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April 5, 2024 · 8:01 pm

THAT Monday 25th July 1983 in Colombo: Organized Violence within the Pogrom

Sugath Kulatunga .…. in item entitled “Black July Monday 25th” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi In my last post on the 4th of March, I mentioned that the time I served under Lalith [Athulathmudali] was the golden … Continue reading →

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June 12, 2023 · 8:22 pm

Surviving A Leopard Attack in Hill-Country Sri Lanka

Kamanthi Wickemasinghe in Daily Mirror, 12 June 2023, where the title reads “Hill Country Leopard Ordeals and A Survivor’s Tale” … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dusk had already set in when we reached Bogawantalawa last Friday (June … Continue reading →

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May 18, 2025 · 1:25 am

The Fallen: A Poem of Remembrance from Shirani

Shirani Rajapakse in Facebook, May 2025  RajapaksdeoStsprno4ua081m6if89tiau0ga7l89791hc7ah2ll3clf1301308f2c03  · A few years after the conflict ended in 2009 the military was preparing to celebrate War Heros Day at Galle Face. Several roads in Colombo were blocked and traffic diverted as they were … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2023 · 3:58 am

Monga’s Incisive Analysis of Australia’s 50 -Over Triumph

Sidharth Monga, in ESPNcricinfo.com, 22 March 2023,  “Zampa and Co stifle India to take series 2-1″ Australia snatched the No. 1 ODI rankingAustralia Outplay India in Final Fifty-Over ODI and snapped India’s four-year unbeaten series streak at home with a … Continue reading →

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June 26, 2023 · 6:33 pm

Sri Lankan Cricket’s 75 Years of Milestones: 1948-to-2023

Rex Clementine, in The Island,  25 June 2023, where the title reads “Celebrating 75 years of cricketing excellence,” … with his four pictorial illustrations augmented by other PIX in sep with his words A new controlling body for cricket in … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2022 · 9:29 pm

The Geopolitics of the Pacific Ocean,1842-2022

Michael Roberts  Writing as a non-specialist after listening to the Chinese Ambassador’s speech at the Australian Press Club today,[1] I venture on what may seem to be outrageous geo-political hypotheticals by looking at Tasmania’s relationship with the continent of Australia. … Continue reading →

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April 10, 2022 · 8:35 pm

USA’s Dollar Weaponry did not Deter Russia from Attacking Ukraine

This article in the ATLANTIC COUNCIL web site on 31 January 2022 pinpointed one relam of power wielded by USA and indicated that it would induce Putin and Russia NOT to attack Ukraine. The fallacy of this prediction does not … Continue reading →

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November 26, 2022 · 7:13 pm

Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka at Pallekele

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPN,  November 2022, with these headlines: “Ibrahim, Farooqi, Naib lead Afghanistan to comfortable win” …. Hasaranga counterattacked with a rapid fifty, but Sri Lanka still didn’t get near their target Ibrahim Zadran struck 106 as Afghanistan’s top … Continue reading →

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February 27, 2023 · 1:41 pm

China’s Quasi-predatory Lending to Sri Lanka

Muttukrishna Sarvanandan,** whose preferred title reads thus: “Chinese Lending to Sri Lanka: A Factual cum “Reality” Check. A Rejoinder to Umesh Moramudali and Thilina Panduwawala” Abstract:  This is a response to the Briefing Paper entitled Evolution of Chinese Lending to … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2023 · 2:49 pm

A Mind For One and All: Jayantha Dhanapala

Tissa Jayatilaka, in The Island, 4 June 2023,  … with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The splendid career and the many glittering prizes won by Jayantha Dhanapala is common knowledge and does not require reiteration here. Rather I wish … Continue reading →

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