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Hiran Hewavisenti  in FACEBOOK, #0 November 2025  ……………eoSopsdrnt3t27c39ft1tht9c4729m517ul00gcifl02ihtu7gg17a69949i ·

HORSES FOR COURSES

Sadly, there was no respite for a nation on the brink – not even from an oval in Rawalpindi and a game that has brought cheer to so many millions of Sri Lankans in the now distant past… in the midst of a civil war back in 1996 – and for nearly a decade thereafter when Sri Lankan cricket’s purple patch saw it win two World Cups and feature in multiple finals of major tournaments.

It wasn’t to be in Rawalpindi last night; it hasn’t been for nearly a decade.

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Aubrey Joachim … in an article entitled “Sri Lanka’s second tsunami moment. This time it came from the skies.” ..

Almost 21 years after the devastation of the 2004 Asian tsunami that wreaked havoc across much of Asia, most of the same areas have once again been subjected to the adverse forces of nature. Ove the last week or more, torrential rains have fallen across Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Southern India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has in addition been hit by a violent cyclone – Ditwah.

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Rajiva Wijesinha, in a Facebook Item entitled  “A New Life 44 …

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Review in The ISLAND, 30 November 2025, entitled “Nawaz and Afridi blow Sri Lanka away to seal tri-series for Pakistan”

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Uditha Devapriya, in The Morning.lk,  23 Nov 2025 …. where the title runs thus: “Working in Multitudes: Rediscovering Martin Wickramasinghe”

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Some appropriate cartoons?

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A  Roaming  World  Citizen

https://youtu.be/1BNSvb0IueM?si=PntIMYjS9J2Iu6us

Special Forces Hostage Rescue: Operation Chavín de Huántar

Real Crime

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In this episode, the 1997 Peruvian hostage crisis unfolded when the Maoist guerrilla group Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took over 700 hostages at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima on December 17, 1996. The standoff lasted for 126 days, with the government of President Alberto Fujimori initially attempting negotiations before opting for a military solution. On April 22, 1997, Peruvian commandos executed Operation Chavín de Huántar, storming the residence and successfully rescuing all hostages while killing all 14 MRTA militants. This operation not only bolstered Fujimori’s popularity but also significantly weakened the MRTA, marking a turning point in Peru’s struggle against insurgency and raising important questions about human rights and state responses to terrorism.

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A  NOTE  …. 

Consider  the  pictorial material and  varied written items in the two-volume Vijitha Yapa Publication by Michael Roberts,  Tamil Person & State. Essays  and  Tamil Person & State. Pictorial, (2012, ISBN).

Tamil Person and State: Essays

https://www.vijithayapa.com/product/tamil-person-and-state-essays/

Courtesy  of  Sunil Thenabadu

ICC ANNOUNCES ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP SCHEDULE IN FEBRUARY 2026

Sri Lanka to Face Australia, Ireland, Oman and Zimbabwe in Group Stage

The ICC has announced the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup schedule, with Sri Lanka placed in Group B alongside Ireland, Oman, Zimbabwe, and Australia. The tournament will be co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India, featuring 20 teams divided into four groups before progressing to the Super Eights stage.

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Dannie Byrne, as final part of his illuminating coverage  of the SAF-India encounters from a neutral Englisman’s position

Harmer proves to be too good for the Indian batsmen who sink to a humiliating new low. Day 5 in Guwahati.

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Bedgar Perera

I had happened to listen on youtube some time in February,2025, to an address by a learned senior professor,(whose name I had failed to get at) delivered before a distinguished audience that had included a large gathering of Buddhist clergy,a former President, a former Speaker and other politicians most of whom held power in yesteryear and are since out of the saddle.

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