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Burghers: Their Lamprais and Their DBU in Colombo
Vidya Balachander writing in December 2014 with this title “History Baked in Banana Leaf” ……………… How a savory rice and meat dish remains a fragile thread between modern Sri Lanka and 16th century Dutch Burgher settlers. With the lamprais in … Continue reading →
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Face-to-Face in 1977: Early Moves towards Civil War in Lanka
Jane Russell … with highlights imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi These are the scratched graffiti of Sinhalese soldiers and policemen abandoned by their government [1991]. They are uncertain of their future. Some believe they will be airlifted to safety. Others … Continue reading →
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LH Mettananda assessed by DB Dhanapala in 1962
DB Dhanapala on LH Mettananda in his book Among those Present, 1962 OF COURSE, L.H. Mettananda is a fanatic. Anybody who dares to talk of Buddhist’s rights in a Buddhist country is bound to be called a fanatic bent on … Continue reading →
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Galle: Basic Facts ….. Historical, General and Pacha
Ruhunu Putra, in THE ISLAND, 2o November 2020, where the title is “Historical Glance at Galle” Galle is the capital of the Southern Province. The popular derivation of its name is from the Sinhala word Gaala – a cattle pen. … Continue reading →
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Under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Colonization Programmes and Economic Policies 1920s-to-2020
Michael Roberts An Excursion in Mid-May 2021 In mid-May I received a short note from a Sri Lankan [SR] in Colombo which contained potentially severe criticisms of the colonisation programmes initiated by the colonial and post-colonial government in the course … Continue reading →
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Hang Aluthgamage to Dry for his Dirty Politics
Lucien Rajakarunanayake, in Island, 11 July 2020, where the title is “Playing Cricket against rogues in politics” “I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and … Continue reading →
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Canines in Defence of Lanka via the SL Air Force
Dishan Joseph, in Daily News, 10 July 2020, where the title runS SLAF Air Dog Unit: Canine ‘Scentsations’” For seven decades the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has strategically guarded our nation’s aerial domain. Whilst most of us understand … Continue reading →
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Prediction: Covid 19 in Sri Lanka heading for Peak in August
M.V. Muhsin, in Daily.Ft, 20 April 2020 where the title runs “Sri Lanka’s corona quandary: To relax or not to relax?” “Sri Lanka illustrates the classic Catch 22” with regard to COVID-19, says Professor Malik Magdon-Ismail, a Sri Lankan-born Computer … Continue reading →
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Australian Bombshell ….!! Airlines ‘Quarantined’
Elizabeth Knight and Rob Harris, in The Age, 21 March 2020, with this title ‘Constant shock syndrome’: How the crisis plays out in Qantas and Virgin’s situation rooms’ Sunday March 15, 2020, 2.15pm will be marked in the diaries of Australian airline … Continue reading →
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Steve Waugh as a Mother Theresa and Cameraman
Greg Bearup, in The Weekend Australian Magazine, October 9, 2020, where the title is “Different Strokes. Life after Cricket” The office of the Steve Waugh Foundation is up the stairs and down the back of a block of shops on the … Continue reading →
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