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Sri Lanka’s Political Situation Today: Salter in Q and A with Shanmugadas
Item in Jurist News, 25 April 2025, bearing this title “A Crisis of Governance and the Fluidity of Ethnic Identity: Understanding Modern Sri Lanka — Interview with journalist Mark Salter” As the author of the acclaimed To End a Civil War: … Continue reading →
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Addressing Hostility to China from Sri Lankan Commentators
A Memo from “Fair Dinkum” to Michael Roberts, 21 September 2021 ….with highlighting imposed by The Editor, ThppHI Nmwly, Michael Michael, I was glancing at some of the comments on the latest Hambantota piece. I am mystified as to why … Continue reading →
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Understanding the Kamikaze Attacks in World War Two
Kostas Sapardanis, at http://sapardanis.org/2016/05/20/kamikaze-who-they-were-why-they-died/ on 20 May 2016, where the title runs thus “Kamikaze – Who they were, why they died” … item sent to me by retd Brig Hiran Halangode “Every time one country gets something, another soon … Continue reading →
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Izzy Bee: Busy Aiding Koalas on Magnetic Island, Queensland
Robert Moran, in Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 2020, where the title runs thus: “Meet the 13-year-old ‘Koala Whisperer’, Australia’s new conservation superstar” Ali Bee, a veterinarian on Queensland’s Magnetic Island, and her partner Tim didn’t think they’d ever have … Continue reading →
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Macron’s Speech marks Escalating Western Disasters
Kim Wilsher in Paris …. in The Guardian, 25 August 2022, with this title “Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’ as France faces difficult winter,” … and with this qualifying sub-note: “sombre first cabinet speech after summer break criticised as … Continue reading →
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Vital Requirements for Sri Lanka Today
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in IDN, July 2022, where the title reads “Sri Lanka Needs a Balanced Economic and Foreign Policy” A shortage of exorbitantly privileged American Dollars, the global reserve fiat currency, which is not backed by gold, silver, oil or … Continue reading →
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The Precious Landscape and the Beauties of Nature in Mannar …. Now Under Threat?
The Delights of Nature in Mannar An ancient Baobab tree — a reminder of the links with Arab traders in the medieval and early modern eras
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The Damaging Japanese Raid on Trinco …. & Truths Stranger than Fiction
Chandani Kirinde talking to Somasiri Devendra, ex Sri Lanka Navy, in an article that is entitled “Bombers who became monks” The mystery behind the much talked about crash of a Japanese bomber aircraft into an oil tank during the 1942 … Continue reading →
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For Ukraine: Osip and Nadezhda Mandelstam
Jane Russell, in an essay dedicated to Shirlene de Silva who introduced her to the Mandelstam’s writings …. an essay writen on 1 March 2022 with the title “Ukraine and its place in 20th century Russian literature: Osip and Nadezhda Mandelstam” … Continue reading →
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Australia face Sri Lanka in T20 Series: Andrew McGlashan’s Review
Andrew McGlashan in https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-in-australia-2021-22-1263459/australia-vs-sri-lanka-1st-t20i-1263471/match-preview Australia take the field for the first time as the men’s T20 World Cup champions…and only have nine months until they need to fight to keep it. Such is the cricket calendar in the era of … Continue reading →
