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Percy Abeysekara: The Most Widely-known Aloysian in the Cricketing World
K. K. De Silva as compilar Percy Abeysekera is unique. He has gained worldwide attention not for any prowess in cricket, but as a cheerleader for Sri Lanka & it was at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he studied from … Continue reading →
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British Imperial Pillage? The Parthenon Marbles
An Item in the Archaelogy News Network, 20 October 2021, with this title “Trophies For The Empire: The Case Of The Parthenon Sculptures” A recently published article by eminent Professor David Rudenstine at New York’s University Cardozo Law School examines … Continue reading →
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Paul Newman: In His Own Words
Dave Itzkoff in the New York Times, 16 October 2022, entitled “A Posthumous Memoir Reveals Paul Newman in His Own Words” Compiled from interviews he gave to a close friend, “The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man” sheds light on the … Continue reading →
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Tamil Civilians as Sandbags in 2008/09 & Blinding Ignorance in Geneva
Lucien Rajakarunanayake in An Article on 11th September 2014 entitled “Sandbags of Humans” in strategy to woo the West” …. with the highlighting being the present impositions of The Editor, Thuppahi “I come across new evidence regularly in the midst … Continue reading →
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Some Sources on the Ceylon National Congress, 1919-50
Thuppahi’s ‘Gift’ to Assiduous Students Today Ponnambalam Arunachalam EW Perera CWW Kannangara 1. Ariyaratne, R. A. 1977. “Communal Conflict and the Formation of the Ceylon National Congress”. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s First Test Match: A Landmark Event at the Colombo Oval, 17 February 1982
Dion Schoorman, in The Island, 17 February 2022, recalling a historic moment under the title “Rekindling memories of Sri Lanka’s inaugural Test – 40 years on” Today, 17th February, is the 40th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s inaugural Test match and … Continue reading →
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The Pandora’s Box That is the Djokovic Case
Josh Roose, in The Age, 16 January 2022, where the chosen title runs thus: “Right and left unite over Djokovic – and why they are both wrong” It is easy to dislike Novak Djokovic. At the height of a pandemic … Continue reading →
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Ideas of Political Reform Mooted in June 2009: Dilute the Asokan Model
Michael Roberts, in the cover story in FRONTLINE, 19 June 2009, where the title reads “Some pillars for Lanka’s future” One can win the War, but lose the Peace. A cliche this may be, but it is also a hoary … Continue reading →
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Alagu Subramaniam ….The Unfolding of a Ceylonese Author
Premila Thurairatnam, an essay that will appear in THE CEYLANKAN of May 2022 ….. with highlghting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi Further to my article in the November 2020 issue of The CEYLANKAN entitled The Extraordinary Alagu Subramaniam, I present … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Anoma C. Abeyewardene, 1951-2022
Ranjan Abaysekara Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak knits up the o’er wrought heart and bids it break -Macbeth As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see … Continue reading →
