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October 7, 2021 · 11:37 pm

Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses

Gerald H Peiris, being an article presented at an international conference held in New Delhi in October 2001 under the sponsorship of the Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management. It has since then been published as a chapter in The Global … Continue reading →

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July 11, 2020 · 6:27 pm

A Chinese Lankan Aussie Chef stimulates Appetites in Darwin

News Item in Daily News, 11 July 2020, with this title  “A serendipitous taste of SL, China and Australia” The celebrity chef turned television presenter originally from Sri Lanka now making waves in Darwin gives Jordan Kretchmer of Gourmet Traveller … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2021 · 8:32 am

Servitude in Lanka: “Boi Kollo” in Middle Class Households

Elmo Jayawardena, in The Island, 1 February 2021, where the chosen title is “Boi Kollo –An Almost Forgotten Tragedy” He first went to work at the very tender age of six, just a little kid, that much Yoga re-called. He had … Continue reading →

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December 19, 2022 · 6:47 pm

Argentina by the Balls! In The Tight Grip of USA & IMF

 Esteban Almiron: “How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history” .… 19 December 2022, https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/18/argentina-neocolonial-debt-history/ Argentina has constantly been trapped over two centuries in unpayable external debt owed to foreign imperial powers. This affects … Continue reading →

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February 21, 2021 · 11:00 pm

Indian Scaremongering misrepresents China’s Danger

Fair Dinkum in Email Message:  “Michael,  Have you seen this? Do you think it is a fair assessment? Or is this about making India look good and China bad?  In other words,  propaganda.” India’s main propaganda obsession is to persuade the … Continue reading →

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May 9, 2021 · 2:15 pm

Lindsay Hassett: As Unruffled as Australian

Abhishek Mukherjee, in cricketcountry.com, 27 August 2017, with this title: “Lindsay Hassett: Master of strokes, shrewd cricketing brain, terrific sense of humour” “There are others who have made more runs and taken more wickets [than Lindsay Hassett], but very few … Continue reading →

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August 7, 2020 · 4:59 pm

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Triangle

Austin Fernando, in The Wire, August 2020, where the title reads “Sri Lanka, India and China: Here’s What Keeps Neighbours Friendly – and What Doesn’t” The other day on the show Gravitas, it was claimed that China is pushing Sri Lanka … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2020 · 5:47 am

Imbecile Leaders: Morrison and Trump

Fair Dinkum in Email Memo Scott Morrison’s handling of the crisis is causing terrible confusion in Australia.   He is telling Australians to stay at home, but people are free to go out, but stay at home.  Many of his statements … Continue reading →

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October 20, 2020 · 1:18 am

Beware Anti-Chinese Covid Propaganda Videos

NOTE from Michael Roberts, 20 October 2020: About a week back a Sri Lankan circuit of avid emailers presented an You Tube Video re China and the Covid virus. SEE …. While I circulated it, I had immediate reservations –albeit … Continue reading →

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April 5, 2021 · 3:29 pm

Reflections on Arjuna’s Review of the 1996 World Cup Triumph

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph …. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reflections-on-arjunas-review-of-the-1996-world-cup-triumph/ Arjuna Ranatunga’s timely recollections and assessments of Sri Lanka’s cricketing triumph at the Final of the 1996 World Cup at Lahore on March 1996 add up to a master class – balanced, … Continue reading →

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