 22 May 2011

If you were asked to choose between former LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and Al-Qaeda’s erstwhile boss Osama Bin Laden, who would you pick as the bigger terrorist?

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 5 May 2011

'Reminiscent of hell' was how the UN panel on Sri Lanka’s accountability issues described a day in May 2009, the last leg of the civil war.

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 28 April 2011

War, cricket and little in between

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 21 April 2011

As the Indian project of building 50,000 houses for the war-displaced Tamil people is delayed, analysts see continuation of the island-nation's China versus India game.

BY Satarupa Bhattacharjya 28 March 2011