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In Appreciative Memory of Karen Roberts, 1965-2018
Michael Roberts It has been something of a shock for me to discover that the Sri Lankan authoress Karen Roberts[1] had passed away in USA in 2018 while only in her middle-aged fifties (about the same age as my daughters). … Continue reading →
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The 43 Group in Ceylon: Their Story
Rohan de Soysa, copy of a PowerPoint Presentation made to the National Trust of Sri Lanka on September 29, 2016 by Rohan de Soysa transcribed into text format …. with coloured underlining [as distinct from that in black] being emphasis … Continue reading →
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Confronting Ethnic Violence and Its Roots in Vengeance
Michael Roberts In presenting Basil Fernando’s book to the public, I have been led back in time to critical data he presented to me in the early 1990s re the “riots of July 1983.” As an act of condemnation THEN, my … Continue reading →
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Dutch Burghers and Portuguese Mechanics: Eurasian Ethnicity in Sri Lanka
Dennis B. McGilvray, reproducing an essay presented in April 1982 within Comparative Studies in Society and History 24 (2): 235-263 –– an article that is wide-ranging and draws on ethnographic work as well as historical manuscripts. Note that the highlighting … Continue reading →
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Nationalisms in Ceylon: Origins, Stimulants and Ingredients
Michael Roberts, … reproducing Chapter III in Volume I of Documents of the Ceylon National Congress and Nationalist Politics in Ceylon, 1929-1950, Vol I, 1977, Department of National Archives, 1977 , pp. lxviii–lxxviii ** While the political activists of the … Continue reading →
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Ravana Fables penetrate Sri Lanka’s Historical Terrain
PK Balachandran When the media reported that the Sri Lankan Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has issued a newspaper advertisement in Sinhala urging people to share documents, books, and research material on Ravana, the legendary king of Lanka, it … Continue reading →
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An Unknown Aussie in India: A Covid Travel Saviour …. Simon Quinn
Richard Guilliatt, in The Australian Weekend Magazine 20-21 June 2020, where the title is Simon Quinn is a 32 year old PhD student from Australia, studying Sanskrit living in Gurgaon 30km South West of Delhi. When the Indian government announced … Continue reading →
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Battleships Down: Early Signs in the Decline of British Imperial Power across the Span of the Indian Ocean
Michael Roberts Prince of Wales (left, front) and Repulse (left, behind) under attack by Japanese aircraft. The destroyer Express in the foreground. The crew of the sinking Prince of Wales abandoning ship to the destroyer Express. Moments later, the list on Prince of Wales suddenly increased and Express had to withdraw. … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Expressiveness: Warm Gratitude and Vicious Vituperation
Michael Roberts I did not see the article that highlighted the manner in which the Tamil people of Vishvamadu feted and lamented the departure of the Sinhalese Military Commander of that arena, Ratnapriya Bandu, when it was originally placed in … Continue reading →
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The Eastern Regions of Sri Lanka in British Times
Michael Roberts My D. Phil dissertation at Oxford in the early 1960s centred on British agrarian policy in the mid-nineteenth century and therefore included the British efforts to revive the tank irrigation systems of the Sinhala past. Several British colonial … Continue reading →
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