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The only antidote to propaganda is to stop reading newspapers and watching television and to search for alternative sources of news, and to always verify what you read and observe.
The Insidious Power of Today’s Media
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When England Obliterated Australia at Brisbane,1928
Hiran Hewavisenti as LankanLion in Facebook
England don’t often taste Ashes glory on Australian soil, which is exactly why their triumph at Brisbane’s old Exhibition Ground in the opening Test of the 1928–29 series stands out so vividly. On this day, nearly a century ago, Australia began the final morning at 17 for 1, staring at an impossible target of 742. What followed was a total collapse of resolve. They mustered only 66 runs, offering little resistance as England wrapped up a commanding victory.
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The Blame Game generated by Cyclone Ditwah
Michael Roberts
Moving from west to east across the Indian Ocean, the cyclone Ditwah has wrought unprecedented damage in Sri Lanka and many other countries. The damage has been via sweeping floods as well as landslides. Thus far, 374 deaths and 330 missing are said to be one set of consequences from this dramatic EVENT (see Note A below).
The mental anguish and media imperatives have been promoting what I deem to be a BLAME GAME. The fingers have been pointed at previous administrations and the main planning authorities. Particular emphasis is being attached to the building programmes — houses and urban premises—in the lowland areas of the North-Western, Western and Southern Provinces which have seen the reduction of the wetlands in these regions. The ASSERTION is that these natural features would have absorbed the wrecking force of cyclone Ditwah.
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All Hands To Sri Lanka’s Aid: Recovery from DITWAH
Harold Gunatilleka in Sri Lanka
A Call for Experience and Unity in Sri Lanka’s Defining Moment
Sri Lanka finds itself at a pivotal juncture. The country faces the urgent need to recover from the Ditwah disaster and the significant challenge of reversing 20 years of stagnation in productivity. At this critical moment, effective leadership characterised by wisdom, experience, and unity is essential.
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Bradman & Wendell: 102 Runs in 18 Balls !!!
Sir Donald Bradman’s Letter to David Schokman in Perth on 24 July 1984 reveals a startling ‘body of batsmenship’ at the local level …… Quite extraordinary!
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Vanni Hope Reaches Out to Flood Victims
EVERY BRANCH of AID Helps ……. VANNI HOPE is one such branch with may ‘saplings’ of honest outreach ,…. esepecially in the north and east of the island
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Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Team
Management Committee of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund Appointed with Representatives from the Public and Private Sectors
Cabinet approval has been granted to establish the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, aimed at rebuilding the country following the severe devastation caused by Cyclone ‘Ditwah’, one of the worst natural disasters in Sri Lanka’s recent history. The Fund is to be established as a statutory fund under the Presidential Secretariat and its Management Committee will comprise representatives from both the public and private sectors.
Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, will serve as the Chairman of the Committee, while Mr. G. M. R. D. Aponsu, Senior Additional Secretary to the President, will serve as the Convener.
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Beheadings at Peradeniya University …. A Novel
Shavindra Fernando; The Vague Poetess ...as paperback
Threshold of Rebellion
At two o’clock in the morning, the bus returning with the cast arrived at the university.
Suddenly the headlights flashed onto a barricade of old barrels across the lane, and three guards stopped the bus.
“Sir, didn’t you hear?”
“No, what happened?”
“Yesterday evening…. Mr. Henry, ….shot dead .”
“No!”
They remained in stunned silence.
”We were in Colombo with the play…we didn’t hear”
Then one of the guards turned around slowly and pointed towards the Senate House, which glowed as if a great fire was beyond it.
“…and then this happened …. at about midnight.”
“What…. happened?”
“Sir,….ten boys and a girl,…..they have been beheaded,… and they are burning on a pyre of tyres.”
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Slash! Smash! Hewavisenti’s Review of The SL Cricket Scenario
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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Devastating Floods Hit Sri Lanka Severely ….
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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