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Charting Anagarika Dharmapala’s Many Pursuits
Nandasiri Jasentuliyana, reviewing Bhadrajee S. Hewage’s book “A NAME FOR EVERY CHAPTER: Anagarika Dharmapala and Ceylonese Buddhist Revivalism” ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’ – Socrates. Rarely has so much been written both in the West and in the … Continue reading →
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The Burgher Elite and the British Raj
Michael Roberts George F Nell, Louis Nell, C. A. Lorenz, James Alwis and Charles Ferdinands moving anti-clockwise Preamble:[1] In locating the Burghers in ‘social space’ the book People Inbetween deploys statistical detail, text and quotation to place them within the … Continue reading →
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Presenting the Portuguese Burghers of Sri Lanka: Today and Yesterday
Earl Barthelot, in Ceylon Digest, 22 February 2020, where the title reads “The Portuguese Burghers of Ceylon” Sri Lanka is well known for its diversity with over 22 numerically small communities and majority communities such as Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. … Continue reading →
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Locals and Environmentalists Challenge An Aussie Sand-Mining Project in Mannar
ABC Science .. environment reporter Nick Kilvert and Jane Lee for Science Friction 23 December 2020 ….. Two thousand flamingos, a war-torn island and an Australian mining proposal As a small child, Shreen Abdul Saroor remembers getting up before dawn with her father to spy … Continue reading →
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Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Prospects Today
Jehan Perera, in The New Age, 20 August 2020, with this title “Opening door to Lanka reconciliation” Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapakse, second from right, and prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse, second from left, along with new cabinet ministers stand for … Continue reading →
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Shirley De Alwis: The Hand behind Peradeniya University’s Designs
KNO Dharmadasa** Shirley D’Alwis, the first University Architect, died in harness. He was working day and night to complete the job entrusted to him – the preparation of the buildings he had designed and started constructing – for the university … Continue reading →
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Facing Religious Zealots: Easter Sunday 21/4 Placed in a Global Conetxt
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in .. where the ttile runs thus “Geopolitics Of The Easter Attacks: The Weaponization Of Religion Amid Hybrid War” “We have met the enemy and he is us” — Walt Kelly from Pogo Comics, quoted in “The ISIS … Continue reading →
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The Rhodes Statue and Battle Lines in Oxford University: Aristocratic Brits face Black Extremists
Anonymous Oriel College Collective …….The letter (below) is a response from [one part of] Oxford University to black students attending as Rhodes Scholars who demand the university removes the statue of Oxford Benefactor, Cecil Rhodes. Interestingly, Chris Patten (Lord Patten … Continue reading →
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Planting Muringa: Grounded Charity in the Vanni
VANNI HOPE and its Work …. Video and Cross links sent by Ranjan Sivagnanasundaram with …. * VIDEO LINK – https://youtu.be/qo4iVVZMQlc …. and * MEMO: This is joint project by Kaveri Kala Maram, Empower Australia, Rotary Club Colombo South. ………27 … Continue reading →
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Passing the Covid with the Cricket Ball?
Simon Kolstoe, in The Conversation, 6 July 2020, where the title reads “Do cricket balls really spread coronavirus Cricket is now back on in England, despite Boris Johnson declaring cricket balls a “natural vector of disease”. His statement has frustrated cricket fans and players, but … Continue reading →
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