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Let’s Remove the Colonial Tropes in the Writings on Sri Lanka
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose preferred title is “Decolonizing July 1983’s Fiction and History for a Post-Ethnic Sri Lanka: Tropes of Violence and Cold War at the end of the American Century” “Fair is foul and foul is fair”— William Shakespeare, Macbeth … Continue reading →
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Donald Friend’s Acid Readings of the Sri Lankan Scenario, 1957-1962
EXTRACTS From The DIARIES Of DONALD FRIEND, Volume 3** …. The Ceylon Diaries cover the period 25th January 1957 to 22nd July 1962 and run into 180 pages in small print. During this period Donald Friend, the gifted Australian artist, … Continue reading →
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Polyandry, Hierarchy & Rumours Today in a ‘Traditional’ Kandyan Sinhala Village
Jayantha Perera, whose chosen title is “ekagei kaema (polyandry) – a way of life in the Kandyan highlands” … in The Island, 11 August 2024 Hingula is a small bazaar 60 miles from Colombo on the Colombo-Kandy Road. A narrow, tarred … Continue reading →
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A Voice on THE VOICE ….. Its Double Standards
Peta Credlin in The Sunday Telegraph, 7 October 2023, where the title runs thus “Voice’s Yes campaign full of deceit and double standards” The unauthorised protesters who marched through Sydney this week spewing anti-Semitic bile and screaming “Gas the Jews” … Continue reading →
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Karunatilaka’s Booker Prize Explorations of the Sri Lankan World
Sam King in The Weekend Australian, 29 January 2023, where the title reads thus “Exploring the Boundaries” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi Don’t let Shehan Karunatilaka sell himself short. “Until a month ago, I was just … Continue reading →
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Sachi’s Review of Bradman Weerakoon’s Autobiography
Sachi Sri Kantha, reviewing Bradman Weerakoon, Rendering Unto Caesar, Vijitha Publications, Colombo, 2004, 396 pp. under the title “Rendering Unto Caesar: a Book Review”** Of the millions of Sri Lankans born in the 20th century, Bradman Weerakoon is the only fellow to be … Continue reading →
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Remembering David Hookes: A Moving Farewell at Adelaide Oval, 27 January 2001
Michael Roberts reproducing an article from his pen in Baggy Green …. one that was subsequently presented as an E-Paper . The original article carried the title “The Old and the New: In Memoriam, David Hookes” On 25 March 2001 … Continue reading →
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TW Roberts Pamphlet, circa 1936: “Problems of Public Life in India & Ceylon”
TW Roberts: PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC LIFE IN INDIA AND CEYLON Contents Page The Ceylon Elections Of 1936 … Continue reading →
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Vale: In Appreciation of Dr. Sisira Jayasuriya, A Committed Scholar
Sarath Rajapatirana & Premachandra Athukorala, whose appraisal is entitled “In Memoriam: Sisira Jayasuriya, 1946-2025″ The distinguished economist Professor Sisira Kumara Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka-born and a scholar who spent much of his professional life in Australia, passed away on 18 February … Continue reading →
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A Conservative Voice against Today’s Aboriginal ‘Voice’ ”
Dr David Barton, in THE QUADRANT, December 2022, with this title “Australia’s Aboriginal Industry: Always Was, Always Will Be About Power” In 1983, as a naïve youth worker and concerned by what I had been reading since the early … Continue reading →
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