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Our Wonderful World: The Mammals of Ceylon Brought to Life
Burton K Lim in © 2015 American Society of Mammalogists, http://www.mammalogy.org …… …. reviewing A. Yapa, A. and G. Ratnavira 2013. The Mammals of Sri Lanka. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo, Colombo 3, … Continue reading →
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Escaping to Sri Lanka on Holiday
Mal Chenu in Sunday Mail, 15 April 2018 ….. where the title runs “Why Aussies love Sri Lanka Right Now” Venetian adventurer Marco Polo described Sri Lanka as “the finest island of its size in all the world”. Sure, that … Continue reading →
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Caste, Democracy and Social Justice: ICES Conference in Late November 2016
Tudor Gananath Tudor Kalinga Silva This conference was held at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo on the 19/20th November 2016 with the participation of over 60 researchers from Sri Lanka and abroad. The objective of the conference … Continue reading →
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Filed under caste issues, cultural transmission, economic processes, governance, heritage, historical interpretation, island economy, landscape wondrous, Left politics, legal issues, life stories, modernity & modernization, politIcal discourse, self-reflexivity, social justice, sri lankan society, Tamil civilians, unusual people, welfare & philanthophy
Leonard Woolf, The Anti-Imperialist
Thiru Arumugam, Courtesy of The Ceylankan: Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, journal 76, Vol. XIX, 4 November 2016 Woolf and his dog “Charles” in Jaffna Introduction: The Ceylankan has carried three articles about Leonard Woolf. In the May 2004 … Continue reading →
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African Elephants Mourn a Matriarch Elephant’s Death
Laura Parker, where the original title reads “Rare Video Shows Elephants ‘Mourning’ Matriarch’s Death’,” .. oignant scene from africa sheds light on animal bahaviour. It has become rare for wild African elephants to live to old age, thanks to their brutal slaughter by … Continue reading →
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A British Bike-Man’s Bike Ride in Sri Lanka
A Beautiful tale … with British humour … and stunning pictures …. disguising the hard yards A MUST SEE: http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1687848 Robs’ Sri Lanka Trip Rob at Dondra head … southernmost point In the temple courtyard, a school lesson was taking place (pic). I’m always … Continue reading →
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The Death Toll in 2009: Deceit and Myopia, International and Lankan
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph which accepted the idea in principle several days ago, but requested a division of the essay into six parts. Discussion of the death toll during Eelam War IV and the related topic of “The … Continue reading →
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Siri Gunasinghe’s Sinhala Poems in English — Just Three
Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere, in The Island, 25 February 2015 The Water Buffalo My beard on fire in haste, I was running, running down in the dawn, bearing the burdens of life all on my back; at the edge of … Continue reading →
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Brits on Christmas Breaks 2013: short stories in competition
Sri Lanka tops exotic Christmas breaks contest Telegraph, UK readers share their thoughts on recently published stories (October 11-19, 2014) The winning entry: SRI LANKA Sigiriya Sri Lanka: The children woke to the screeches of wild peacocks to find that … Continue reading →
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Wild Life Reserves of Sri Lanka
Marcel Bandaranaike, courtesy of The Aloysian, April and August issues, 2014 Mihintale, in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura located in the North Central province of Sri Lanka is said to be the world’s first recorded (247 BC) wild life & … Continue reading →
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