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The Bambalapitiya Flats of Colombo in the 1950s & 60s
Asiff Hussein, in Elanka, 23 December 2023, …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Bambalapitiya Flats was the place to be back then, as any good ole’ Bamba boy or girl will tell you. Built in the 1950s, the … Continue reading →
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Don Bradman’s Best Innings? The 270 Runs He Amassed in the 1936-37 Series
Anurabha Sengupta: “Ashes 1936-37 – Don Bradman and the best innings of the century“ …. February 2, 2015 … an Item sent to TPS by Eardley Lieversz of Royal College and Sydney January 5, 1937. Don Bradman was under enormous … Continue reading →
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A Depressing Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Predicament About Six Years Back
THIS is an old essay that stayed buried in the Thuppahi system. It neverthless provides food for thought and serves as a testimony to its author (a brother of my friend the late Neville Jayaweera). Stanley too has since passed … Continue reading →
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UN Agencies That Deployed False Death Figures re Eelam War
Palitha Senanayake, in The Island, 20 December 2024 …… ‘UN fudged Lankan casualty figures’ – Lord Naseby The United Nations Human Rights Council at its 57th session adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner … Continue reading →
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Hulugalle’s Appreciation of Revd Senior’s Career in Old Ceylon
FROM the recent ISLAND article …. 3-3-2024 …. by HAJ HULUGALLE on Revd SENIOR of Trinity and Ceylon” .… with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi “Robert Crossette Thambiah and I, devoted old pupils of his, published these short poems … Continue reading →
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The Story of a Masterpiece … and Its Painter Donald Friend
Dr Srilal Fernando, in The CEYLANKAN. Journal No, 100, November 2022, pp. 41-43 In 1969 James Gleeson, a well-respected authority on Australian painting, wrote a book called the Masterpieces of Australian Painting. It covered a full range of Australian painting … Continue reading →
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James Hunter’s Depressing Dissection of American Political Culture Today
Michael Sean Winters, where the chosen title is “From ‘culture wars’ to ‘cultural exhaustion’: James Davison Hunter diagnoses our cultural ills” Friday, we began a review of James Davison Hunter’s vitally important book Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political … Continue reading →
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Influences in the Characterisation of the Princess in MANAME
Ernest Macintyre, being an article entitled “The Growth of a Tragic Princess”…. published in The Ceylankan, Journal 104, Vol 26/3, August 2023 MANAME Hemamali Gunasinghe as Princess Maname in 1956 Sometimes desultory, at a passing social phenomenon in early Peradeniya … Continue reading →
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Alastair Roosmale-Cocq: Appreciations & Memories
VALE ONE by Jeremy Ludowyke My name is Jeremy Ludowyke and I’d like to tell you something of Alistair’s life before he came to Australia in 1969. Like Alistair, I was born in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, of Dutch … Continue reading →
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Horrendous Situation, Stark Choices ….at Looming Sri Lankan Elections
Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Polity.lk, 7 July 2024 … where the title reads “Uncertainty or Turmoil? Sri Lanka’s Pre-Presidential Election Politics” The coming few months have the potential to produce major political changes in Sri Lanka. The presidential election is … Continue reading →
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