November 18, 2022 · 11:06 pm

Celebrating 25 Years of Multi-Ethnic Conviviality: Old School Sri Lankans in Australia

Adam Raffel, whose title reads “The Ceylon Society of Australia 25th Anniversary Celebrations”

Adam Raffel, whose chosen title reads “The Ceylon Society of Australia 25th Aniversary Celebrations”

The Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) held its 25th Anniversary celebrations on 28 August 2022 at the Pennant Hills Community Centre. The hall was decorated with balloons and banners celebrating 25 years of the CSA. All this was the tireless handiwork of Pauline Gunewardene, the President of the CSA, with the able assistance of all members of the CSA Committee.

 

 

 

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November 18, 2022 · 7:03 pm

Viva! The CEYLANKAN reaches Twenty-Five

The Ceylon Society of Australia was launched in Sydney in the late 1990s and established branches in Melbourne and Colombo. They also launched a journal entitled THE CEYLANKAN twenty-five years back and the 100th number of this wide-ranging publication hit the posts, desks and couches of its subscribers this week. Hurrah! 

These publications have sustained the critical patriotic commitments of Sri Lankans in Australia and abroad in numerous ways; while also stimulating cross-ethnic interaction among some of the Sri Lankan migrants in Australia.

 

Hugh Karunanayake: Founder President, 1998-2004

 

 

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November 18, 2022 · 12:12 am

The Mighty Mahaweli River’s Environs: A Set of Stefan Pictorials

Stefan d’Silva has provided numerous expositions of the island’s landscapes and its peoples’ lifeways on several occasions ….. oftern penetrating places remote and extraordinary. HERE we have another ‘dose’: Halleyuyi-yah!

 

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November 17, 2022 · 11:42 pm

Asian Musical Renderings from the Highest Realms: Two Aficianados in Conversation

Somasiri Devendra, whose title in this item in The Ceylankan, 24/4: November 2022, is “A long, long way from the Bagpipes”…. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi

Last month, when I began a personal tribute to Barbara Sansoni, recalling how I first met her: “I was the only unmarried officer, in our ‘ship’ in Diyatalawa – Her Majesty’s Ceylon Ship “Rangalla” – living in solitary splendour in the Wardroom (the Officers’ Mess). That made me the official host to visiting dignitaries……”  I was reminded of meeting, at the very same Wardroom, another cultural icon of the times, Rev.Fr. Marcelline Jayakodi OMI.

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November 17, 2022 · 11:50 am

Punishing Rajiv Gandhi: Two Moments

Michael Roberts 

The Thuppahi items on the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi have recently attracted a range of “Hits” …. that is, visitors/viewers. I am puzzled as to why; but list them below – with added reference to the first hit on Rajiv on 30th April 1987 when a Sinhala nationalist seaman from Ratgama attempted to assail him for imposing what is known as the “Indo-Lanka Pact” on Sri Lanka in a conscious move to assist the Tamil liberation movement. Wijemuni De Silva’s blow in fact hit Rajiv’s shoulder in a glancing blow because of the Prime Minister’s quick reaction. It could have been fatal (see “Clobbering …….…,” at https://thuppahis.com/2019/08/08/clobbering-rajiv-gandhi-as-chastisement-in-1987-a-guti-dheema/).

 

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November 15, 2022 · 11:54 pm

Little & Sikander in Rajesh’s T20 Cup Eleven

S. Rajesh of ESPNcricInfo has beenas adventurous as fa-reaching and fair in choosing a balanced XI for his World Cup MIX of the BEST …. 14 November 2022, at. …………………………………………… https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/team-of-the-tournament-mens-t20-world-cup-2022-suryakumar-nortje-raza-make-big-impacts-1344889

 

 

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November 15, 2022 · 12:49 pm

Those Last Four Overs! Pakistan’s Fundamental Mistake

Stephen Fleming in The Island, 14 November 2022, where the title runs: “Stephen Fleming: Pakistan made a ‘massive mistake’ in the death overs”

Pakistan were 119 for 4 after 16 overs in the T20 World Cup final against England at the MCG but managed to score only 18 for the loss of four wickets in the last four overs, and their approach at the death was a “massive mistake” according to former New Zealand captain and current Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming.

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November 15, 2022 · 12:51 am

Analysing Pakistan’s Loss in T20 Final at MCG

ESPN Review, 13 November 2022

Pakistan lost the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to England on Sunday and here, we dissect what went wrong for them in the contest, and where exactly they ended up losing the match.

Pakistan lost wickets in clusters

Pakistan looked set to post a competitive total when they had 84 runs on the board for the loss of just two wickets, at the end of the 11th over. But everything fell apart as the England bowlers made an excellent comeback to restrict them to a total of 137/8. Pakistan lost six wickets for just 53 runs in the last nine overs of their innings, scoring at an less than six runs per over during that period.

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November 13, 2022 · 1:13 pm

Leopards in Sri Lanka: Rare Shots of Leopards in Fornication

A letter (reproduced today…….. https://thuppahis.com/2022/11/13/aussie-tourists-give-thumbs-up-for-tourist-scene-in-sri-lanka-today/#more-67980) from an Australian couple presents a Warm Thumbs-up for the Sri Lankan tourist industry today. …. Yes, TODAY. It should perhaps be evaluated in conjunction with a ground-breaking documentary on Sri Lankan leopards by the highly qualified Thivanka Rukshan Perera which is being aired by National Geographic at present (November 2022). This type of encounter, of course, is hard to come by – but Thivanka himself will be envious of the local tourist who watched and snapped a couple of leopards coupling in the wide-open spaces of a wild-life track.

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November 13, 2022 · 12:49 pm

Aussie Tourists give Thumbs-up for Tourist Scene in Sri Lanka Today

Letter from Ray & Chris Czajko of Kensington, Victoria (November 2022)

The Czajkos would have been even happier, or become ecstatic, if they had accompanied Thivanka Perera on his leoaprd filming ‘safaris; or chanced upon leopards in fornication in the full ‘glare’ of a jungle track  (which Thuppahi is pleased to present in another item today).    This is the Circular Note sent by Thivanka:

Dear Family & Friends,

Despite all the negative reports we get every day in the press and on TV, it was heartening to read this letter from recently returned Aussie tourists to SL. It augurs well for the poor tour operators and hotels that seem to be struggling because of the lack of tourists from all the bad press.

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