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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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Vijaya Malalasekara: An Eloquent Appraissal from Rohan
Rohan Wijayaratna, in 7 February 2022, with this title “The Incomparable Vijaya Malalasekara” It was the Royal–Thomian of 1963. Royal batting second were facing a formidable Thomian total of 254 for 8 declared. Before long they were heading for trouble … Continue reading →
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Political Demonstrations surrounding the Test Cricket at Galle, 9/10 July 2022
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 9/10 July 2022, with this title “When Sri Lanka came to the cricket to fight for the country’s future” Thousands gathered in Galle to protest the government which has led them into economic chaos. …. … 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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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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An American Reading of the Populist Aragalaya in Sri Lanka
German Lopez in The Morning, 24 July 2022 Good morning. Today, we explain what led to Sri Lanka’s recent protests. Storming the Palace Sri Lanka’s recent upheaval offers an extreme example of the world’s recent problems. Covid disrupted the country’s … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Mire: Roshan Mahanama pinpoints Blame
VISIT https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/were-running-out-of-time-former-sri-lanka-cricketer-roshan-mahanama-to-ndtv-2870494 WHERE THE HEADLINE READS “We’re Running Out Of Time”: Former Sri Lanka Cricketer Roshan Mahanama To NDTV” Speaking to NDTV, former cricketer Roshan Mahanama said the leaders are to be blamed for Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis, and … Continue reading →
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Ganeshananthan’s & Karunatitilaka’s Novels Reviewed by Anjum Hasan
Anjum Hasan: “Even As A Ghost” in The New York Review of Books, 18 January 2024 … reaching me via a tennis-mate Ralph Schlomowitz who is a ‘religious’ adherent of the NYRB and matters highbrow;while Amaasiiri De Silva in New … 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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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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