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Anecdotal Tit Bits: Making “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Michael Roberts ONE: The Theme Tune and George Siegertsz The mainline tale about the production process in Ceylon in the composition of the outstanding film The Bridge on the River Kwai – a film based on an actual wartime commando … Continue reading →
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An Ethnological Introduction to the Tamils of Sri Lanka
Karthigesu Sivathamby This item now presented in Thuppahi is the first part of a book in pdf format entitled The Tamils of Sri Lanka. In converting the pdf the whole text went haywire and the paragraph divisions were all over … Continue reading →
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Fashioning History in Sri Lanka: Controversies
Michael Roberts Abstract of the article below: Two arrival stories in the long span of the island’s history will provide the foundations for reflections on history-making in the modern era. Episode One will pursue my own intellectual trail in the … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Neville Turner, A Renaissance Allrounder
Vale J. Neville Turner, one of life’s great characters” — Almanac Admin April 23, 2018 Neville Turner (often referred to as J. Neville Turner) was an extraordinary person who had an extraordinary impact on the Australian Cricket Society during his term … Continue reading →
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Mahathma Gandhi at Mahinda College in 1927
Ruhunu Puthra In November 1927, Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturbai Gandhi arrived in Galle. They were the chief guests at the prize-giving of Mahinda College, on the 24th. The Olcott Memorial Assembly Hall of the College was filled to capacity. Never … Continue reading →
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Religion within Tamil Militancy and the LTTE
Iselin Frydenlund, presenting her article in Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion, May 2018, …. one entitled “Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion” …. https://sangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Religion.pdf … OR … https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Frydenlund/4cbf5235611dd3407dfa3a2962e6ea635ac50674 … with highlights and pictures being impositions by the … Continue reading →
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Walter J. May: A Marvellous Richmondite and Ceylonese
The Richmond Sixty Club & Others Richmond 60 Club Wishes Walter J. May Happy Birthday, 8th January 2021 A Sixty Club Publication MESSAGE OF THE 6O CLUB PRESIDENT As the President of the Richmond 60 Club, I am happy to write a few … Continue reading →
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The Extraordinary Alagu Subramaniam
A Tribute penned by his grandniece Premila Thurairatnam: one initially published in THE CEYLANKAN magazine Nov 2020 issue …………….. while an abbreviated version appeared in the Daily Mirror newspaper (21 Nov 2020) – Revised and published in ‘Closing Time’ book…. … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Nationalism
Rajesh Venugopal, … presenting here the second chapter in his book Nationalism, Development and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press, 2018,…. 78-1-108-42879 8 hdback Sinhala nationalism is the dominant form of political consciousness in contemporary Sri Lanka. As … Continue reading →
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Old World Charm: The New Oriental Hotel in The Fort of Galle
Joe Simpson, in https://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/noh.html … with highlighting added by Thuppahi and pictorial embellishments from Joe on request or from his past articles plus other cameramen “Preserving the spirit of a forgotten world” –– anecdotal glimpses of the New Oriental Hotel, … Continue reading →
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