Dabbling into Thuppahi: Visitors Over The Last Week

• The Tsunami Trauma in the Town of Galle, 26 December 2024

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• Lisa Sthalekar: From A Pune Dustbin to Cricket Captaincy of Australian
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• Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive
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• George Frederick van der Hoeven: A Turbulent Career … Ceylon & Australia
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• Shane Warne’s Post-Tsunami Philanthropic Reach at Galle and FOG Remembered
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• The Parsi’s of Sri Lanka: A Small but Vibrant Community
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• The TSUNAMI Hit on Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004 on Video & Camera
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• Deaths. Turmoil. Flights from India’s Covid …. and Lisa’s Mental Anguish
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• February 4th 1948: “We Are Independent and One”
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• A Symbolic Moment of Ethnic Oneness at Independence Day, 4 February 1948
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• Ken Balendra’s Visionary Leadership at John Keells
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• Confronting Charlie Ponnadurai: Clarifying the Context of Disparaging Ethnic Epithets in Sri Lanka over the last 180 years
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• CR De Silva: Basic Sources on the Advent of the Karava & Salagama Castes in Sri Lanka
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• Denmark’s Imperialism in the Past: Its Colonies
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• Stalwarts Three from Yesteryear: Sri Lankans of Distinction
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• Galle Cricket Grounds as Best in This Our World
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• In Memory of Richard de Zoysa
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• An Inspiring Sri Lankan Anthropologist: Gananath Obeysekere
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• Watch Out. The Sinha-Le Campaign gathers Momentum
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• A Place for Puppetry in the World Today
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• The Burgher Exodus from Sri Lanka: A Reading in 1988
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• Nihal Fernando: Cameraman Extraordinary
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• Lylie Goderich: Memories are Made of These
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• The Political Tussles behind the Cricketing Grounds in Colombo, 1945-2018
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• Tilly’s Beach Hotel at Mount: Burnt-Out in July 1983
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• “Paraya” & “Parayo” as Vicious Epithets in the Sri Lankan ‘Circuit’
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• Rupert Ferdinands: A Stellar Career …. & A Thomian Tall
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• Caste in Jaffna
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• Skin-Colour in Sri Lanka: The Prevalence of Pitch-Black?
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• Portuguese Names in Sri Lanka and Their Meanings
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• Trump, Biden + Fei-Yu-Ching sing ”A Spray of Plum Blossoms”
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• Quaint Tit-Bits about Colombo & Environs in Dutch Times
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• Remembering the TSUNAMI …. 26 December 2004
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• “Mama Papa,” aka MarcSri, sustaining Disabled Children in Kalutara
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• About
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• The Origins of Burgher & Malay Surnames in Colonial Ceylon
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• Velupillai Pirapāharan’s Biography related by DBS Jeyaraj
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• Sri Lanka’s Wildcats: In the Depths of the Jungle
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• The Landscape of the LTTE’s Last Redoubt, May 2009
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• Hot & Sultry Sri Lankan Women
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• The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka Today
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• Remembering DS Senanayake on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day
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• Independence Day 1949 in Black-and-White Video
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• The De Kretser Genealogy
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• Royal: The History of a Hostel & the Sociology of a School
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• Mansions of Kollupitiya, Colombo in the early twentieth century
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• Boom! 3rd May 1986: Air Lanka’s Tristar 36 blown up on Runway by LTTE
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• A Tamil Expat’s Appraisal of the LTTE …. Today 2025
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• Celebrating Duncan White in Pictures and Words
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• The Old and Sturdy Dutch Fort in Galle
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• The Development of Transportation in Ceylon, 1800-1947
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• Eric Clapton’s Discerning Appraisal of Russia and China within World Politics Today
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• Why Thuppahi
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• Responsibility … “Duty of Care” on the Cricket Field: Senake’s Thoughtful Essay
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• Jayaweera’s Electoral Voting Breakdown by District
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• Leda’s Seduction by a Swan: Erotica from Pompeii 79AD … and Beyond
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• Sinhala Mind-Set
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• Beyond Imagination – Chandra Schaffter’s Life of Service
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• Three Benedictines Head the Sri Lanka Army
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• Religion within Tamil Militancy and the LTTE
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• Royal College in Colombo: Its History
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• The JVP and Rajapaksa in Vidyodaya Politics, 1970s: Recollections
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• When Upali Wijewardene & His Learjet Disappeared …. in February 1983
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• Premier Zhou Enlai’s Visit to Ceylon in 1957
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• Janaka Goonetileke’s Atapattu Walawwa
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• Zain Airudeen’s Recounting of the Tsunami Traumas in and Beyond Hambantota
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• Assassins at Large: The Rajiv Gandhi KILL of 1991
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• Revisiting the Sins of Leslie Gunawardana (Part lll)
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• The Lalith Athulathmudali Assassination: Context, Rumours, Smokescreens
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• Rajiva Wijesinha’s “Servants” returns to Our World
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• Donald Trump receives Award from the American Indian Nations
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• Remembering Ravi Jayewardene as Man and Founder of the STF
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• Chatting with Clive Inman on His Cricketing Past for the Quadrangle’s “Scoop”
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• Remembering a Renaissance Man, Ediriweera Sarachchandra
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• Dr Siri Kannangara: A Life of Service in Australia
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• In Appreciation of Nandasena Ratnapala, A Professor who Begged in Anthropological Mode
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• Pictorial Images
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• A Note on the Bandaranaike Assassination Case & Its Sources
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• Remembering Rajiv Jayaweera: An Outstanding Analyst and A Sturdy Administrator
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• Sinhalese War Poems and the Portuguese
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• Disappearing Burgher Surnames in Island Lanka
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• Karuna’s Split with Pirapāharan in 2004 in his Own Words
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• Speeding Up Links: Mirigama-Kurunegala Expressway Soon Operational
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• The Mahaweli Project: The Mother of All Development Schemes in Sri Lanka
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• Encountering Killer Aussies in 1975: Sri Lanka’s Experiences – Tilak’s Gatherings
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• Handy Perinpanayagam and the Jaffna Youth Congress
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• The “Colombo Bharathas”: A Merchant Community
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• The Lonely Cadet and the Maiden: Leonard Woolf in Jaffna …..
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• The Walawwa in Sri Lanka: Its Origins
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• The Assassination of SWRD Bandaranaike Revisited
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• Kittu as LTTE Commander: A Violent, Tempestuous History
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• The Melders One and All … Still Chugging and In Service
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• Death and Eternal Life: contrasting sensibilities in the face of corpses
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• Surviving the Tsunami at Arugam Bay
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• Narendran’s Critical Dissection of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Victory Day Speech on 18th May 2009
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• For Lanka’s Future and Serenity: Skanda’s Appeal from the Heights of Haputale
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• From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s
  9
• Remembering Indian Ocean Slavery through Film: Afro-Sri Lankan Memories
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• Tamils in Ceylon Cricket, 1901-2024
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• White Van Atrocities and Major Bulathwatte: Yesterday and Today
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• Our Well of Tears for Kieran de Zoysa: Killed on Easter Sunday, 21st April
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• The Ceylon Army’s British Heritage
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• Percy Colin-Thomé and the Composition of the Book People Inbetween
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• The LTTE Debacle at Aanandapuram, April 2009
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• Professional Mourners in Ceylon and Southern India
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• “Aryan Roots” …. Nazi Scientists in Search of ‘Holy Grail’ in the Indian Subcontinent in 1939
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• The Golden Age of Motor Cars in Ceylon
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• People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon
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• The Wat Buddha Dhamma Monastery survives the Bush Fire in New South Wales
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• A Pooja for Kandy
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• Remembering George Turnour: Scholar & Administrator Extraordinary
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• The Bambalapitiya Flats of Colombo in the 1950s & 60s
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• Left-wing Groupthink is strangling UK’s Universities
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• A Tale of Resistance: The Story of the Arrival of the Portuguese in Sri Lanka
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• THE CEYLON JOURNAL is launched: Seeking to Elucidate the Past & the Present
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• The Muslim Moors in Sri Lanka: Commensality in the Moulding of Distinctive Being
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• The JVP Insurgency in the late 1980s and its Death Toll
  8
• Richard Gabriel’s Life and Work
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• Universal Franchise for Ceylon in 1931: The Complexities of Governance and Policy
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• British Ceylon Through A Family Lens 1850-1950
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• Looking Back at DS Senanayake and the Gal Oya Project
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• The Suriya Mal Campaign of the 1930s and Doreen Wickremasinghe nee Young
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• Caste Issues in Sri Lanka: A Partial Bibliography
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• Senaka Weeraratna presses His Claims as Inventor of the DRS in Cricket
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• HMS “Ceylon”: In Service from 1942-1985
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• The Haka in Mourning …. So Powerful …. So Moving
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• The Charming Cricket Setting in Galle
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• Remembering Lasantha: Discussion on Press Freedom across Canadian and Lankan borders
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• Deloraine Brohier on Lineage and Memories
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• Cardiologist Kumar Gunawardane of Townsville Honoured
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• Galle Fort and Cricket Grounds: Overviews and ‘Ancient’ Views
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• A Plot Away from Home: Ehelepola’s Resting Place in Mauritius
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• Hilda Muriel Kularatne, Theosophist & Educationist in Ceylon
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• Dutch Burghers and Portuguese Mechanics: Eurasian Ethnicity in Sri Lanka
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• Incisive Strategy & Tactics behind the Defeat of the LTTE in 2006-09
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• Remembering Tissa Abeysekera
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• The LTTE’s Remarkable Capacities: Its Air Tigers
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• Some Presentations on Independence Day in the Past in Thuppahi
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• The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years
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• The Special Task Force as an Arm of the Police
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• Overwhelmed by W. Dahanayake … A Few Insights into the Politics of Yesteryear
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• Kumar Sangakkara’s House in Galle Fort: The Game-Changer
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• The Siege of Jaffna Fort by the LTTE in 1990
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• The National Anthem as Spearhead in Steps towards Reconciliation
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• The Japanese Air Raids on Ceylon in April 1942
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• Revisiting Jaffna and the LTTE in mid-1999 guided by Mark Corcoran and the ABC
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• A Battle Map of the Dutch Invasion of Kandy in 1765
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• Thoughts on Rajiva Wijesinha’s Book on Ranil Wickremasinghe
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• Sri Lankan Baila: Its Roots and Variations
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• Pablo Neruda and Thangamma … His Work in Ceylon
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• Surviving A Leopard Attack in Hill-Country Sri Lanka
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• The Roots of Kandyan Dancing
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• The Story of a Masterpiece … and Its Painter Donald Friend
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• Orphaned. Abandoned. Illegitimate. Children cared for by the Evelyn Nurseries of Kandy, 1920 et seq
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• An Ethnological Introduction to the Tamils of Sri Lanka
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• Heavenly Bliss in Sri Lanka: Holidaying in Galle & Colombo, 24 July–4 August 2023 
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• Influences in the Characterisation of the Princess in MANAME
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• Sagara Nuwan Bandara of Watagala: War Hero now a Fishmonger
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• Book Reviews
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• KM de Silva’s Short History of Lanka reviewed critically by Charles Sarvan
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• The Goyigama Lansiyaas
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• Dry Zone Peasantry and Chēna Transformations in Sri Lanka
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• The Malays of Sri Lanka: A New Book
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• Nigel Kerner: An Unique Note on Web well before he passed away
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• Extending and Protecting Sri Lanka’s Ocean Assets
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• For Sri Lankans: Dr David Young Honoured for His Medical Work
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• The Kantale Sugar Factory: Abandoned & Derelict
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• Free Education for Ceylon: Tales Missing
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• Valentine Gunasekara: His Architectural Virtuosity and Heritage
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• Young Tourism Ambassadors in Jaffna
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• RIP Victor Ivan: JVP, Reporter, Stirrer …..
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• The Royal-Thomian Cricket Match: Its History
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• The Early History of Sociology at the University of Ceylon
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• Don Bradman at Cricket in Ceylon in 1930 …. Yes, 1930
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• Memories of Peradeniya University Campus Sparked by A Visit in 2012
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• Reflections on Ondaatje’s WOOLF IN CEYLON
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• Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe’s Crown & Throne: Here … Then … Missing
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• Addressing A Criticism of DS Senanayake’s Dry Zone Colonization Schemes
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• The Hill-Country Tamils: Their Shitty-Situation Then … and NOW
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• The Tales around a Painting: The Kandyan Ambassadors’ Audience in Dutch Colombo, 1772
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• The Tale of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, 1987–1990  
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• Dil Jayawardena: An Outstanding & Upstanding Lady
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• Captain Cook, the First Fleet & Australia Day: Relevant Facts
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• The Bharathas of Sri Lanka: Roots and Tales
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• The Ubiquitous Banyan Tree and Galle Fort
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• X’mas Gatherings: Thomian Cricket Legends and Dilmah Plantation Execs
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• The Democratization Process in Ceylon, 1832-1948
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• The Conquista: A Book on Sri Lanka’s Portuguese Period
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• Kittu, Tamil Tiger Commander, reaches the Heights of Wikipedia
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• Cartographic & Photographic Illustrations in support of the Memorandum Analysing the War in Sri Lanka and Its Propaganda Debates
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• The Case for Metric Land Measurements in Sri Lanka
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• Mastermind of Attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team has just been judicially executed
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• St Lucia’s Cathedral at Kotahena, Colombo: History….. & ….. Facets
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• Burghers: Their Lamprais and Their DBU in Colombo
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• The Power of Privilege: Illegitimate Progeny in the Plantations of Ceylon and Beyond
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• Ethnicity in Riposte during a Verbal Stoush
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• Sinhabahu: Reverberating Memories
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• The Early Years of Motoring in British Ceylon
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• Reflections on Eustace Rulach’s Satire of January 1985
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• Honouring Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra
  6
• Being a Tiger child soldier and its disenchantment for Shobasakthi
  6
• Michael Roberts: A Partial Bibliography, 1965-1999
  5
• Exotic Birds flying across the world … on the ‘wings’ of internet addicts
  5
• The Guard Stones Of Ancient Sri Lanka
  5
• Barbara Sansoni in Life and Work
  5
• Edwardian Villas and Maharajas’ Palaces: A Question on the Kalu Ganga  
  5
• Composing THE BROKEN PALMYRAH: Rajani Thiranagama’s Rigorous Oversight … and Her Insights
  5
• LH Mettananda assessed by DB Dhanapala in 1962
  5
• Ceylon’s Sporting Magicians at Cricket from the 1950s & 1960s
  5
• In Search of Sunil Santha
  5
• Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, 1877-1947: Art Historian, Writer and Philosopher
  5
• The British in Ceylon: The Camera as Power
  5
• Queen Elizabeth in Ceylon in 1954 in Pictures
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• Bertrand Russell’s Message to the World on Zionism in January 1970
  5
• A “City of Dreams” in the Centre of Colombo
  5
• How Royal helped spawn S. Thomas College
  5
• Reverting to Ruhunu, Maya and Pihiti as a Rational Scheme for Sustainable Regional Governance?
  5
• A Layman’s History of Afghanistan
  5
• Autobiography of a Sri Lankan Priest: Fr. Reid Shelton Fernando
  5
• Victor Melder’s Remarkable Sri Lanka Library in Melbourne
  5
• The CR&FC Rugby Side in 1965: A Classic Picture
  5
• How Mahinda Rajapaksa rebuffed David Miliband
  5
• The Diamond Triangle of Ancient Buddhist Sites in Odisha, India
  5
• Deft! A Dead-Eye Paratha Pancake Maker
  5
• In Appreciation of Larry Schokman: As Sturdy and Productive as Ever in Florida 2005
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• Alongside Turtles at Unawatuna Beach in Southern Lanka
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• The Japanese Air Raid on Ceylon, Easter 1942
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• The Burghers in Sri Lanka: A Hunt for Photographs
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• Combat Training in the Sri Lanka Army
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• Bloody Memories: The JVP Insurrection 1971
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• Covid’s Gift to Sri Lankan Cricket: Prabath Jayasuriya
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• The Role of Religion in Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka
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• Old World Charm: The New Oriental Hotel in The Fort of Galle
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• Michael Tissera’s Multi-Faceted Cricketing Career
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• Karuna’s Defection: An Early Analysis in Speculative Mode
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• The JVP Movement Revisited
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• Covering the Female Body: Transition seen in Buddhist murals from the 18th to 20th centuries
  5
• A Christian Miracle-Worker or Kattadiya Down South
  5
• UN Aid Workers in the Crucible of War, 1989-92: William Clarance’s Fascinating Account
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• How It Became. Documenting the Ceylon National Congress
  4
• Robert Knox’s Journeys in Ceylon and the World in the 17th Century: One
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• Calverley House in Old Colombo
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• In Suspense: The Hundredth Royal-Thomian Match in 1979
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• The Fort of Galle: Images Past and Present
  4
• The Paravas in Sri Lanka and South India in the Sixteenth Century
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• UNMASKING THE EMPIRE in British Ceylon: The Post 1915 Riots Campaign
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• Dr RL Spittel: A Learned Man for the Väddās and the Wild
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• Economic Developments in Lanka: The Sunnier Side in Map-form?
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• Appreciations of Nigel Kerner from Old Aloysians
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• The 43 Group, Harry Pieris and the Sapumal Foundation
  4
• The Sigiriya Frescoes and Their Maidens: The Hard Work of Restoration
  4
• Presenting the Portuguese Burghers of Sri Lanka: Today and Yesterday
  4
• Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses
  4
• DS Senanayake in the Final Stages of the Independence Struggle
  4
• The Exile of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, the Last King of Kandy, … amidst other Banished Potentates
  4
• Leonard Woolf: Innocent Imperialist turned Pragmatic Internationalist
  4
• Disappearing Burgher and Malay Surnames in Island Lanka
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• Solitude in Jaffna and the silence of a city– Dayapala Thiranagama’s poignant journey home
  4
• The Turtle ‘Nursery’ at Rekawa in Southern Sri Lanka
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• Shirley De Alwis: The Hand behind Peradeniya University’s Designs
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• Becoming and Being Sri Lankan: The National Anthem in Our Mother Tongues
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• Dr Carlyle Perera, 1938-2022: A Warm Appreciation
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• Social History within Cricket
  4
• St. Joseph’s in Colombo: Service till the Mountains Disappear
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• D H Lawrence in Kandy 1922
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• Don Bradmen and His Men in Ceylon, 1948
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• Sri Lankan Tamils & Their English Names: How This Feature Came About
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• Reviewing Horowitz’s Analysis of the Aborted Coup D’etat of January 1962
  4
• Nihal Fernando’s Odyssey in and with Sri Lanka: An Appreciation
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• A Crocodile kills British tourist Paul Maclean off East Coast
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• DS Senanayake’s Endeavours in Peasant Agriculture
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• The Suntharalingam Family’s Journey: Sri Lanka to Australia
  4
• Stanley Jayaweera as Sturdy Administrator & Diplomat – A Vale from a Son
  4
• Recalling Aubrey Collette’s Remarkable Talents and Journey in Life
  4
• The Damaging Japanese Raid on Trinco …. & Truths Stranger than Fiction
  4
• In Memory of Sarath Ilangantileke
  4
• Where Ratwatte and CBK Stood Strong: Coping with the Elephant Pass Debacle in April-May 2000
  4
• The Dutch Museum in The Pettah after Renovation
  4
• Depths of Feeling in Indigenous Tongue: an “aththamma” and an “aththa”
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• Defeating the LTTE: The Worldwide Significance of This Achievement
  4
• Famous Authors dwelling on Ceylon’s Attractions: Read against the Grain Please
  4
• The British Way: An Appraisal of Donald Trump
  4
• France in 1940 …. Trump And Europe in 2020
  4
• The Peter Carter behind the Roger Federer
  4
• Reporters struggling with Eelam War IV: Some Recollections and Reports
  4
• Marriage Prejudices in Ceylon in Decades Past
  4
• The Pacha-Gaha of Yesteryear in the Heart of Galle
  4
• In memory of Professor Freddie Bartholomeusz and Peradeniya
  4
• Henry Jayasena: An Appraisal in Appreciation — with Further Insights from Azdak’s Lore
  4
• Remembering Anagarika Dharmapala
  4
• Dr Brendon Gooneratne: Versatile Talents …. Underlined from Outside His House and from Deep Within
  4
• Cyril Ponnamperuma: An Incisive Scientific Researcher ….. In World Class
  4
• IMAGES OF BRITISH CEYLON and REGENERATION reviewed by Richard Boyle
  4
• Duncan White: Trinitian, Hurdler and Trailblazer for Ceylon
  4
• Addressing Shenali Waduge and the One-Eyed UNHRC Hunters, One
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• A Pol Pot Hell-Hole: Thamilini’s Disenchantment with Prabhakaran and the Tigers in 2009
  4
• The Plantation Economy in British Ceylon: The Downtrodden Indian Tamil Labour and the Dispossessed Kandyan Peasantry
  4
• Sonali speaks out: “Virtually no investigation into Lasantha’s killing”
  4
• Harrowing Memories! Profound Gestures! Harrow, Tsunami, Galle, Cricket and Vidyaloka College … Two Tales
  4
• Godfrey Gunatilleke: A Gentleman for All Seasons
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• Galle Fort built on the Backs of African Slave Labour
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• Intricate Ivory Artefacts in Ancient and Medieval Lanka
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• Lessons for the present from Handy Perinpanayagam and the Jaffna Youth Congress of yesteryear
  4
• A Vale in Appreciation of Dr Lal Samarasinghe: Cardiologist, Aloysian, Exemplary Human Being
  4
• Charlie Hebdo’s Cartoon Insights on the Hamas-Israeli Atrocities
  4
• Recognising Victor Melder, an Extraordinary Sri Lankan
  4
• How Robert Knox’s Opus took shape in 1681
  4
• Meet Nishi Uggalla, Child Prodigy and Scientist in the Making
  4
• The Sri Lankan Government and the Media within the Crossroads of War 2006-09
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• About SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda: An Intrepid Seeker and A Man of Diverse Talents
  4
• Vale: An Appreciation of Malathi De Alwis … Researcher & Writer
  4
• Creeping Neo-liberal Stranglehold on Sri Lanka
  4
• Schooling the Deaf & Blind in Sri Lanka: A Story of Many Marvels
  4
• Historical Revaluations: The Boundary Books of the Matale District
  4
• Charlie Chaplin in Bali
  4
• Haunted! Harrowing Tales of Suffering from a Few Ex-Tigresses in the North Today
  3
• Sri Lanka’s Success in the Eelam War IV: Some Insights
  3
• Jagath Senaratne’s History of the SL Armoured Corps enters the book world
  3
• Is the Tide Turning in Favour of Russia in the Ukrainian War?
  3
• Ball-by-Ball through Wikileaks: US Embassy Despatches from Colombo, 2009: ONE
  3
• An Outstanding Mansion: “Regina Walauwwa” become “College House”
  3
• About the Portuguese Burghers and Kaffirs
  3
• Anecdotal Lore on “Apey George,” namely, George E. De Silva, and Family
  3
• Remembering Karen Roberts Who Chose Writing …..
  3
• Kaffir Traditions: Vibrant Traces at Sirambiyadi off Puttalam
  3
• The Gash Files I: About Lt. Col. Anton Gash
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• Vijaya and Kuveni: Two Legendary Figures of the Pali Chronicles
  3
• Understanding the Kamikaze Attacks in World War Two
  3
• How Sri Lanka defeated the “Invincible’ LTTE: A Concise Summary from 2009
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• The Assassination of SWRD Bandaranaike: Questions directed at the Supreme Court’s Verdict
  3
• A Poignant Tale … “I Am Not Lighting A Candle Today”
  3
• Waiting for the Jaffna Train
  3
• Irangani Meedeniya steps unto the stage University via Dram-Soc
  3
• An Appreciation of Avishka’s Illustrated Tale of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo
  3
• Venkatachalapathy reviews Romila Thapar’s The Past Before Us
  3
• Caste, Ur and Tamilness among the Tamils in Metropolitan London
  3
• Study, Fellowship & Sport at Peradeniya Campus, 1956-60
  3
• A Muslim Militia in the East of Sri Lanka Sponsored by the State
  3
• Charles Dickens and Ceylon
  3
• Estimates of the Death Toll among the Fighting Forces of the LTTE and Government of Sri Lanka
  3
• Charles Sarvan reflects upon Identity, Language, Animosity
  3
• The Work of Anthropologists from Sri Lanka: Reviewing the World Scenario in 1987
  3
• A Requiem For Barbara Sansoni: From 1962 ….
  3
• Marvels of Sigiriya Rock Fortress in Sri Lanka
  3
• Sri Lankan ‘Outposts on Thursday Island in Colonial Times
  3
• Sri Lanka’s Precarious Political Economy ….. Yesterday & Today
  3
• Debating Tales of Caste Oppression in the North
  3
• Air Ceylon’s First Flight to Jeddah in 1950
  3
• A Konkani Baila that Crosses the Indian Seas
  3
• HK Dharmadasa passes away; A Tribute
  3
• The Impending Slug-Fest: Q and A with Chandrika Kumaratunga
  3
• Momentous Changes in Ceylon instituted by the Donoughmore Commisison
  3
• Kumar Gunaratnam: JVP & Aragalaya Leader Extraordinary
  3
• Adele Balasingham highlighted as “Aunty Tiger” by London Rag in mid-2009
  3
• Comparative Insights: USA’s Failures in Vietnam and Afghanistan
  3
• Was Sri Lanka an Agricultural Nation in Ancient Times?
  3
• A Conservative Voice against Today’s Aboriginal ‘Voice’ ”
  3
• A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka
  3
• Remembering G. C. Mendis as Pioneer Historian of Sri Lanka
  3
• Vale an Extraordinary Tamil Scholar: Mahadevan decoded the Indus Valley and Brahmi Scripts
  3
• Overcoming Hate: A Lesson for Tamils and Sinhalese from a Holocaust Survivor
  3
• In Appreciation of Malathi de Alwis: Such An Untimely Death
  3
• Vale: Appreciating Fr. Don Andrew Leonard Perera Abayasekara of Kandy
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• Thomians in Praise of Mevan Pieris
  3
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• Landmark Supreme Court Judgment upholds Journalist Amerasinghe’s Ownership of his July ’83 Photographs
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• Moving from Nationalism to Multiculturalism: A Lake House Editorial Plea in Sirisena’s Voice
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• The Sri Lankan Army in Its First Decade, 1949-59
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• St. Josephs College in Colombo: Its Multi-faceted Achievements over 125 Years
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• Caste Among the Sinhalese in the Modern Era: The Significance of Name Changes
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• Maname in Retrospect: Homage to the Pioneers of 1956
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• Whistling George Siegertsz and Other Radio Ceylon Artistes of the 1950s and 60s
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• Tamil Women at War as ‘Birds of Freedom’ in the LTTE Cause
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• C. A. Lorenz of “Karlsruhe” as Propertied Gentleman in British Ceylon
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• Designing Peradeniya Campus
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• LTTE Roots in Tamilnadu
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• Rajiv’s Killer Nalini Sriharan seeks Early Release
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• Sir John Kotelawela in Australia and New Zealand in 1955
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• The Giant Nations in the World Today in 2024
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• That Nightmare Moment: Farbrace and Bayliss give BBC A Detailed Account of the Lahore Assault, 3rd March 2009
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• Pirapāharan’s Thamilīlam, 1990-2009: Aspirations and Achievements
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• Ceylon’s First General Election in 1947: Reflections … with An Eye on Today’s Situation
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• Paliganeema: Cycles of Revenge…. Kill … Retaliate … Kill in the 1980s
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• Leopards in Sri Lanka: Good Prospects
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• The Forgotten People: Malaiyaha Tamils of the Plantations and Hill-Country
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• An Expedition: To Traverse the Malwatu Oya, An Artery within Our Ancient Civilization
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• Self-Immolation and Buddhism: Tibetan Protests Vs China in 2012
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• The Bumbling-Rambling JVP Insurgency of 1971
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• “Bridge over the River Kwai”: In Appreciation of Ian Watt’s Fictional Tale
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• Roads and Bridges in Ancient Sri Lanka
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• Footsteps across Continents: Hedi Simon and the Stadlens of Austria and Britain
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• Farewell Tulsi Karunanayake …. A Sri Lankan Heart as Warm as Capacious
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• Politics of Identity in Lanka: Mithran Tiruchelvam’s Introduction in 1997 to his Book
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• Richard Gabriel: A Personal Perspective
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• Looking Down a Ship’s Cannon: Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah in Q and A
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• Galle: Four Hundred Years Ago
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• A Doctor’s Voice from Munchen in Germany … Prejudiced? Yes, but …
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• Ballhatchet on the Colebrooke-Cameron Papers
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• Turbulent Times & Anxious Moments in Sri Lanka in 1988
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