Umesh and Sreeni Randeniya have launched a new Sri Lankan restaurant in the heart of Adelaide at No 60 Unley Road near the busy west-east Greenhill Road. Its decor is heavily Sri Lankan; and its flavours will …. of course spice your senses.
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The Pros & Cons of T20 Cricket Today …. Six-hitting Sleepiness?
Ian Chappell, in ESPNcricinfo, 5 May 2024 where the title reads “Will T20 get to the point where it becomes wearisome?”
Over the years I’ve learnt that for every upside in an idea – no matter how good – it’s guaranteed there’ll also be a downside. Consequently there’s some disillusionment with the growing amount of six-hitting involved in the T20 game and particularly in the highly successful IPL tournament.
Travis Head hammers a six — AFP/Getty
…. Take this and multiply it some. Still a spectacle?
Devastating Israeli Assaults on Rafah
Observer in a Black Sea Town … writing on 7/8th May 2024 after Israel’s devastating assault began the day before.
Israel has just launched its devastating attack on the densely populated city of Rafah promising to use extreme force against 1.4 million Palestinian citizens. The Wankers of the White House, may shed crocodile tears for the slaughtering of Palestinans and they will wank on about it not being a good idea, but the fact remains that the US did absolutely nothing to prevent it, which means they condone it.
Smoke billows from n Israeli bombardment in Rafah, Gaza, May 6, 2024 © AFP
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SSC: The Studies in Society & Culture Project, 1992 et seq
SSC PAMPHLET PROJECT
Some of you may remember this project in Sri Lanka in the 1990s directed towards making selected academic articles on the history & politics of Sri Lanka available to the English-reading public at affordable rates. My unreliable memory indicates that the personnel behind this enterprise were myself, Ananda Chittampalam, Willa Wickramasinghe and our engine, so to speak, was the press operated by Haris Hulugalla.
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Some Striking SNAPs
God GANESH ‘holed’ by cannon shot ……. a classic ‘shot’ during the course of the Eelam Wars by that intrepid cameraman Dominic Sansoni
Prawn Dishes to Savour … Dissolving Ethnic Differences!
BBC News Item: “Isso Vade : The spicy snack that unites Sri Lanka,” in The Island, 12 February 2023, ….. https://island.lk/isso-vade-the-spicy-snack-that-unities-sri-lanka/#:~:text=Isso%20(prawn)%20vade%20(pattie,with%20onions%20and%20curry%20leaves.
As the train pulled into Peradeniya Junction station in central Sri Lanka, the man sitting opposite me leapt out of his seat and leaned out of the window, placing his thumb and forefinger in his mouth and whistling loudly. A vade seller soon appeared outside, removed a basket from the top of his head and handed it to the passenger. The man quickly pulled out a fragrant fritter along with a small bag of fiery sambol, leaving money behind, and then passed the basket to other hungry passengers, who did the same before returning the basket back to the seller through the window.
The WEST: In Engagement in Two Contrasting Wars
Lakshman Gunasekara. in Daily News, 30 April 2024, where the chosen title is “Russia advances as NATO stingy wit Ukraine aid” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
Ukrainians are realising with horror that their Western “allies” are de-prioritising their war with Russia as the Palestine war and West Asian flare-ups keep the Western power bloc focused on sustaining tiny client Israel. The United States alone has so far provided Ukraine with military aid worth US$ 44 billion since the Russian invasion of Ukraine but that is small compared with the West’s pampering of Israel.
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Jewish Nazis of Today in Powerful Places
JW
Shai Davidai, a Jewish researcher, is demonizing the students protesting at universities across the US against the genocide taking place in Gaza. He calls them “Terrorists”.
Students protest at an encampment supporting Palestinians on the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 25 [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]
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Journalistic Articles from my Pen: A Bibliography, 1996-2009
Michael Roberts
Articles that appear in academic journals are subject to a refereeing process before they, so to speak, scale the heights and enter the academic world. But there are numerous forums at the cutting edge which serve up essays on hot topics. These are not necessarily run-of-the-mill mundane pieces. They can be spin-offs presented by writers in the academic field. As I look to the future when my mortal steps in this world will no longer generate any sound, I present here a listing of some of these ‘pop-articles’ produced in the period 1996-2009. Many of them relate to the Eelam wars and the Tamil Tiger commitment to “sacrificial devotion” (a term I deploy in lieu of “suicide missions”).
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