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July 26, 2023 · 12:32 am

Reflections: My Engagement with the Pogrom of July 1983 in Sri Lanka

Michael Roberts The attacks on Tamils living and/or working in the southern and central parts of island Sri Lanka by elements of the Sinhala population were indefensible, horrible and disastrous for the country.  It is not adequate to depict them … Continue reading →

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June 16, 2023 · 1:27 am

Revisiting Tarzie VittachI’s EMERGENCY ’58

Michael Roberts In re-visiting an assortment of historical episodes in Sri Lanka’s past in unsytematic fashion I have been led to Tarzie Vittachi’s Emergençy ’58 (published in 1958) by Sugath Kulatunga’s detailed and invaluable recounting of his experiences as a … Continue reading →

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March 15, 2024 · 11:22 pm

Dayan Jayatilleka in Blitzkrieg directed at Gothabaya’s Claims

Dayan Jayatilleka in Daily FT, 14 March 2024 where the title runs thus: “The Conspiracy: Gotabaya’s Mein Kampf could incite ethnic, religious conflict” …. also in Financial Times(?)  “the targeting of Catholic and Christian churches and churchgoers on Easter Sunday … Continue reading →

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November 7, 2025 · 6:22 pm

US Establishment in NY Under Threat from Underclass Forces

Mayura Botejue Aristocrats in fear as “Muslim Immigrant Communist” leads proletariat revolution in New York City.  Zohran Mamdani will be the new Mayor of New York City. He promised to take on the billionaires and better the lives of working-class … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2025 · 1:22 am

In Appreciation of James T. Rutnam

Sachi Sri Kantha, whose preferred title is “James T Rutnam (1905-1988): Noted Bibliophile and a Valued Mentor” … with the highlighting in colour being impositions from The Editor Thuppahi Introduction My destiny to meet and interact with James T Rutnam … Continue reading →

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December 26, 2024 · 11:34 am

The Tsunami Twenty Years After

Padraig O’Leary writing from the vicinity of Colombo now Twenty Years after the Tsunami Did the children and I come to you when the waves came? Were the kids there with you when death came? In eternity, do you want … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2022 · 7:28 pm

FRONTLINE on Tamil Leaders’ Response to the Financial Crisis

INTERVIEW: M.A. SUMANTHIRAN ……‘They kept denying that there was a crisis’ R.K. RADHAKRISHNANIN COLOMBO  Print edition : April 22, 202 M.A. Sumanthiran: “… the triggering of this crisis seems to be the heavy tax cuts that were introduced soon after … Continue reading →

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November 8, 2023 · 3:17 am

Sin-Bin for Verbal Intimidation in Cricket

Michael Roberts This essay was drafted on 25 April 2001 and appeared in print-form in Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Sri Lanka and Beyond, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publishers, 2006, pp. 98-102. The highlighting here is additional emphasis in 2023 by Roberts as … Continue reading →

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May 21, 2022 · 12:55 am

Sri Lanka’s Fallen Remembered at Battaramulla Monument on 19th May

The 19th May marks the final defeat of the LTTE and its Eelam Movement …. Thuppahi ** The 13th anniversary of National War Heroes’ Day was commemorated in a simple ceremony this afternoon (May 19) at the Battaramulla National War … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2025 · 8:12 pm

Sacrificial Death in War: WHAT is the Best Conceptual Label?

Michael Roberts Inspired by interaction with Richard A Koenigsberg of New York [who has experience in India and commanded a vibrant website], I initiated a WEB-SITE entitled sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com in April-May 2009 –a date marking the final days of Eelam War … Continue reading →

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