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Category Archives: working class conditions
A Major Political Transformation in Sri Lanka on the Horizon?
Merril Gunaratne,** in The Island, 27 October 2024, where the title runs “A revolution without violence” … with emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi
The total absence of violence before, during, and after the Presidential election has deeply impressed all sections of the population. Such exemplary discipline and conduct of the NPP took many observers by surprise, putting to shame established parties which, when they alternated in power, invariably let loose their goons to inflict pain and misery on opposition ranks. Serving in the police from 1965 to 2000, and in retirement for two and a half decades thereafter, I was witness to violence which followed every election with monotonous regularity.
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Sustaining Vanni Hope with A New Website
Ranjan Sivagurunathan
Introducing Vanni Hope’s New Website!
Hello Everyone!
I am excited to share that Vanni Hope’s brand-new website is officially live! You can now explore it at vannihope.org.
This new platform marks an important step forward as we continue to grow and serve impoverished communities across the island. Our updated website will feature the latest project updates, announcements, and a chance to meet our dedicated team. It offers new ways to stay connected and discover how you can contribute to our mission.
A key highlight is our new donation platform, offering exciting new features including:
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Recurring Donations – Schedule contributions automatically at your convenience.
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Donation Management Portal – Track and manage your giving history with ease.
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Tribute Donations – Donate in honour or memory of someone special.
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Project Category Selection – Choose which cause your donation will directly support.
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Automated Receipts – Receive receipts immediately to your email inbox after donating, along with an annual receipt providing a summary of your donations at the end of each financial year for your tax purposes.
A special thank you goes to our young director Valluvan Thillairajah who developed this entire website during his medical school break. His hard work has provided us with a platform that truly reflects our mission and makes it easier for supporters like you to engage with the work we do.
I encourage you to explore the site, learn about our initiatives, and consider making a donation to be the reason someone smiles today.
Thank you for your continued support. Together, we are building brighter futures and stronger communities across Sri Lanka.
Warm Regards
| Ranjan Sivagnanasundaram | |
| Chairman / Public Officer |
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The Political ‘Surroundings’ of the Gal Oya Programme in the 1950s-to-1970s – Fundamental Issue
A Spark from The Editor, Thuppahi, 26 October 2024, by resurrecting a TPS Comment from 2017
Perchance I recently came across an old comment from Professor Chandre Dharmawardena [based in Canada] which raises explosive questions about the dry zone irrigation projects in Sri Lanka launched in the mid-20th century — questions which engage the political currents of that period and thereby invole such figures as DS Senanayake, LH Mettananda, GG Ponnambalam, SWRD Bandaranaike.
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Burning Issues for the NPP Economic Team
Darshanie Ratnawalli, in The Island, October 2024 ... where the title reads ”The recent IMF visit and the new ‘economic team’
A new economic team, representing SL has gone into a meeting with the IMF. A President Media Division release dated October 2, 2024, says that the IMF visit was to hold discussions on the progress of the IMF programme and the release of the fourth tranche and that the following “economic team” has been appointed by the new government for discussions with the IMF.
This is the team –Anil Jayantha, Chair of the NPP Economic Policy Council & Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs & Finance, Duminda Hulangamuwa, Senior Advisor to the President, Sunil Handunnetti, JVP Politician, Seetha Bandara Ranathunga, Sunil Gamage, Nandasiri Keembiyahetti, O. G. Dayaratne Banda and Amarasena Athukorala.
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Agriculture in the Economic Development of Sri Lanka Conference held at Gannoruwa in August 1974 — PROGRAMME Circulated Then
AGRICULTURE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SRI LANKA’ … conference organised by the Ceylon Studies Seminar ……16th – 19th August, 1974 …… at the In Service Training Centre, Gannoruwa
** The times of the mid-morning and afternoon tea-breaks will be announced each day.
** The names of the chairman and the discussant for each session will be indicated in a list which will be circulated later.
** The two papers marked with an asterisk may not be available for discussion.
A symbolic natural phenomenon from the Peradeniya University campus …. anticipaing potential prospects from the intellectual flowerings generated within its portals
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The Personnel Behind THE CEYLON JOURNAL
Thuppahi is pleased to present a photo of the key personnel located in Sri Lanka who were involved in launching the new cutting/edge academic venture known as THE CEYLON JOURNAL this year.
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Ceylonese Migrants to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s
Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … now placed in TPS in a revised form to accomodate illustrations that proved recalcitrant
The Six Australian Colonies came together on the 1st of January 1901 to form the independent Nation of the Commonwealth of Australia. From 1788 (First Fleet arrival at Sydney Cove) to the time of Federation, Australia was populated by convict and free settlers almost exclusively from Britain. The 1901 census put the population at 3.7 million. Aboriginals were not counted in this census. A small percentage of the population was made up of Pacific Islanders and Chinese. The Chinese entered Australia in the second half of the 19th century at the time of the Gold Rush in Australia (mid-19th century) and in the years following. Between 1851 and 1870 about 50,000 Chinese were estimated to have entered Australia. Pacific Islanders had been brought to Australia in the second half of the 19th century as labourers.
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The Branding of Islamic Migrants to Ceylon Over the Centuries
WHEN Shamara Wettimuny’s article in the History Workshop Journal entitled “The Colonial History of Islamophobic Slurs in Sri Lanka” …. was placed in FACEBOOK it received the following set of comments: some prejudiced against and some in favour. The ethnic difference in the authors is quite marked and thereby marks the depth of ethnicity in the island context …. TODAY.
Moving at a tangent, I stress that the research work that generated the book by Roberts, Colin-Thome & Raheem which is entitled People Inbtween (1989 Sarvodaya) becomes profoundly relevant to this set of engagements. Note that my deployment of the THUPPAHI concept for my web-site’s brand name emerged from this body of research. So, do visit this entry as well: https://thuppahis.com/why-thuppahi/
The original article can be access in THUPPAHI at ………………… https://thuppahis.com/2020/09/07/experiencing-denigration-in-sri-lanka-the-muslims-yesterday-and-today/
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