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My Decision to leave Ceylon in 1981
Sachi Sri Kantha Sachi examining a winged bean pod in 1981 Prelude Willingly, I opt to use the ‘Ceylon’ word, because I was born in the blessed island Ceylon in May 1953. The place of my birth was Chilaw, … Continue reading →
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Rosen: An American Rabbi’s Slashing Condemnation of Israeli Warring Atrocities
Rabbi Brant Rosen ONE: Brant Rosen, 24 September 2023 As a rabbi for a Chicago-based synagogue that holds a deep shared commitment to the struggle for Palestinian liberation, I am holding so much intensity and emotion right now. I am … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Village Roots and Jungle Lore at Discerning Depth
Sugath Kulatunga, responding to an Invitation from The Editor, Thuppahi after the latter had seen an extract of this detailed and invaluable autobiography in Facebook in 2023 ** 1/10/2014: Written for the reading pleasure of my grandchildren. As a child … Continue reading →
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Ceylonese Migrants to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s
Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … now placed in TPS in a revised form to accomodate illustrations that proved recalcitrant The Six … Continue reading →
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François Valentijn’s Book on Ceylon in 1724-26
Thiru Arumugam, in The CEYLANKAN, 2023, where the heading runs thus: “François Valentijn wrote a 462 page ‘Description of Ceylon’ 300 years ago” Part 1: Francois Valentijn (1666–1727), Fig. 1, was a Dutch Calvinist Minister employed by the Dutch East India … Continue reading →
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Aggressive Defence! Encountering Emus in Belair National Park
Thuppahi’s recent item on the readiness of mother wild animals – an Elk in this tale – to enter into human contact at close quarters encouraged a Sri Lankan friend to present this Email Note: “Hi Michael, … Continue reading →
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Facing Fortress Australia: Ceylonese Migrants in the 1950s & 1960s
Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … [now … with most of the author’s documentary illustrations] The Six Australian Colonies came … Continue reading →
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Roger Byard at the Cutting Edge in Forensic Pathology
University of Adelaide Newsroom, October 2021, where the title runs “GUARDIANS OF THE DEAD PODCAST: TRUE STORIES AND FASCINATING CASES FROM A WORKING FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST” Professor Roger Byard has opened up his case files and trawled back through his personal … Continue reading →
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Wild Boar Invasions! From Rome to the Cane Fields of Australia
ONE: ABC News item, 27 September 2021, with this title = “Calls for cull as scavenging wild boars trot across Italy and into Rome” Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and Vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City … Continue reading →
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The Work of Anthropologists from Sri Lanka: Reviewing the World Scenario in 1987
Presenting an academic article published in Contributions to Indian Sociology , n.s, Vol 21, 1-25 … also reproduced subsequently in Sri Lanka in 1989 as No, 10 within the SSC Pamphlet Series marshalled by the late Ana Chittambalam, Willa Wickremasinghe … Continue reading →
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