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Irony. Defiance. Salman Rushdie’s Appreciation of the Everyday within the Heat of the Fatwa
Fintan O’Toole, in The Irish Times, 15 August 2022, where the title runs “The first time I met Salman Rushdie, the very idea of it was unimaginable” ……….. reproduced here with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi &*& The first time … Continue reading →
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Population Trends Directing Democracy in Europe Today
Giulio Meotti, in Item in Gatestone Institute, 29 May 2022, where the title runs thus: “Europe: Demography Governs Democracy” There is a replacement of civilization and the media is not even covering it. “By 2050, 50 percent of the French population … 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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DOWNTON ABBEY calls it a Night !!
Michael Roberts This epic and fascinating TV series serial has brought its curtains down and called it a night [to alter the idiom]. My first intimation of this event was in reading Ed Potten’s account in The Australian 13-14 September … Continue reading →
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Doug Walters: The Laconic Aussie Allrounder & Maestro
Lawrence Machado ….. an article was published in the Hills to Hawkesbury Community News (https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/doug-walters-am/) Kevin Doug Walters, one of Australia’s iconic and much-loved cricketers, has been awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List … Continue reading →
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A Film that charts New Vistas for Sri Lanka: Malwatu Oya Soyaa
Uditha Devapriya, in Newswire, 19 October 2022, where the title reads “Factum Special Perspective: Culture as diplomacy in Sri Lanka” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi and the title rendered as a long aa The Malwatu Oya is the … Continue reading →
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A Kilted Scottish Lady who confronted the Fascists in spain in the 1930s
Item in Glasgow Live 20:41, 3 April 2022, bearing this title “Remembering Fernanda Jacobsen: The kilted woman who left Glasgow to fight fascism” Barely 20 years after women got the vote, Glasgow secretary Fernanda Jacobsen became the unexpected leader of … Continue reading →
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Former Military Officers in Political Party Campaigns in Sri Lanka
Shamindra Ferdinando, in The Island, 28 February 2024 where the title runs thus: “National Elections: Ex-military Factor”… with highighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi With the presidential election scheduled for later this year, political parties represented in Parliament have stepped … Continue reading →
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An Orphaned Lad emerges as Cricketing Prospect for Sri Lanka
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 3 October 2021, where the title is different At the age of 28, Pulina Tharanga is on the verge of representing Sri Lanka. A leg-spinner, who is handy with the bat and excellent on the … Continue reading →
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Ireland vs Sri Lanka, Day Two: Two Readings
REPORT ONE: Daniel Byrne: “Ireland almost reaches 500, but Madushka and Karunaratne make it clear that the Sri Lankans are far from beaten yet. Day Two in Galle” ….. Woods and I arrived early to ensure there were time to … Continue reading →
