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Cartesian Commonalities: New Amsterdam & Galle Fort, II

Bunchy Rahuman, whose preferred title is “Galle Fort, New York City and the Cartesian Legacy” ** … with  the highlights being impositions by the Editor, who also had the privilege of being a resident within the Fort for twenty or so … Continue reading

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Lankan Women Swamp Kiwi Women in T20 Match at Christchurchat

SL Women won by 7 wickets (with 35 balls remaining) RESULT: 1st T20I (N), Christchurch, March 14, 2025, Sri Lanka Women tour of New Zealand NZ-W 101 SL-W (14.1/20 ov, T:102) 102/3 File Photo: Chamari Athapaththu took a wicket and made an … Continue reading

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Andrew’s Hip-Hop Review of a Throbbing Match… A Tied ODI

 Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo,  3 August 2024 .… with highlighting imposed by The editor Thuppahi The legbreaks dance. The topspinners fizz. There’s chatter around the batter. A slip is in. The run rate is fine, and there are wickets … Continue reading

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Imperial Modalities in USA’s Elite Universities

Mathew Maavak, whose favoured title for this piece is “University Inequality: The New Empire of Credentialed Elites” Elitist universities are fostering a global neo-feudal system reminiscent of the British Raj © Getty Images/Rattankun Thongbun/RT In a move that ignited global … Continue reading

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New Zealand’s Wide-ranging Stock of Cricketers

The selections made for the short-form matches vs the touring Sri Lankan squad reveal that the Kiwis have a broad base of top-class cricketers. This is good for cricket in its widest sense. Editor Thuppahi Hard-hitting middle-order batter Bevon Jacobs … Continue reading

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Chamari Athapaththu steps out blazing in the Aussie Cricket Arena

A News Item has this headline: “Atapattu helps Thunder thrash Renegades”  .… https://www.dailymirror.lk/cricket/Atapattu-helps-Thunder-thrash-Renegades/315-270060 Chamari Atapattu blasted the Sydney Thunder to a second straight win to start their Women’s Big Bash League season, beating the Melbourne Renegades by eight wickets at … Continue reading

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How the Punjab Kings Ousted the Mumbai Indians in the IPL Semi-Finals

Alagappan Muthu in ESPNcricinfo, 1 June 2025, where the title reads  Punjab Kings 207 for 5 (Iyer 87*, Wadhera 48, Inglis 38, Ashwani 2-55) beat Mumbai Indians 203 for 6 (Suryakumar 44, Tilak 44, Bairstow 38, Dhir 37) by five wickets. The Jasprit … Continue reading

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Asian ‘Stars’ in USA’s T20 Squad … & Ranjan Paranavithana

Ranjan Paranavithana introduces some of the Asian Men with Sri Lankan links who are in the present US Squad at the T20 ODI Competition straddling India and Sri Lanka America is a country that produces extremely talented in many sports. … Continue reading

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Assessing DD de Silva’s Place in Lanka’s ODI Eleven

A “LankaLions” Post in FACEBOOK Whenever DDS comes into the conversation, it’s never just about form. It’s always where he should bat and what exactly his role is. And as usual, there are plenty of fan theories floating around. So … Continue reading

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Charith Asalanka under the gun ……

Anonymous Author in Digital Source featured in The Island [A few weeks back] Charith Asalanka faced the media for the first time since being stripped of Sri Lanka’s T20 captaincy and there was no bitterness in his tone. Instead, he … Continue reading

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