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The Northways of Ceylon & Lanka: Tempestuous Pioneering Paths
Hugh Karunanayake, whose title is “The Northways – Pioneering Planters” …. IN …. https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/feature-articles/the-story-of-the-northways-pioneering-planters.html The four generational links that the Northways had with the plantation enterprise in Ceylon ended with the death of the last of the Northways in Sri … Continue reading →
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The Northways in British Ceylon …. and Beyond
Fred David Graham, responding to a Query in Thuppahi from Debbie Northway** There are quite a few mentions of people named Northway living in Ceylon in the 19th century and early 20th century in pamphlets and books like Lewis J. … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka Today as “Paradise” in Pieces …. Deeply Decimated
Capt. Elmo Jayawardena, in The Island, early February 2023, where the title runs thus: “75 Years – What have they done? It is a paradise misplaced” Our island was called Lanka in pre-King Vijaya times. Valmiki’s immortal Ramayanaya had King … Continue reading →
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Fairyland! Cricket in Khettarama! ….. Forgetting the Politico-Economic Hellhole Beyond
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNccricinfo, 22 June 2022,…. where the title reads “In a parallel universe, Sri Lanka offer a glimpse of normal, happier times” Is this it? Have they arrived? Is this the new Sri Lanka? The future? Bright? … Continue reading →
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Peradeniya University Along the Mahaweli River in the 1950s
Ernest Macintyre, in The Ceylankan, 25/4, November 2022, with this title “A Bend in the Mahaweli: A Story of the First University of Ceylon” The Mahaweli River, 335 long, the longest river in Lanka, has its beginning in a remote … Continue reading →
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Introducing Rohini Ravindran in the Kamala Harris Office
DBS Jeyaraj, in his website 28 January 2021, where the title reads thus “US Vice President–Elect Kamala Harris’s Key Sri Lankan Tamil Aide Rohini Lakshmi” An overwhelming feeling of relief has descended upon the world – not merely the US- … Continue reading →
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Vanni Hope’s Spreading Alms: Dry Ration Distributions Across Lanka
DEAR FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND WELL WISHERS,….. “the reason someone smiles today” ONCE AGAIN MANY THANKS FOR HELPING US TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE POOREST COMMUNITIES IN SRI LANKA. A very big thank you to all well-wishers and friends … Continue reading →
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Colonialism Anew. Sri Lanka enmeshed in Western Debt ‘Nets’
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in Colombo Telegraph, 3 October 2022, where the title reads: “The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid Architecture?” As the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF), team boarded a return flight to … Continue reading →
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General Custer’s Last Stand: Annihilation by the Sioux, 25 June 1876
David Graham, in Quora, …. https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-most-epic-last-stands-in-history/answer/David-Graham-149 On June 25, 1876, after a stumbling night march that exhausted men and horses, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Sitting Bull’s village on the banks of the Little … Continue reading →
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The Senanayakes at STC, at Cricket and in Politics in Ceylon
Michael Roberts In seeking details relating to DS Senanayake’s career at S. Thomas’ College after I received a copy of his school-leaving character reference from Warden Stone,[1] I received a fascinating note from Mevan Pieris[2] about young DS Senanayake’s school … Continue reading →
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