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Michael Roberts

 These comments are ‘buried’ within the several responses to an article I placed in my site in my site in 2021: viz, https://thuppahis.com/2021/11/19/anglo-ceylonese-a-missing-dimension-in-british-ceylon/#comment-152788

The comments are by friends: one who had identified himself as “Eurasian” when we met for the first time [a rare self-appellation];**  and a longstanding pal from Pera-Uni days, Earlson Forbes, who expressed shock more recently in Sydney when he learnt that I was not Burgher [assumed because of my name].***

** Referring here to Richard Simon …. *** Just prior to an Event in Sydney where I was billed as one speaker on a topic bearing on Ethnicity.

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SOME TALES

Mostafa Rachwani, Carla Jaeger and Christopher Harris:  ‘Blessed’ to be Australian: Survivor of Nepalese floods speaks out,” August 29, 2026 —

Australian consular officials have made contact with Cara Severino, previously listed as missing.Facebook

Cara Severino, an Australian thought to have been missing in the Nepalese floods, has spoken for the first time since her rescue, thanking embassy officials and the crew she had been hiking with when the disaster struck. The 26-year-old had been listed as missing prior to making contact with her parents on Friday morning. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong confirmed on Saturday night that Severino has since been located by consular officials in Nepal.

In a statement released alongside comments from Wong, Severino said she felt “blessed” to be Australian. “I’m so grateful for the crew we formed on that first day when we entered the national park on the tractor. Sudha, Lucas, Samir and Saugat. It’s thanks to these amazing people I got out safely,” she said. “I feel for the families of those still missing – I know how much my family and friends went through. Blessed to be from Australia and have the embassy and Australian government giving so much support.”

[Minister Penny] Wong said Australian consular officials maintained regular contact with Severino on Saturday and were able to eventually identify her location and drive out to meet her from Kathmandu. “They are now transporting her to a safe location and will continue to check on her welfare and provide assistance to her and her family as needed,” Wong said. “While this is a welcome development, there remain grave concerns for the other Australians who are still unaccounted for, given the tremendous scale of the flooding and its impact.”

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Prof. Chandre Dharmawardana,

The sixth volume of the Mahavamsa, covering the period 1978-2010 has been rendered into Tamil by N. Saravanan, a well-known Tamil journalist and activist based in Norway.   The first three volumes of the Mahavamsa (including the Culavamsa) are now a part of the UNESCO world heritage. They were the work of individual scholar monks, whereas the modern volumes (V to VI) were produced through state-sponsored collective efforts [1].

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Michael Roberts

I have limited knowledge about the administrative forces upholding SL crccket today and do not even know WHO constitute the Selection Committee. From my distant post in Adelaide  Australia I have watched some of the Test cricket . It has been a pleasure to see the manner in which Sonal Dinusha batted against a formidable Indian bowling attack. He is, clearly, a sturdy force and it remains to be seen how he fares on foreign pitches.

    Sonal Dinusha

  Dhananjaya de Silva

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David Matthews

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In IMAGES and MAPS

https://au.news.yahoo.com/know-deadly-nepal-tibet-floods-171330603.html

What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods – Yahoo News Australia

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Team Sprtsstar ….  A Day Back before Dinusha went on to assist Sri Lanka in drawing the Test Matchat the SSC***

Sri Lanka’s hopes hang by a thread on Day 5 of the second Test against India in Colombo, but Sonal Dinusha has kept the Island nation alive with a fighting half-century in just his fourth Test.

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Giovanni Torre & Dan Jones, in article entitled  “A learning journey: Connecting the Goldfields and Canada,”  …

Javen Marchant, Harlan Schilling and Sheena Graham at the GABC event. Image: Dan Jones.

The Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber recently coordinated a remarkable six-day visit for a delegation participating in the British Columbia/Yukon Young Indigenous Leaders Exchange Pilot Program to the Indo-Pacific. A key part of the visit was GABC’s Indigenous Business Networking event – Connecting the Goldfields and Canada, brought Indigenous business leaders from across the world together in Western Australia.

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Srinidhi Ramanujam, in ESPNcricinfo, 26 August 2026 , where the title runs thus: “Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2026: Format, favourites and players to watch out for”

Sri Lanka are the defending champions  •  ACC

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L. Manawadu & Nelun Fernando, an article in a refereed outlet entitled “Proceeses Driving Ethnic Segregation in Cities: A Case Study of the City of Colombo,” … the change in title being an imposition  by The Editor, Thuppahi

Sri Lanka ka has a multi-ethnic composition with Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Burghers and Malays comprising the key ethnic groups. During the late 20^th century, the concentration of two minority ethnic groups, i.e. the Tamils and the Moors, has steadily increased in a few wards. Spatial and temporal changes in the pattern of ethnic segregation within the city are traced using a segregation index.  Reasons for the rise in ethnic segregation within the city include in-migration of people displaced following ethnic conflicts in other parts of the country, high natural growth rates particularly within the Moor community and low socio-economic conditions leading to congestion. The wards exhibiting a high segregation index value have a large proportion of under-served settlements and are located close to the Central Business District. Urban land use zoning regulations need to be redefined to discourage segregation and to upgrade under-served settlements.

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