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Territorial Claims: First Settlers & Their Primacy
Michael Roberts, presenting an article published in 2005 as a pamphlet by the ICES, Colombo with this title “The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion” … an essay originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking … Continue reading →
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Jesse Owens: For People of Colour vs Fascism and White Racism
Sarah Fling, in The White House Historical Association, 28 June 2021, where the title reads “Running Against the World: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics” The 1936 Summer Olympics were unlike any other. In Berlin, Germany, under the shadow … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Susil Sirivardhana’s Journey with the Underprivileged
Merril Gunaratne, in The Island, 10 October 2021, where the title is as follows “Susil Sirivardana: A Journey with the Have-nots” Many articles extolling the virtues, integrity, erudition, intellectual brilliance and simplicity of Susil have flooded the print media upon … Continue reading →
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From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s
Earl Forbes, whose chosen title in The Ceylankan is “Ceylon/Sri Lanka to Australia: Arrivals and Survival” Ceylonese/Sri Lankans have entered Australia for a variety of reasons during the past one and a half centuries. The far greater number of these arrivals … Continue reading →
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The SBS: Marine Commandos of the Sri Lankan Navy
Michael Roberts A recent article by Dishan Joseph (see below) has marked the role of a commando outfit known as the SBS, or Special Boat Service, that was developed within the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) during the Eelam Wars. The … Continue reading →
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The Nomenclature and Lineaments of White-Brown Cohabitation in British Ceylon: A Puzzle
MEMO from Michael Roberts, October 16 October 2021 Moving from BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI to the Greet and Paynter lineages in British Ceylon-and-thereafter has raised a query in my mind: how is it that the category “ANGLO-Ceylonese” did not … Continue reading →
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Reconfiguring Our Categories of Being for the Sake of Lanka’s Future
Michael Roberts, here repeating a set of perspectives voiced initially on 19 June 2009 after the LTTE had been vanquished,in the News Magazine FRONTLINE that was printed every fortnight from Chennai.++ “One can win the War, but lose the Peace.” … Continue reading →
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Rendering Kandy into a Cosmic Force — Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
PK Balachandran, in Daily Mirror 9 September 2021, with this title “Recreating King Rajasinha’s cosmic city” Sri Lanka’s last king, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy, was vilified as a cruel despot and was overthrown by the British in 1815, … Continue reading →
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The Senanayakes at STC, at Cricket and in Politics in Ceylon
Michael Roberts In seeking details relating to DS Senanayake’s career at S. Thomas’ College after I received a copy of his school-leaving character reference from Warden Stone,[1] I received a fascinating note from Mevan Pieris[2] about young DS Senanayake’s school … Continue reading →
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Revd Kanishka Raffel in Line to be Archbishop of Sydney
Item in https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/four-in-line-for-archbishops-election …. referred to Thuppahi by Leon Keegal of Adelaide When nominations closed on Tuesday, March 23, three bishops and the Dean of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, had been entered in the nomination process for the post of Archbishop … Continue reading →
