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Rajiva Wijesinha, reviewing  Asanga Abeyagoonasekera’s new book in The ISLAND, March 2026

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera’s latest book is a comprehensive account of international relations in the regions it covers, with particular reference to current rivalries between India and China and the United States. It deals with shifting alliances, or rather alliances that grow stronger or weaker through particular developments: there are no actual breaks in a context in which the three contestants for power in the region are wooing or threatening smaller countries, moving seamlessly from one mode to the other though generally in diplomatic terms.

The area is now widely referred to as the Indo-Pacific. Though that term was coined over a hundred years ago by a German keen to challenge the Anglo-American hegemony that triumphed after the First World War, it gained currency more recently, following a speech by the hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was instrumental in developing the Quad Alliance between Japan, India, the United States and Australia.

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Desert Wanderer, …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi

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Vaishu Rai, in FRONTLINE, 1 March 2026 …. where the title reads “The rules they broke” … with highlights being the imprint of the Editor,Thuppahi

From the UN charter to the US constitution, the strikes on Iran shatter the legal and diplomatic norms meant to prevent war.

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Desert Wanderer

Witkoff

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Shamindra Ferdinando, in The ISLAND, 10 March 2026 …. “Prof. Dunusinghe warns Lanka at serious risk due to ME war”

Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe has warned that Sri Lanka could face a catastrophic situation due to a rapid and sharp drop in revenue caused by the escalating Gulf war.

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Desert Wanderer …. with Highlighting being the hand of Thuppahi

SEE…LISTEN … https://www.youtube.com/live/ZRt9xR1df3I?si=ZSubAH6J3hPul2lU

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Naren Chitty

TiME FLiES: A 22nd century ‘presence’ in the 17th century Court of Kandy

 A novel by Naren Chitty

In the 22nd Century, a timeless consciousness called Celerity steps across centuries to avert a single, catastrophic destiny for humanity. From the 17th. century courts of Kandy and the Coromandel Coast – including Gingee, Tanjore, and Madurai -through the shadowed corridors of Cold War Washington and quiet corners of Provence and Surrey, she gently entwines the lives of ancestors and descendants. Her mission: to neutralize a solitary mind that seeks to upload all of humanity to itself – an act that would erase the fragile, individual flame of human awareness forever.

This is the captivating premise of TiME FLiES, a lyrical and mind-expanding novel by Naren Chitty blending speculative fiction with historical intrigue and profound philosophical inquiry. The story explores the hidden architecture of consciousness – where past, present, and future are never truly separate, and where redemption echoes across time like a quiet, inevitable wave.

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Andrew Miller inESPNcricinfo, March 2026 where the title runs thus: “India crush New Zealand for third T20 World Cup title”

India 255 for 5 (Samson 89, Kishan 54, Abhishek 52, Neesham 3-46) beat New Zealand 159 (Seifert 52, Santner 43, Bumrah 4-15, Axar 3-27) by 96 runs

It was a sea of blue at the Narendra Modi Stadium, and a black-and-blue beating for the luckless nearly-men of world cricket, as India – the hosts and pre-tournament favourites – delivered their third T20 World Cup title, and second in a row, with a ruthless 96-run victory over New Zealand.

Just as had been the case in their epic semi-final over England, India were asked to bat first but responded to the challenge with a fast-forwarded display of power-hitting. Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan both topped strike rates of 200 in a brace of otherwise contrasting fifties, but it was Sanju Samson who again seized the plaudits. He capped an epic late run of form with his second score of 89 in consecutive innings to take his tally to 275 in 138 balls since finding his range in India’s pivotal win over West Indies.

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This ITEM is in the book by Wickerema S. WEERASOORIA, Colombo, Govt Press, 1988, pp. 288-89 ………… It has been prepared for TPS by Moira Djukanovic in Adelaide, a lady who adopted two Lankan boys in association with her husband Stan. As it happens Moira & Stan have been stalwart mebers of ASLA in Adelaide for decades; while Alex and Duncan….the two lads…. have grown to adulthood and are part of the Adelaidian Lankan networks.

Adoption of Sri Lankans by Australians

Though legal provision for adoption of children existed in Sri Lanka, it was confined to Sri Lankan nationals only.  Adoption of Sri Lankan children by non-nationals became possible only after the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act, No. 38 of 1979 was enacted in 1979.

To legalise the adoption of a Sri Lankan child, the Family Court of Sri Lanka has to make an adoption order.  For such an order to be made there must be a joint application by the adoptive parents.  The Family Court then calls for the social and psychological aspects of the adoption.  The Court must be satisfied that there are special circumstances that justify making an adoption order in faour of the applicants.

Trevor Langridge with his three Sri Lankan children

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