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A Requiem For Barbara Sansoni: From 1962 ….
Somasiri Devendra, ** whose chosen title is “A wooden bridge, an iron house, and Barbara then ….” .………… of such are memories made, writes Somasiri Devendra So, Barbara has ridden off into the sunset, on her white horse, after “a … Continue reading →
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Percy Abeysekara: The Most Widely-known Aloysian in the Cricketing World
K. K. De Silva as compilar Percy Abeysekera is unique. He has gained worldwide attention not for any prowess in cricket, but as a cheerleader for Sri Lanka & it was at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he studied from … Continue reading →
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A Staged Default: Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Bond Debt trap and IMF’s Spring Meetings
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, …. with black highlighting being her work and RED the intervention of The Editor, Thuppahi In Cherry Blossom lined Washington DC in the glare of global media last week Sri Lanka became the poster child of the International … Continue reading →
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China: Lessons for Australia from George Yeo
George Yeo in Global Times, 16 June 2021, where the title is “China is a democracy by Lincoln’s definition: former Singaporean FM” Editor’s Note: As tensions between China and the West continue to heat up, the Communist Party of China … Continue reading →
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Remembering George Turnour: Scholar & Administrator Extraordinary
Hugh Karunanayake Thirty seven years ago, on 13 April 1985, the British Prime Minister of the day Mrs Margaret Thatcher during her visit to Sri Lanka to open the Victoria Dam, said in an address to the Parliament of Sri … Continue reading →
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Embuldeniya and Tirimanne Combo strike Five Times … thus far
England batting vs Sri Lanka at Galle in the Second Test, late January 2021 ZAK CRAWLEY = ct Tirimanne b Embuldeniya …… 05 7.1 edged and gone straightaway! No sighters to Crawley! An impeccable left-armer’s dismissal, round the wicket, angled in … Continue reading →
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Dissecting Sri Lankan History & Politics through Book Reviews
Sophie Roel in conversation with Razeen Sally on “The best books on Sri Lanka recommended by Razeen Sally” Many visitors to Sri Lanka have been beguiled by its charms, from its hill towns to its beaches, its ancient temples to … Continue reading →
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US and Western Imperial Intrusions with New Weaponry?
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in Colombo Telegraph, 16 May 2022, where the title reads “Masks of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance the Endgame?” South Asia’s Arab Spring has arrived amid energy wars and slow tectonic shifts in power and … Continue reading →
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Enhancing Protection in the Face of Pandemics
Dr. Laleen Jayamanne:** in The Island, 19 October 2022, where the title reads thus: “An Insider’s Guide to Pandemics and Biosecurity” “June Twenty Second Sixteen Thirty-three A momentous day for you and me Of all the days that was the … Continue reading →
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From Banda to Gota
Laleen Jayamanne, in The Island, 20 & 27 July 2022 where the title runs thus: “Teargas cinema and Rukmani Devi” “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike … Continue reading →
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