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The Sinhalese and Others over the Centuries … A Reprint From 2003
Michael Roberts presenting an article printed in 2003: “Language and national identity: The Sinhalese and others over the centuries,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Summer 2003, 9: 75-102. The collective identity of Sinhala-speakers over four centuries dating from the 1590s is … Continue reading →
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The Royal-Thomian: Yesterday & Today
Uditha Devapriya & Uthpala Wijesuriya, in https://scroll.in/where the title reads thus: “Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter” With an unbroken 145-year streak, the face-off between two of the island-nation’s oldest schools … Continue reading →
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Conflicting Readings of Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past
Presenting a Review Essay compiled by Michael Roberts in 2010 that was presented in the SRI LANKA GUARDIAN on the 15th August 2010 … with this title: “Ethnic Identity in Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past: Shanie, Darshanie and Roberts” When Darshanie … Continue reading →
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A Meeting of Cultures: The Unique Vernacular Chapel at Trinity College, Kandy
Ranil Bibile … reproducing an old essay without all its pictorial embellishments because the author does not have the original photos in his computer “as .jpegs as the articles were composed 20+ years ago and there have been many computer changes … Continue reading →
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The Travails of War in Lanka Underscored in a New Play in Sydney
Steve Dow @dowsteve in a review in The Guardian, 18 November 2022… the play being entitled “The Jungle and the Sea” Sri Lankan civil war drama lifts joy above traumThis play by the xcreaators of the Helpmann-winning Counting and Cracking … Continue reading →
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Mehdi Hasan’s U-Tube Interview with Ranil Wickremasinghe
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, in Groundviews, …. https://groundviews.org/2025/03/07/sentiment-analysis-of-ranil-wickremesinghes-al-jazeera-interview-with-mehdi-hasan/ Renowned journalist Mehdi Hasan interviewed the former president Ranil Wickremesinghe on a programme of Head to Head, produced by Al Jazeera. The programme was released to YouTube and first broadcast on March 6. … Continue reading →
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Cyril Ponnamperuma: An Incisive Scientific Researcher ….. In World Class
Sachi Sri Kantha This is an updated version of a manuscript, previously submitted to the Ceylon Medical Journal in 1996. It was rejected for publication by the then editorial team. I was not informed of any specific reason for rejection, … Continue reading →
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Fr. Aloysius Peiris S.J….. An Eminent Theologian
An Eminent Theologian, Rev. Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J., Passes Away, March 25, 2026 Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J. who passed away recently was a student at St. Aloysius College, Galle from 1949 (at around the age of fifteen) to … Continue reading →
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Sharika Thiranagama in Profound Q & A on Sri Lanka’s Traumatic Past
Kaniyan Pungundran – Editor-in-Chief of Jaffna Monitor ….September 2025 … ..where the title runs thus: “JVP Still Denies the Tamil Ethnic Question: Sharika Thiranagama Speaks to Jaffna Monitor” It feels like yesterday. As a student, I remember flipping through Amuthu, … Continue reading →
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For Richmond College: EFC Ludowyk and His Outreach
EFC LUDOWYK MEMORIAL LECTURE, Organized by the Richmond 60 Club, July 5th, 2025, at the OPA Auditorium the AUTHOR = Austin Fernando The President and members of the Richmond 60 Club, the former Principal of Richmond, Mr. E.M.S. Ekanayake, and friends. … Continue reading →
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