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Deconstructing the State Security Apparatus: Legal Judgments, Deep-State Complicity, and the Structural Investigation of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks
The judicial and investigative trajectory surrounding Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks—which killed at least 260 people and injured over 500 across three churches and three luxury hotels—has undergone a radical paradigm shift1. For years, the official state narrative framed the tragedy primarily as an unprecedented intelligence failure exacerbated by administrative friction within the…
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From War to Peace: How My Father, Sinnadurai Ariaratnam, Saved His Sons and Built a New Life in Canada
Ladies and gentlemen, Today, we gather here to honor the life and legacy of a truly remarkable man, Sinnadurai Ariaratnam, a father whose unwavering courage, boundless love, and enduring strength have left an indelible mark on all who knew him. As we mourn his passing, let us also celebrate the incredible story of his life—a…
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The 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings – A Recurrence Of The Reichstag Fire Like Ruse
The bombing that occurred on Easter Sunday in April 2019 in Sri Lanka, initially attributed to ISIS as retribution for the New Zealand Mosque attacks, killing at least 290 people and injuring hundreds, has now been called into question as a potential hoax. This author, Kagusthan Ariaratnam, challenges the official narrative within the context of Sri Lankan foreign policy.…
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Book Review – Stranger than Fiction: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination
The book Stranger Than Fiction: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination (2022) by Harish Venugopalan is a meticulous exploration of one of the most significant political assassinations in India’s modern history. The book delves into the events surrounding the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, highlighting the intricate web of political motives, social upheaval,…
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Interview: ‘The Prospect for Political Change in Sri Lanka Rests on the Dynamics of the Next Few Months’
Pitasanna Shanmugathas | University of Windsor Faculty of Law, CA The interview was initially published by “JURIST” on October 7, 2024. Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won the presidency. Dissanayake,…
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Book Review – Spy Tiger: The 05 File
By Bobby Fisher The memoir Spy Tiger: The 05 File by Kagusthan Ariaratnam and Michael Bramadat-Willcock is thrilling. It blends espionage, historical intrigue, and relentless action. This debut novel transports readers into a world of high-stakes intelligence. Shadowy conspiracies abound where nothing is as it seems. Danger lurks at every turn. The story follows a…
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Interview: A Former Tamil Tiger Child Soldier Charts His Path From Forced Recruitment to Healing
Pitasanna Shanmugathas | University of Windsor Faculty of Law, CA The interview was initially published by “JURIST” on September 20, 2024. Kagusthan Ariaratnam, a former child soldier turned defense analyst, speaks with JURIST about his new memoir Spy Tiger: The 05 File. The book, co-written with Michael Bramadat-Willcock, details Ariaratnam’s experiences during the Sri Lankan civil war…
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Espionage & Survival: A Book Review Of ‘Spy Tiger: The 05 File’
By Pitasanna Shanmugathas The “Colombo Telegraph” originally published this book review on September 20, 2024. The memoir Spy Tiger: The 05 File, co-written by Kagusthan Ariaratnam and Michael Bramadat-Willcock, offers an intense and eye-opening narrative of Kagusthan’s journey, initially as a forcibly recruited child soldier and later as an informant for the Indian and Sri Lankan governments,…
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Book Review: Disappointing Dissection of Tragedy
This is an outside-the-box analysis of the Easter Sunday Bombings on the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. The official story of the Easter Sunday Massacre in Sri Lanka perfectly fits as fake news as the Sri Lankan government is trying to cover up the Easter Sunday attacks, which is evident in a recent book by…
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Breaking: Court Orders Comprehensive Review of Ex-Informant’s Human Rights Complaint Against Spy Agency
This article was originally published by CBC on Sep 18, 2023 “The Canadian Human Rights Commission has been ordered by the Federal Court to re-examine a discrimination complaint against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), filed by Kagusthan Ariaratnam, a former informant and child soldier. Ariaratnam claims that CSIS cost him a security job on…