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The Wild Side of Sri Lanka: Its Jungles
H. I. E. Katugaha, in The Island, 6 February 2022, where the title runs thus “More on jungle treks: Lahugala and bold leopards” ONE: I have had a long innings of jungle trips. Many of these were with my uncle, Sam … Continue reading →
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Old World Charm: The New Oriental Hotel in The Fort of Galle
Joe Simpson, in https://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/noh.html … with highlighting added by Thuppahi and pictorial embellishments from Joe on request or from his past articles plus other cameramen “Preserving the spirit of a forgotten world” –– anecdotal glimpses of the New Oriental Hotel, … Continue reading →
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Tasmanian Devils: Their Story
Jason Bittel,, in National Geographic, whose prefered title is “Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years” It’s been 3,000 years since the Tasmanian devil’s raspy shriek rang through the forests of mainland Australia. But now, thanks to a dogged … Continue reading →
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CJR Le Mesurier: A British Civil Servant who challenged the Imperial Order
Michael Powell: article published in 2007 and entitled “Fragile Identities: The Colonial Consequences of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon” ABSTRACT of Article: In the many layered life of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon are themes that repeat and recur throughout … Continue reading →
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Tamils in Ancient and Medieval Sri Lanka: The Historical Roots of Ethnic Identity
Sirima Kiribamune, in Ethnic Studies Report, vol IV/1, January 1986, pp. 1-23 … article retrieved via meticulous work by Iranga Silva of the ICES, Kandy — in a committed labour of love “The past is intelligible to us only in … Continue reading →
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Fresh Insights on the 4/21 Salafi Bombings in Sri Lanka
Samanth Subramanium, in New York Times, 2 July 2020, where the title reads “Two Wealthy Muslim Brothers became suicide Bombers, but Why?” There’s a video of the exact moment Inshaf Ibrahim decided to abandon his life as a rich young man and … Continue reading →
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Profound & ‘Coloured’ Insights into Our Environmental Degradation
Prasad Abu Bakr, in Sunday Observer, 7 July 2019, …. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/07/07/art/book-review-slow-cooked-thoughts This is a ‘must-read’ book for those who lived during that glorious past, which is quietly slipping out of our grasp. It is also one for the next generation, … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Prejudiced and Petty Rulers
Rifat Halim in LankaWeb, 22 August 2019, in http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2019/08/22/three-idiots-and-a-blind-woman/ Three Idiots is a classic Hindi movie that features a group of morons. Sri Lanka has gone one step further by producing three modayas and a blind woman in real life. Future historians … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrs’: Regenerating Divine Potency?
This article from my pen was probably drafted in 2004. It appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism vol. 28 in 2005 after the usual refereeing process. Some of the details and arguments have, in fact, been obliterated within my … Continue reading →
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The ‘Devonshire’ reaches Queensland with 500 ‘Cingalese’ Coolies in 1882
Thiru Arumugam. courtesy of THE CEYLANKAN, vol XXI: 4, November 2019, where the title is “How 500 Ceylonese arrived in Queensland in 1882 in the s.s. Devonshire to work in the cane fields” In 1882 about 500 Ceylonese were recruited … Continue reading →
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