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First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Wednesday, June 6, 2012


Guest Post: The Mosaic Institute On Our Recent Sri Lanka Program


TVO Homeby Daniel Kitts Wednesday June 6, 2012
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On a May 18 program I produced discussing how to move Sri Lanka forward after many years of war (above), some of our guests criticized the work of the Toronto-basedMosaic Institute and its work in fostering dialogue between the Tamil and Sinhalese diaspora communities in Canada. John Monahan, Executive Director of the Mosaic Institute, has chosen to respond to those criticisms in the following guest post.
With the recent recognition of the three-year anniversary of the end of the long civil conflict in Sri Lanka, public attention has turned again to the work undertaken by the Mosaic Institute since 2009 with respect to the “Teardrop Nation.”  Unfortunately, there are some who have misunderstood or misconstrued this work. We are pleased, therefore, to take this opportunity to clarify what it is we have done with respect to Sri Lanka, and why.
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