Jihan Hameed in FACEBOOK, June 2025 …. with highlighting added by The editor, Thuppahi
We Must Never Forget Women Like Rajani Thiranagama.
The cost of national betrayal is written in the blood of the brave.
In a nation drowning under political terrorism and foreign subversion, few stood with the moral courage to resist from within. Dr. Rajani Thiranagama was one of them. Her life, and brutal death reveal the ruthless nature of the very forces that have kept Sri Lanka divided for decades.
In Your Face** … with highlights added by Editor, Thuppahi
SEE Tim Anderson’s Views on al-Jazeera as one step towards understaning the present hot war between Iran and Israel …. https://youtu.be/r6euXK-_qec?
Chandra R De Silva**
S. Arasaratnum …. 
Ian GoonetilekeRex Clementine in The Island, June 2025
One of the most heartwarming sights at Monday’s SLC Cricket Awards was the image of two titans of yesteryear – Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Stanley Jayasinghe – seated side by side, deep in conversation, reminiscing about their golden days in flannels. It was a picture worth a thousand runs, capturing the essence of an era when cricket was more character than cash.
Stanley batting for Leicestershire in the 1950s
Chandra at ease today
Filed under historical interpretation, life stories, self-reflexivity, unusual people
Coreene Kennedy ·
I thought that I would share this abridged version of the story of my 4th great grandfather Olke Andringa; I do have the full document, all the references, research document details available if anyone wants them. Otherwise, enjoy the read!
Below is the signature of my 4times Great Grandfather Olke ANDRINGA.
The Andringa family can trace their line back to around 1341 in Franeker, Friesland. At that time Friesland was an independent state that was coveted by the Hollanders. There were frequent wars, sieges and uprisings until 1422 when a truce was declared. In 1522 Friesland and Holland came under Hapsburg rule and the wars ended.
Born on December 26th, 1741, in Kuinre, Netherlands to a family that bought timber from across Europe he joined the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a sailor in 1759.
I came across a few postcards —some B & W, others in colour– among the messy lots of books and pamphlets in my study. David Sansoni in Sydney assures me that they are rather rare and has made them presentable in the public domain. …. Michael Roberts placing them in TPS with plaudits to David.
Mount Lavinia beach
Factum EPIGS Summit, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 11–12 June 2025**
THE PANELISTS
o Rohana Hettiarachchi (Sri Lanka) – Executive Director of People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)
o Che De Los Reyes (The Philippines) – Journalist and Media Development Specialist
o Aishath Adnan (The Maldives) – Co-Founder of Women in Tech Maldives
o Harindra Dassanayake (Sri Lanka) Co-Founder of Muragala
o Dulanjaya Mahagamage (Sri Lanka) – Manager – Social Media and Research at Hashtag Generation
o Usama Khilji (Pakistan) – Co-Founder and Director of Bolo Bhi and the Vice Chair of the Global Network Initiative
• Moderator – Rajni Gamage (Sri Lanka) – Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore (NUS).
Prefatory Note by Michael Roberts in Adelaide, 7 June 2025
Brian Victoria was a colleague teaching Japanese in the Asian Studies Department when I moved to Adelaide Univerisity Anthropology in 1977; and we got to know each other at seminars and in faculty corridors. He moved abroad subsequently. While his expertise probably lies in political issues in the Pacific theatre, one of my brainwaves — rare nowadays — led me to seek his appraisal of the deadly, devastating and unholy conflicts occurring in recent years in Gaza, Palestine, Israel,and their surrounds (an issue piercing TPS because of a sharp division of opinion between two of my friends, David Schokman and Arlen van Der Wall).
A Note from Errol Fernando, early June 2025 **
Dear Michael, I listened to a very interesting interview on Late Night Live recently which dealt with the whole story of Merle Oberon and her genealogy. Please google Late Night Live and listen to this interview which tells you about her Sri Lankan mother, her efforts to hide her ethnicity, pretending that she was born in Tasmania, etc, etc.
thuppahi
