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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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Canadian Indigenous Leaders Meet Aussie Aboriginal People in Australian Goldfields
Giovanni Torre & Dan Jones, in article entitled “A learning journey: Connecting the Goldfields and Canada,” … Javen Marchant, Harlan Schilling and Sheena Graham at the GABC event. Image: Dan Jones. The Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber recently coordinated a remarkable … Continue reading →
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Yasodhara Kumaratunga: “A Butterfly’s Wise Words”
YASODHARA’s Handwritten Inscription on the Cover Page of the pamphlet in my hands …. courtesy of the copy held by my late departed sister, Estelle Fernando To ….My dearest Aunty Estelle, Thank you for starting me off on my long … Continue reading →
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Territorial Claims: First Settlers & Their Primacy
Michael Roberts, presenting an article published in 2005 as a pamphlet by the ICES, Colombo with this title “The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion” … an essay originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking … Continue reading →
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Eerie Splendour: Wild Animals in The Depths of Darkness
Introducing “Phantoms of the Night” by De Silva, Gallangoda Happuaracchi & Jayaratne “Phantoms of the Night” – Wild Cats of Sri Lanka, a book offering an incredible window into four species of felines making a living in their shadowy … Continue reading →
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Perfection: The Centipede as Helpmate Pet
From Mervyn Weerasooriya, my old Aloysian Mate A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner he wants to buy a pet that can do everything. The shop owner suggests a faithful dog. The man replies, “Come on, … Continue reading →
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USA encourages Israel’s Nazi Pathways
Blackjack Bibi …. with the title and the highlights being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi I was interested in the “NOTE from VB, an American citizen from Sri Lanka” which refers to Nikki Haley advocating the final solution for the … Continue reading →
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Intricate Ivory Artefacts in Ancient and Medieval Lanka
Premila Thurairatnam, whose article in The CEYLANKAN May 2024 Issue is entitled ”Ceylon Ivory” In Ceylon, ivory was used in carving as early as the 2nd century CE or earlier1. Descriptions of Lanka in the epic Ramayana refer to ivory-embellished … Continue reading →
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Encirclement in Religious Practice & Deadly War Strike
Michael Roberts, inspired by interaction & dialogue with Douglas Farrer of the National University of Singapore in the years 2009 to 2014** VISIT 2012 “Encompassing Empowerment in Ritual, War & Assassination: Tantric Principles in Tamil Tiger Instrumentalities,” in Social Analysis, … Continue reading →
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Cricket Dirty Cricket
Michael Roberts, reproducing an article written in early December 2003 and presented with the same title in Roberts, Essaying Cricket. Sri Lanka and Beyond, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publishers, 2006, pp 107-111 …. with the title inspired by Lord Superior aka … Continue reading →
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