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Author: Omar Rajarathnam

India tells Sri Lanka and Maldives size doesn’t matter. For how long?
Opinion

India tells Sri Lanka and Maldives size doesn’t matter. For how long?

Omar Rajarathnam December 5, 2020December 6, 2020 Leave a Comment on India tells Sri Lanka and Maldives size doesn’t matter. For how long?

India’s on-when-it wants and off-when it doesn’t security pacts with smaller neighbours is more destabilizing than the supposed risk from…

China – the driving force behind India’s RCEP snub and QUAD embrace
Opinion

China – the driving force behind India’s RCEP snub and QUAD embrace

Omar Rajarathnam November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 1 Comment on China – the driving force behind India’s RCEP snub and QUAD embrace

India has snubbed RCEP and embraced QUAD. The US has managed to slice a wedge between the two Asian powers…

Funny Boy – is the film’s funny Tamil a cultural diplomacy fail?
Opinion

Funny Boy – is the film’s funny Tamil a cultural diplomacy fail?

Omar Rajarathnam November 13, 2020November 14, 2020 Leave a Comment on Funny Boy – is the film’s funny Tamil a cultural diplomacy fail?

Deepa Mehta wanted to tell Shyam Selvadurai’s story of a Tamil boy’s attraction to another. There is a hitch. The…

A new US president: different wrapping paper, same ‘gift’
Opinion

A new US president: different wrapping paper, same ‘gift’

Omar Rajarathnam November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Leave a Comment on A new US president: different wrapping paper, same ‘gift’

A US policy change on Sri Lanka under a Biden presidency is unlikely, what will change is its packaging, like…

Can Sri Lanka be a player in COVID-19 diplomacy?
Opinion

Can Sri Lanka be a player in COVID-19 diplomacy?

Omar Rajarathnam October 17, 2020October 19, 2020 Leave a Comment on Can Sri Lanka be a player in COVID-19 diplomacy?

Sri Lanka has the potential to become a key player in pandemic diplomacy. What's needed is a government push to…

The Muralidaran biopic – latest trigger in the Diaspora-Sri Lanka showdown
Opinion

The Muralidaran biopic – latest trigger in the Diaspora-Sri Lanka showdown

Omar Rajarathnam October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Muralidaran biopic – latest trigger in the Diaspora-Sri Lanka showdown

Muralithran is the first Sri Lankan sportsman to be immortalised in South India’s Tamil celluloid. The Tamil Diaspora is in…

Sri Lanka stings UN with new appointments in New York and Geneva
Opinion

Sri Lanka stings UN with new appointments in New York and Geneva

Omar Rajarathnam October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 1 Comment on Sri Lanka stings UN with new appointments in New York and Geneva

Despite controversy, Sri Lanka’s nerve to name both Peiris and Chandraprema to top positions for UN representation has passed its…

Why Sri Lanka must stay clear of the free-world’s TikTok bogey
Opinion

Why Sri Lanka must stay clear of the free-world’s TikTok bogey

Omar Rajarathnam September 25, 2020September 26, 2020 Leave a Comment on Why Sri Lanka must stay clear of the free-world’s TikTok bogey

For some TikTok is another social media platform, for many it is a lifestyle, one that provides validation that they…

Bachelet cracks whip on Sri Lanka, goes easy on the biggies
Opinion

Bachelet cracks whip on Sri Lanka, goes easy on the biggies

Omar Rajarathnam September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Leave a Comment on Bachelet cracks whip on Sri Lanka, goes easy on the biggies

Bachelet has a duty to highlight human rights violations committed across the world indiscriminately. She failed.

Way forward with Sri Lankan-American Moragoda in India
Opinion

Way forward with Sri Lankan-American Moragoda in India

Omar Rajarathnam September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 1 Comment on Way forward with Sri Lankan-American Moragoda in India

The President could have Moragoda engage in Cabinet meetings periodically so Sri Lanka’s top legislators know how the nation’s point…

ICJ is latest victim of US sanctions circus
Opinion

ICJ is latest victim of US sanctions circus

Omar Rajarathnam September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Leave a Comment on ICJ is latest victim of US sanctions circus

‘The American Way of life is simply not sustainable because it doesn’t acknowledge the fact that there is a world…

The 13th Amendment: India’s theatrics and Sri Lanka’s lack of clarity
Opinion

The 13th Amendment: India’s theatrics and Sri Lanka’s lack of clarity

Omar Rajarathnam August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 3 Comments on The 13th Amendment: India’s theatrics and Sri Lanka’s lack of clarity

An India First Policy and a repeal of the 13th amendment are two policy statements that cannot belong in one…

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