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The Killing of SWRD Bandaranaike: Part Two
Sanjiva Senanayake, …………. “Who Shot the PM?” Part II ** … with higlighting being emphasis implanted by the author The first point that had to be proved by the prosecution beyond any doubt was that Somarama actually pulled the trigger. … Continue reading →
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The Lineage “Hoolsema” – Nazi Europe to Sydney
Michael Roberts My story here begins in Colombo in mid-2020 where I stubbed by big toe badly as I walked into the National Archives. The injury turned septic; and I was treated … I would say rescued …. by a … Continue reading →
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Territorial Claims: First Settlers & Their Primacy
Michael Roberts, presenting an article published in 2005 as a pamphlet by the ICES, Colombo with this title “The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion” … an essay originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking … Continue reading →
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Kitulgala and the Classic Movie “Bridge on the River Kwai”
Michael Roberts Nihal Rajapaksa has sent me three video clips[1] pertaining to that classic film “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” starring actors William Holden (American), Alex Guinness (British) and Jack Hawkins (British) – a film that was directed by … Continue reading →
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Reconfiguring Our Categories of Being for the Sake of Lanka’s Future
Michael Roberts, here repeating a set of perspectives voiced initially on 19 June 2009 after the LTTE had been vanquished,in the News Magazine FRONTLINE that was printed every fortnight from Chennai.++ “One can win the War, but lose the Peace.” … Continue reading →
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Muslims in the East of Sri Lanka: Ashfaque Mohamed’s Insightful Film
Laleen Jayamanne, whose title is “Notes towards a Politics and Aesthetics of Film” in a review essay presented in The Island, 1 & 2 February 2023: the focus being Ashfaque Mohamed’s ‘Face Cover’ ** ‘Face Cover’ by Ashfaque Mohamed Asfaque … Continue reading →
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Aussie Humour responding to Imbeciles from the Northern Hemisphere
These were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a great sense of humour ….. not to mention a low tolerance threshold for cretins!
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In Appreciation of Stanley Jayaweera: A Son’s Thoughts
Sanjeewa Jayaweera, in The Island, 6 February 2022, where the title runs thus “Remembering my father – Stanley Jayaweera” …. with highlighting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi My parents in conversation with Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria and former Secretary General … Continue reading →
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Is China’s Eclectic Mix of Communism with Capitalism a Threat?
Tomasz Kamusella, in The Conversation, 26 October 2021, where the title runs thus “How China combined authoritarianism with capitalism to create a new communism” After the 1989 fall of communism in the Soviet bloc, five self-declared communist states remain today: … Continue reading →
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Afghanistan Withdrawal: Trump Initiated, Biden Followed, Pentagon Unhappy ….
Clive Williams in Email Note to Michael Roberts, 18 August 2021 *&* President Trump made the political decision to withdraw and committed the US to a withdrawal schedule in 2020. President Biden followed through on that commitment. It was … Continue reading →
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