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Cricket Diplomacy vital for India-Pakistan Relations today
Allan Jacob, in Khaleej Times, 6 March 2019, with this title “Why India and Pakistan should try Cricket Diplomacy”
In these shallow times, walking away from sport is seen as a tool of war.
That Memorable Political Moment in Cricket in 1999: WHEN Pakistan beat India at Chennai
Arun Venugopal, in The Hindu, 30 December 2012, …. https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/a-rewind-of-indiapak-matches-in-chennai/article4256150.ece
A generous portion of the magic that resides within storied sporting encounters is churned out by the venues that host them. Like The Championships at Wimbledon, for instance. The unique character of each venue — its look and feel — and the varied influence it has on sportsmen adds to the multi-layered narrative of a contest.
UNHRC Sessions: Three Strands in the Responses of the Sinhala Press
Item in MEDIA ANALYSIS, February 25, 2019 – March 03, 2019
UNHRC: Positions reflecting politics …. Issue: The 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva commenced on February 25, 2019 and is currently underway. The Core Group on Sri Lanka, comprising Canada, Germany, (North) Macedonia, Montenegro and the United Kingdom, is yet to submit a final draft of a new resolution on Sri Lanka.
Analysis: Three major positions emerged in the Sinhala press on the resolution and the UNHRC.
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A Sri Lankan-Australian Experience on Stage
SEE https://youtu.be/WTudekMX91U ….. and LISTEN TO S. SHAKTHITHARAN in conversation with Richard Mockler
against a background of scenes from the play “COUNTING and CRACKING” ….. clarifying the making of The Sri Lankan-Australian experience in Counting and Cracking | The Mix
The playwright contends that it has been moulded as “a cautionary tale” and that he would love to take the ensemble to Sri Lanka. The play was four years in the making and has a cast of 16 (sixteeen) from six different countries.
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Meet Nishi Uggalla, Child Prodigy and Scientist in the Making
News Item in ISLAND, with Upul Wijayawardhana as Inspiration, 5 March 2019, where the title is “She has higher IQ than Einstein … Child Genius UK 2019: Nishi Uggalle”
The remarkable win of 12-year-old Nishi Uggalla, from Manchster, on Saturday night’s (2nd March) final of the Channel Four’s Child Genius competition was, no doubt, a proud moment for all Sri Lankans domiciled in UK. But it was much more because she made it ultra-special and won the hearts of everyone who watched the programme by an inspiring acceptance speech. Further, she was different from all the other contestants; whereas all the others were driven by their parents or relations, Nishi was the driving force herself.
Understanding China: Listen…. Read
SKAGEN Fondene, Jan 26, 2017, “China: myths, propaganda and realities”….. has received 154,285 views
LISTEN to Louis Vincent, You Tube = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9hFAlqKmfM
Dushni and Sisira shoot down Western Picture of Chinese Debt Trap
Dushni Weerakoon and Sisira Jayasuriya
Global media and numerous ‘experts’ routinely assert that Sri Lanka was forced to cede a strategically important port to China after being lured into a debt trap by easy Chinese loans. This story has now become part of the wider narrative of how China is using the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to achieve its diplomatic and strategic aims through debt diplomacy. But it is a story based more on fiction than fact.
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Shipwrecks as Tourist Allure around Sri Lanka
Randima Attygalle, in SUNDAY TIMES SPOTLIGHT, 8 July 2018, with this title
With hundreds of shipwrecks found around the coast, the country can be a divers’ paradise, say experts who call for measures to protect these wrecks from illegal salvagers and the dynamite fishing mafia… Randima Attygalle reports
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Admiral Karannagoda in the Line of Fire
ONE: Manoj Colombage, in Sunday Observer, 3 March 2019, where the title reads “Former Navy Chief faces deadly tides”
Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda inched closer to arrest last Thursday, with the Supreme Court delaying the consideration of a petition filed by the former Navy Commander seeking to prevent his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the murder of 11 young men alleged to have been abducted for ransom by the Navy in late 2008.
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