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Remembering DS Senanayake on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day
Senanayake Foundation, Item in Daily Mirror, 4 Feb 2022 The first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) D.S. Senanayake entered the National Legislature in 1924. He was relatively unknown in the country and was pushed into prominence by his elder … Continue reading →
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Revisiting the Jataka Tales
Jolly Somasundaram, reviewing “Jataka Stories Retold” (in English) By P G Punchihewa and Mallika Karunaratne ………… ISBN No: 978-955-54441-1-8: 186 pages: Price Rs 360. Hinduism and Buddhism, the world’s oldest practised religions, have similar salvation mechanisms. Their believers could achieve Moksha … Continue reading →
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Reading Pompeo’s Indo-Pacific Thrusts
FOR POMPEO Charindra in Morning Star, 28 October 2020, entitled “China a Predator …” Visiting US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo today (28) called China a “predator” and the US a friend of Sri Lanka. “We see from bad deals, … Continue reading →
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The UNHRC and US Agenda in Critical Perspective
Raj Gonsalkorale in Daily FT, 25 February 2021, where the title runs thus: “UNHRC What is the real agenda?” The US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken seems to give an indication as to what the real agenda behind his … Continue reading →
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Today’s Strongmen cast in the Shadow of Yesterday’s Fascists
Olivia B Waxman, in TIME, interviewing Ruth Ben-Giat …. https://time.com/5908244/strongman-fascism-history/ Critics of President Donald Trump have been calling him a fascist ever since he was running for President in 2016, and those characterizations continued in the aftermath of Election Day, as … Continue reading →
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Isa Guha as the Leading ‘Face’ of BBC Sports ….Hallelujah!
Alan Gardner interviews Isa Guha, 29 August 2020 …………. ………. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29764563/isa-guha-there-young-girl-boy-there-see-tv-feel-do-similar Having taken on the role of lead presenter for the BBC’s return to televised cricket coverage this summer, Isa Guha has spent the majority of the last two months in bio-secure … Continue reading →
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The ROHP in Ceylon, 1966-70: Interviews and Select Transcriptions
Michael Roberts The Roberts Oral History Project involved many stages and a range of tasks. The interviewing process has been clarified in two items –embracing personnel in Britain and thereafter in “Ceylon” (yet to become “Sri Lanka”): https://thuppahis.com/2020/12/04/the-roberts-oral-history-project-in-the-1960s-origins-outcomes/#more-47446 AND https://thuppahis.com/2020/12/06/adelaide-university-initiatives-a-michael-roberts-oral-history-project-1965-68/#more-47494. … Continue reading →
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Walter J. May: A Marvellous Richmondite and Ceylonese
The Richmond Sixty Club & Others Richmond 60 Club Wishes Walter J. May Happy Birthday, 8th January 2021 A Sixty Club Publication MESSAGE OF THE 6O CLUB PRESIDENT As the President of the Richmond 60 Club, I am happy to write a few … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation and Memory of ER de Silva of Richmond College, Galle
A. S. Wirasinha It was an important day in 1914 when two brothers E.A. and E.R. de Silva left the Wesleyan Mission Boys’ High School at Ambalangoda and enrolled as pupils at Richmond College. Galle. Arthur, the older brother, proved … Continue reading →
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Galle Fort: A Heritage Site under Threat from Gentrification?
Uditha Jinadasa Interviewed by Doreen van den Boogaart & Luc Bulten In the Spring of 2020 Dr. Uditha Jinadasa defended her dissertation ‘Changes in the Cultural Landscape and their Impacts on Heritage Management: A Study of Dutch Fort at Galle, … Continue reading →
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