International recognition for our Security forces

Gusi Peace Prize for Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe:

I was deeply touched at the ceremony at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute to witness the commendations and congratulations from worthies of Jaffna, at a felicitation they helped to arrange for Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe. This was the more significant in that I believe that this prize is a symbol of something more than simple recognition of the work of an impressive peace-builder, it is also the first clear recognition internationally of the tremendous achievement of our forces in pursuing peace.

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Preamble to a proposal for a war memorial

In June 2006 The Nation newspaper, in its ‘Eye’ section had a two page spread on war memorials. I was at the time the Deputy Editor (Features) and I remember inserting two illustrations to decorate the pages. The first was a cemetery set up by the LTTE.

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Name is mud

The Diplomatic Service is generally considered as a prestigious profession where the State supports diplomats’ privileges and self-esteem with the whole idea of supporting its own international status.

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