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Darini Rajasingham Senanayake,** at IDN-InDepthNews,… 24 July 2025, …. being Part II of an extended article with this title “From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict and Its Role in Cold War Proxy Dynamics” …. This is the second of a two-part series. Click here to read part one .. .. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
There are remarkable patterns of history, organised violence, and disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied Palestine 35 years earlier as the Nakba unfolded amid Cold War escalating in Europe between the Allies and Soviet Union or Axis Powers.
Map indicating locations of Palestine and Sri Lanka. CC BY-SA 4.0 – Photo: 2025
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Ruki Fernando in Groundviews, 11 July 2025, where the title reads “Getting Rid of A Troublesome Priest” ... with the highlighting emphasis being the workd of The Editor, Thuppahi
July 11, 2025 marks 35 years since the disappearance of Fr. Saverimuttu Selvarajah, a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Batticaloa. Known as Fr. Selva, he was 30 years at that time and serving as the parish priest and administrator of Holy Cross Shrine in the remote village of Sorikalmunai in the Ampara district.
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Michael Roberts
An ‘outfit’ named ACADEMIA.COM has sent me digital links to old articles from my ‘pen’ on web that have attracted HITS. This is a flattering nudge to my weakening memory bank. As new generations of ‘students’ of the Sri Lankan scene may be interested in these old engagements, I place the A1 generated summaries here.
ONE …. “Empowering the Body and Noble Death,” By Michael W Roberts in Social Analysis, 2006
AI-generated Abstract: The paper “Empowering the Body and ‘Noble Death'” explores how specific cultural practices in Asia, particularly those associated with martial arts, facilitate a sense of empowerment in the face of death. It discusses the interplay of mind and body in rituals and practices that foster a unity with cosmic forces, enabling practitioners to confront death fearlessly. Through a comparative analysis of various contributions in this domain, the authors reflect on the complexity of participant observation in ethnographic studies and the challenges faced by researchers in fully engaging with the cultural contexts they study.
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An Item in FRONTLINE …. Produced in India & One of the World’s Leading Journals
In yet another blow to Pakistan’s internal security, militants seized control of a train in the Bolan area of Balochistan on March 11. The Jaffar Express, with around 500 passengers in nine coaches, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar. An army spokesperson said that the attack was quelled the next day after all 33 militants were killed. He added that 21 passengers and four soldiers were slain by the militants. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) later claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Verbatim Record of Claude Malhuret’s Speech in French Senate, March 2025 **
A box of Impeachmints, … related to his dealings with Ukraine.
On Thursday, 19 December 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Donald Trump caricature is seen on a trailer in Krakow, Poland on July 25, 2024. The figure, which was previously a theater prop, has been bought by local politician Lukasz Wantuch. Now he is planning to present it at Donald Trump’s campaign rallies…. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
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Academia.edu – Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers …. https://www.academia.edu
Occupation: Russian Rule in South-eastern Ukraine
by David G Lewis, 2025
Improving Forest-Based Livelihoods through Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Planning
by Pratima Shrestha
2014 • Crossing the Border: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
The Pluralism of Restorative Justice in Greater China: an Introduction
by John Braithwaite, Asian Journal of Criminology
“The Serendipity of Anthropological Practice,” by Francisco Martínez
2010, The Journal of Asian Studies
Peirce, Pragmatism, and the Logic of Scripture,” by Peter W . Ochs, 1998
Ethnicity and Violence in Sri Lanka: An Ethnohistorical Narrative
By Premakumara de Silva, 2019, The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity
Abstract: The ethnicity and violence in Sri Lanka have many root causes and consequences that are closely interconnected. Given the nature and the complexity of root causes and consequences of these highly contested concepts, it should not be treated as a part of linear historical processes where one event led to another. Sri Lanka presents case of how intersecting not only ethnicity and violence but also religion, caste, class, linguistic, and cultural mosaics have been and might be billeted within the borders of a nation-state. However, state building in Sri Lanka has been riddled with paradoxes. The curious notion of numerically dominant ethnic group, Sinhala manifesting a “minority complex” or anxieties about minority groups, Tamil and Muslims, is evident in the rise of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism during the nineteenth and the twentieth century of the country. Since state building has often meant ……….
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An Email NOTE from Ajit Varuna-Candappa sent to his Royal College classmates, mid-February 2024
https://youtu.be/ZUbBU0OqCgE?
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A NOTE from A Sri Lankan Migrant in USA, 29 December 2024 conveying the digital refrence for an You-Tube Talk = “Jeffrey Sachs: The Inevitable War With Iran” …………… https://youtu.be/Ks0l_Zpt1xA?si=XXHCdi13NXhDjLmD
You may recall the “Project for the New America Century” during the heady days among the neocons and Russophobes after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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