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Hail VICTOR MELDER …. Serving Sri Lanka As Bibliophile Extraordinary
Dr Srilal Fernando, whose essay dated 2o26 is entitled “Victor Melder turns 90: Railwayman and bibliophile extraordinary” Victor Melder is a household name in Melbourne. He is one of the best known Srilankans living in Australia. This came about because … Continue reading →
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Against the Fascist Atrocities in Gaza: A Petition For All to Support
“I met Jean-Pierre and his partner Tamara Kunanayakam over dinner in Battaramulla at some point in 2013 or so with Dayan Jayatilleka and Jeevan Thiagarajah among the party ….and an amiable boxer dog with whom I developed a warm friendship. … Continue reading →
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François Valentijn’s Description of Ceylon
Thiru Arumugam in The Ceylankan Vol 26/3, August 2023, where the title reads “François Valentijn wrote a 462 page ‘Description of Ceylon’ 300 years ago … Part 2” ……… Part 1 having appeared in The Ceylankan J 102 Vol 26(2) … Continue reading →
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Forging Revolutionary Paths. In the Sea. Tamil Females ‘breach’ Arugam Bay
“The Rise of Sri Lanka’s Female Surfers,” — An Article by Zinara Rathnayaake with Snaps by Tommy Schultz, …. Introduction by Glenn T Goodwin: “A new, all-women Surf Club in Sri Lanka is enriching the country’s burgeoning surfing scene while … Continue reading →
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Delving into the Artistic Mind via Reflections on Barbara Sansoni’s Oeuvre
ARTRA in conversation with Dominic Sansoni, 12 August 2021 …. https://www.artra.lk/visual-art/barbara-sansoni-edition-delving-into-the-artistic-mind Barbara Sansoni’s dynamic creative pursuits across her drawings from her beautiful buildings to the rhapsody enveloped upon facial features of geometric finesse are fascinating. She presents a truly enchanting … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Debt Dependency Deepens with Changing Food Combinations
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose favoured title runs thus: “Lanka’s Vanishing Fish: Corporate Capture and Import Dependency Deepen the Debt Trap” .… and has been presented at A great transformation in food culture and nutrition is taking place in Sri Lanka following … Continue reading →
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Idyllic Explorations: Sri Lanka’s Marvellous Ruins & Monuments
Bernard VanCuylenberg, whose chosen title for this essay was “An Odyssey – A Search for Heritage” …. with pictorial illustrations selected in arbitrary manner by the Editor, Thuppahi Pursuant to the articles which I wrote last year, “An Odyssey – … Continue reading →
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Bernard’s Odyssey in Sri Lanka: Further Marvels
Bernard Van Cuylenberg, whose chosen title is “An Odyssey: The Search for Heritage, Part Two” Nilaweli Beach in 2020 –Pix by one Mike Roberts PROLOGUE: Saying “Goodbye” is never easy. The “Goodbyes” I bid to the Staff at Nilaveli Beach … Continue reading →
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Yogini. Stolen Artefacts and Sotheby’s Shame
Dalya Alberge, in The Guardian 5 December 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/04/looted-and-left-in-an-english-garden-the-goat-goddess-can-return-to-india Looted and left in an English garden, the goat goddess can return to India. The statue, once on sale at Sotheby’s, was recovered amid claims it was part of a precious … Continue reading →
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Lessons from Woolf for a Latter-Day American
Joe Kovacs, in Literary Traveller, 23 June 2005, where the title reads as “The Accidental British Servant: Leonard Woolf in Ceylon” When I joined the Peace Corps and went to Sri Lanka in 1997, I took a leave of absence … Continue reading →
