Randima Atytgalle, in The Sunday Island, 28 July 2024 where the title reads “A monument to all things Dutch,” … while the photos are his work or that of Prof KD Paranavitana.
The Dutch Museum in Colombo, located at Prince Street, Pettah, was closed for several years for renovation. It was reopened to the public early this month. The conservation project which is nearing completion hopes to restore this archaeologically protected monument to its former glory.
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An Appreciation within Richmond Viththi in Facebook, 11 July 2024
Professor Jayasekara joined Richmond College in 1944. He was a Prefect of the school and won the most prestigeous award at Richmond, the Darrell Medal in 1954. He obtained an Honours Degree in Arts from the University of Peradeniya in 1959. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to Canada where he obtained his Masters degree in History from the University of Manitoba. In 1970, he was awarded the PhD by the SOAS, University of London.Filed under accountability, British colonialism, Buddhism, communal relations, cultural transmission, economic processes, education, ethnicity, governance, heritage, historical interpretation, land policies, landscape wondrous, language policies, life stories, patriotism, politIcal discourse, power politics, religiosity, religious nationalism, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, social justice, sri lankan society, teaching profession, welfare & philanthophy, working class conditions, world events & processes
Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Polity.lk, 7 July 2024 … where the title reads “Uncertainty or Turmoil? Sri Lanka’s Pre-Presidential Election Politics”
The coming few months have the potential to produce major political changes in Sri Lanka. The presidential election is constitutionally due to be held on a date decided by the Election Commission between 17 September and 16 October. It will certainly mark a crucial moment that will decide who governs the country and in what direction, amidst a continuing economic and social crisis of massive proportions.
Photo by Sena Vidanagama
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Compiled from a set of sources by The Editor, Thuppahi
Sri Lanka T20I squad: Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Binura Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Welalage.
NEW DELHI: India is poised to begin a fresh chapter in their ……. https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-announce-new-captain-for-t20is-as-they-name-squad-for-sri-lanka-series ….. India will travel to Sri Lanka in July-August for a white-ball tour consisting of three T20Is and ODIs each.
Danny Byrne Circular Report …. with title imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
Arriving in Belfast for the Ireland vs Zimbabwe Test Match ……….
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream
Where immobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back roads stop
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again ………………………………………………… Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
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Michael Roberts
The library at Adelaide Univeristy is known as the BARR-SMITH LIBRARY. The staff in the “Special Collections” within the library over the years have been especially helpful over a long period and were hands-on central in organising the Roberts Oral History Project from the 1980s and subsequently (see https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/mss/roberts/).
But it is by pure chance that I came across a document penned in my hand detailing the stock of manuscripts and photocopied material that I had placed within the Special Collections –maybe because our home is adjacent to a National Park and within a high fire-risk arena.
Let me assure all ye readers that I have been stunned by some of the items that I have collected –some of them original Mss items; with the others being copies. but the main point is that some of these copies reproduce very rare items. Moreover, I find that the range and type of items placed within the realm of the Barr-Smith are quite astonishing. It remains to be seen whether readers and investigators of the past accept that evaluation. I should add that I will be among the personnel delving into some of the data within this stock; but I do not have long to live…..and this stock is there for posterity.
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Circulated by Hiran Hewavisenti …. who has already provided us with LIONS OF SRI LANKAN CRICKET .… the book.
A Sri Lankan American Jester: “The US Presidential Election: Trump vs Harris”
The Prosecutor vs the Felon?
What if Harris choice for VP is Pete Buttigieg?
What theater!
… cliff me !
David Colin-Thome in 2008 …………………………………………………………….. https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/feature-articles/the-darrawella-club-memorabilia-and-photograph-collection.html .… with highlighting emphasis imposed by The eDitor, Thuppahi
The Darrawella Club has the finest collection of memorabilia of all planters’ clubs in the country, dating back to 1870, which features the participants in the first cricket encounter between Darrawella Club and Radella Club. These two clubs have not only had a long history of sporting rivalry, but they were also the most prominent sporting planters’ clubs at national competition level in Sri Lanka.
Fig 1 = the digitised photographs lined up for replacing in their frames
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Hallo to Those Attached to “CEYLONIANA” and Valuable Lankan Artefacts & Books
…………… Way back I took steps to catalogue and transport my Oral History tapes and other valuable material to Sri Lanka with the assistance of Jitto Arulampalam in Melbourne, several Adelaidians and VERITE RESEARCH in Colombo (a prolonged and massive set of operations). That stock in now available to the public at the National Library Services Board in Torrington Avenue, Colombo.[1]
Now: as my wife and I age and enter the last phase of our lives, we face the issue of the stock in my study. This includes:
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