Sri Lanka news columns

I have been a reader of Mr. B. Raman’s articles which appear on your paper for quite some time. My attention went to the article which appeared on your paper on the 12th September with the title "Vavuniya Raid: Conflicting Versions". There are certain facts which I felt should be highlighted at this stage about this article. 1. I strongly believe, that like most of the foreign journalists who report on defence matters, Mr. Raman is also not happy to see the LTTE losing this war. This is quite evident in his article. Mr. Raman still believes that the morale of the LTTE’s senior cadres is very high. He even goes to the extent of categorizing these terror cadres as ‘officers’ and cadres as in a conventional army. 2. I simply can’t understand why the Indian Government had him as an Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat given his partial, vague and erroneous thinking. This is quite evident in most of his previous articles including this. Appointing him as an Additional S...