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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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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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August 18, 2022 · 2:34 am

Three News Items on Sri Lanka’s Crisis in The Economist

ONE = From The ECONOMIST magazine, Summer Issue, 30 July – 12th August … & the Mid-August Issue The Economist On the evening of July 21st, a relaxed mood prevailed in Sri Lanka’s presidential secretariat on the seafront of Colombo, … Continue reading →

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May 15, 2022 · 8:59 pm

NY TIMES Jeers & Cheers at the Rajapaksa Downfall

 Mujib Mashal and Skandha Gunasekara, in NY Times article, 14 May 2022, where the title reads  “A Ruling Family on the Run as Sri Lanka plunges into Economic Ruin,“ From left, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa in 2018. … 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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August 12, 2022 · 3:34 pm

Thumbs Up for Sri Lankan Tamil Epic at Edinburgh Festival

Allan Radcliffe, a review essay … 10 August 2022 — with highlighting here imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi A stage epic is a rare beast in Edinburgh, where audiences are accustomed to shows of one-hour tops in makeshift venues. Counting and … 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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March 16, 2026 · 11:14 pm

A refreshingly different Sri Lankan poetic voice

Indranee Kandiah & Thiru Kandiah, whose review article** analyses A Tapestry of Verse,  by Premini Amerasinghe {Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers. 2019. pp. 103] Premini Amerasinghe’s  A Tapestry of Verse, which was released last year, is a collection largely of her recent poems, … Continue reading →

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August 8, 2026 · 8:52 pm

Curriculum Vitae: Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts …. presenting a CV compiled about ten years back in response to a personal request, while directed by the fact that he is about to enter the 90s in age A young scholar recently sought information on my … 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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