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Wild Animals & Luxury at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka
Jeremy Bourke: “The new Sri Lankan resort where wildlife roam free,” in The Weekend Australian Travel + Luxury Magazine, 3/4 February 2024 ……. Buffalos in pools, elephants on footpaths and an escort needed when you leave your pavilion – the … Continue reading →
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Surviving the Tsunami at Arugam Bay
Ani Naqvi, in The Telegraph, 26 December 2022, where the title runs as “I was almost killed in the Boxing Day tsunami – and it gave me a reason to live” …. After being swept up in the tsunami of … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Village Roots and Jungle Lore at Discerning Depth
Sugath Kulatunga, responding to an Invitation from The Editor, Thuppahi after the latter had seen an extract of this detailed and invaluable autobiography in Facebook in 2023 ** 1/10/2014: Written for the reading pleasure of my grandchildren. As a child … Continue reading →
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General Custer’s Last Stand: Annihilation by the Sioux, 25 June 1876
David Graham, in Quora, …. https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-most-epic-last-stands-in-history/answer/David-Graham-149 On June 25, 1876, after a stumbling night march that exhausted men and horses, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Sitting Bull’s village on the banks of the Little … Continue reading →
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Historical Revaluations: The Boundary Books of the Matale District
Gananath Obeyesekere: Historical Revaluations: the Boundary Books of the Matale district[1], being Chapter 19 in Professor KD Paranavitana Felicitation Volume, edited by Vinie Vitharana & Prasad Fonseka, Colombo, Godage & Bros (pvt ltd) …. ISBN 978-955-30-9035-5 Professor K. D. Paranavitana … Continue reading →
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Turbulent Times & Anxious Moments in Sri Lanka in 1988
John R Richardson**
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Sri Lanka’s Cricketing Merry-Go-Round and Angelo Mathews’ Flower-Petal Ball
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 1 July 2019, with this title “Angelo Mathews and the craziest ball of the 2019 World Cup” Gather round, kiddos. Let me tell you a story about Sri Lankan cricket. What would you like to … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka as A Resplendent Isle from Way Back in Time
Pauline Gunewardene, being …. a talk originally titled “A Brief History of Sri Lanka,” and presented at the Mind Cafe Mental Health Conference o at the Marriott in Weligama, 3-10 August 2019…… and subsequently placed in the first CEYLANKAN for … Continue reading →
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Steam Engines and the Sea in Yesteryear
Sunil Wanigatunga, in Sunday Times, 24 JUne 2018, where the title is “Childhood Memories : A time of sea and steam rail engines” I was born in Mount Lavinia by the sea into the salt wind, sea sounds and rumbling … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka in 1988: Experiencing ‘Ordinary Living’ in A Conflict Zone
John Richardson, whose title in this article conveying diary notes runs thus: “Ordinary Living” in the Midst of Civil War Notes to Family and Friends“[1] … with highlighting and pics inserted by The Editor, Thuppahi February 1988: After getting settled … Continue reading →
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