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Betwixt India and China: Little Lanka
ACL Ameer Ali in Colombo Telegraph, 6 June 2021, where the title is “Delhi’s Choice & Colombo’s Highway to Beijing ” … but note that the highlighting is an imposition of The Editor, Thuppahi Post-war Sri Lanka has turned into a … Continue reading →
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Covid: Ominous Tentacles in All South Asian Lands
Smriti Mallapaty, 14 May 2021 in an Article ….. where the opening lines run thus: “From Sri Lanka to Nepal, scientists with limited resources are working feverishly to discover which variants are driving outbreaks. Health workers administer SARS-CoV-2 tests at … Continue reading →
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Vijaya and Kuveni: Two Legendary Figures of the Pali Chronicles
Chandre Dharmawardana “This may confuse some since Madura became a part of the Chola kingdom, and that Vijaya called for a Chola princess after rejecting Kuveni. In reality, many south Indian kings sought North Indian brides as they were fair-skinned”.** … Continue reading →
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Reflections on the Commentary on “Sinhala Mindset”
Michael Roberts When I set up the THUPPAHI WEBSITE in late 2009 I imprinted two project statements: one entitled “WHY THUPPAHI”;[1] the other bearing the heading ‘SINHALA MINDSET.” Readers can access these two items via the sub-headings within the website … Continue reading →
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September 11: Back to Square One 20 Years After
David Kilcullen, in The Weekend Australian, 11-12 September 2021 Twenty years after 9/11 the terrorism threat is larger and more widespread, the Western alliance is weaker, and the US is in sharp decline relative to its rivals. Democratic societies are … Continue reading →
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Where Sri Lanka’s England Medical Training derailed Its Covid-Discovery Programme
Darshanie Ratnawalli Having a technocrat as President, we started off well following in the footsteps of China and East Asia. We also introduced innovations such as using intelligence services for contact tracing and root ball operations, trying to cut out … Continue reading →
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The SIOT Concept: One Foundation for SL Army Success in Eelam War IV
Colonel HP Ranasinghe: “The Eight Man Team,” 17 August 2018, https://lrrp.wordpress.com/tag/special-infantry/. Sri Lanka builds its future soldier capability around Special Forces, used to great effect against the LTTE insurgency. Sri Lanka is continuing its soldier modernisation plans continuing with the … Continue reading →
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Premier Zhou Enlai’s Visit to Ceylon in 1957
Tony Donaldson, with underlining emphasis inserted bt The Editor, Thuppahi On 1 October 1949, the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed by Mao Zedong. Two months later, on 6 January 1950 the Ceylon government recognised Red China– one of the … Continue reading →
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Dissecting American Policy towards Sri Lanka
Chandre Dharmawardana The Chapa Interview with US-military Professor Dr. Mendis: US policy in Sri Lanka Please listen to an interview of Dr. Mendis ((https://youtu.be/Lh4D4qGE854) which touches on US policy and Sri Lanka, and [dwell critically on the unsaid] between the … Continue reading →
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Religion within Tamil Militancy and the LTTE
Iselin Frydenlund, presenting her article in Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion, May 2018, …. one entitled “Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion” …. https://sangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Religion.pdf … OR … https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Frydenlund/4cbf5235611dd3407dfa3a2962e6ea635ac50674 … with highlights and pictures being impositions by the … Continue reading →
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