A NOTE from Michael Roberts, 15 July 2025
Biographical tales are one of the paths in historical investigation. Such tales attract many readers because they flesh out lifeways and resonate with personal recollections. The WORD PRESS website provides the Thuppahi-Editor with figures on the HITS which the site receives every day,
Because of the ‘picture’ óf READER INTEREST served up by such figures the “TALE” may interest some readers. If interested in a particular item just copy the title … ADD “thuppahis.com” and search the web.
- Kittu as LTTE Commander: A Violent, Tempestuous History
- Eric Clapton’s Discerning Appraisal of Russia and China within World Politics Today
- Chandana effects Fielding Transformation in ODI Squad
- Michael Roberts: A Partial Bibliography, 1965-19997
- Premier Zhou Enlai’s Visit to Ceylon in 1957
- Leonard Woolf in Hambantota: An Interpretation
- Ivor Jennings and Peradeniya University in Two Excursions
- Engeltine Cottage in Kandy: The Intertwining of Three Families — Pieris, Sangakkara and Krishnapillai
- Where Raj De Silva has flourished in Retirement
- Devika Brendon’s AVERSION is Reaching For The Skies
- Jean Arasanayagam nee Solomons: Halleluyah! Halleluyah! … In HER Memory
- Henry Jayasena: An Appraisal in Appreciation — with Further Insights from Azdak’s Lore
- Bertrand Russell’s Message to the World on Zionism in January 1970
- Kate Adie of BBC: reporting on war & women at war
- David Paynter: Consummate Painter, A Ceylonese and A Trinitian
- The Story of a Masterpiece … and Its Painter Donald Friend
- Cartographic & Photographic Illustrations in support of the Memorandum Analysing the War in Sri Lanka and Its Propaganda Debates
- Lovina Alphonso: A Rodi Waif who ‘converted’ a British Governor
- Sundarji’s Sri Lanka. The New Country launched in 2015
- Addressing Shenali Waduge and the One-Eyed UNHRC Hunters, One
- Leonard Woolf’s Weliwewa Terrain: Gerald Peiris’s Profound Expertise 5
- An Inspiring Sri Lankan Anthropologist: Gananath Obeysekere
- Kumar Sangakkara’s House in Galle Fort: The Game-Changer
- Anecdotal Lore on “Apey George,” namely, George E. De Silva, and Family
- Vihares and Verandas: Barbara Sansoni’s Magnum Opus
- Charlie Hebdo’s Cartoon Insights on the Hamas-Israeli Atrocities
- Rejuvenated Sri Lankan ODI Cricket guided by Jayasuriya
- The Nomenclature and Lineaments of White-Brown Cohabitation in British Ceylon: A Puzzle
- Composing THE BROKEN PALMYRAH: Rajani Thiranagama’s Rigorous Oversight … and Her Insight
- The Insights etched within Walter Fernando’s Autobiography of an Administrative Career
- Vale: Joe Hoad, Barbadian Virtuoso
- Bradman at Brockton Oval in Vancouver in 1932 during Australian North American Tour
- Yvonne Gulam Hussein …. between Sir John and Richard Nixon
- Asian Musical Renderings from the Highest Realms: Two Aficianados in Conversation
- Namel Weeramuni: Life and Theatre, Theatre as Life
- Ranil Wickremasinghe at an International Forum in Moscow …. NOW
- Remembering Darrel Weinman — Surgeon and Doctor Extraordinary
- The Peter Carter behind the Roger Federer
- In Appreciation of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy,1877-1947
- A Tamil Expat’s Appraisal of the LTTE …. Today 2025
- Jayasekera’s Critical Study of the British Colonial Dispensation in Ceylon
- The Impending Slug-Fest: Q and A with Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Remembering Shanti Bahar: An Intrepid Naval Officer and a Man for the Jungles
- Remembering Anagarika Dharmapala
- The De Kretser Genealogy
- The Gash Files I: About Lt. Col. Anton Gash
- The Senanayakes at STC, at Cricket and in Politics in Ceylon
- Three Benedictines Head the Sri Lanka Army
- Virtuosi Varied: Count De Mauny, Wendt, Paynter & Raman
- Liyanage in Conversation & Correspondence with NM Perera
- Burghers: Their Lamprais and Their DBU in Colombo
- Dr Susiri Weerasekera: A Man for All Seasons
- Chandra Schaffter: A Sturdy Sri Lankan Sportsman and Administrator For All Seasons
- Haresh Selvaskandan carries Olympic torch in London
- A Sensitive Prisoner Memoir: Commodore Boyagoda’s Captivity in LTTE Heartland
- Palitha Manchanayake’s Life and Times
- The Extraordinary Alagu Subramaniam
- Muslims in the East of Sri Lanka: Ashfaque Mohamed’s Insightful Film
- Victor Melder’s Remarkable Sri Lanka Library in Melbourne
- Frank Rees George: Intrepid Cameleer & Pioneer in Outback Australia
- Recalling Aubrey Collette’s Remarkable Talents and Journey in Life
- Remembering Sean Connery…. the Quintessential James Bond
- The Murder of Lional Silva by the JVP in 1984
- Remembering Rajiv Jayaweera: An Outstanding Analyst and A Sturdy Administrator
- Chandrika Kumaratunge as President: An Unique Amalgam of Graciousness and Toughness
- Honouring and Grieving Sam Samarasinghe: Academics in USA
- Misunderstanding Manorani Saravanamuttu’s Character in Film
- Richard Gabriel: A Personal Perspective
- EFC Ludowyk: For Peradeniya and Ceylon ….. His Lasting Legacies
- Fr. Michael Rodrigo Assassinated in 1987: A Man serving People …. All People
- IV. Bavinck on Life in Jaffna, 1994-2004: People Caught in the Middle of Two Awesome Forces
- The Rajasingams and Their Profound Legacies
- Remembering EOE Pereira: Engineer, Guru, A Man of the People, For the People
- Captain Cook’s Endeavours: Seen as “White Ghosts” by the Guugu Yimithirr People
- Dr RL Spittel: A Learned Man for the Väddās and the Wild
- Kumar and Mahela …. Cricket and Reconciliation… Northern Empowerment … via Alison’s Tea Break
- Karuna’s Defection: An Early Analysis in Speculative Mode
- Revisiting Jaffna and the LTTE in mid-1999 guided by Mark Corcoran and the ABC
- Donald Friend assessed by Venerable Bhikkhu Dhammika in 2003
- Karuna’s Split with Pirapāharan in 2004 in his Own Words
- G. C. Mendis: A Sound Historian of the Old School
- Eric Roles at Cricket in Perth: Rendering Service
- Medical Man Sanjiva Wijesinha’s “Not Our War” hits the bookshelves
- Count de Mauny’s Island as “Taprobane” today in Lanka — itself “Taprobane” in Ancient Times
- Frederick Dornhorst and Royal College
- The Borulagoda Gunawadenas via A Requiem for Indika Gunawardena