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Don Bradman embraced within the Thuppahi Realm

Don Bradman Memorabilia in Adelaide’s Sri Lankan Realms … https://thuppahis.com › 2024/06/06 › don-bradman-me… 6 June 2024 — This Thuppahi post is a potpourri of Memorabilia around the Persona of Sir Donald Bradman …. with an ink-sketch of Don Bradman by Douglas Davies ******* Don Bradman at Cricket … Continue reading

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Accolades for Schaffter & Jayasinghe: A Special ‘Innings’

Rex Clementine in The Island, June 2025 One of the most heartwarming sights at Monday’s SLC Cricket Awards was the image of two titans of yesteryear – Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Stanley Jayasinghe – seated side by side, deep … Continue reading

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An Assessment of Palki Sharma’s Wide-Ranging Review of Today’s Political Economy …..

Lanka Reefcomber, …. with highlights subect to the Editor’s iinterventions …. Watching PALKI SHARMA’s You Tube Presentation was of absorbing interest. I remember this journalist from her time at WION, primarily for her long-standing promotion of the ‘China debt trap’ … Continue reading

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Pakistan Crush Lanka in Third ODI at Rawalpindi

Review in The ISLAND, 30 November 2025, entitled “Nawaz and Afridi blow Sri Lanka away to seal tri-series for Pakistan” Pakistan thundered to victory in the final of the tri-series, their attack blazing through the last nine Sri Lanka wickets … Continue reading

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Channa Gunasekera Featured by CRICKETIQUE in 2012

    “Through the Covers” by Channa Gunasekara Notice in the Nation: Former Sri Lanka captain and SSC stalwart Arjuna Ranatunga is presented with a copy of the book ‘Through the Covers’ written by the late Channa Gunasekara by his … Continue reading

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Kiwis Squash Sri Lanka Comprehensively

Danyal Rasool in ESPNcricinfo, 00 February 2026,nwhere the title runs thus: “Ravindra, Santner and McConchie eliminate Sri Lanka” A stunning rearguard from Santner and McConchie with the bat, followed by Ravindra’s four-for, gave New Zealand a massive win … New … Continue reading

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A History of the Middle Finger Phallic Insult

Daniel Nasaw, BBC News Magazine, Washington, on  the 6th February 2012 with this title “When did the middle finger become offensive? …. an item which quickly generated 138 comments [thus ‘gestures’ of sorts] “Up Yours”– gestures MIA Whether or not … Continue reading

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In-Your-Face: Reflection on Political Confrontation in Sri Lanka in the 1970s

John Rogers to Michael Roberts, date uncertain, maybe circa 2018 … responding to items in this website, maybe circa 2018, which retailed debates in the early 1970s  within Peradeniya University and Lanka in circles associated with  — and against — the activities … Continue reading

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A Pulsating Cricket Match capped with A Final Over Hat-Trick

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 29  August 2025, where the title reads “Madushanka seals thriller with last-over hat-trick” Raza had valiantly revived Zimbabwe’s chase through the middle overs but he could not take them over the line ……. Sri Lanka 298 … Continue reading

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Cold War Machinations in the Past: Allende & Bandaranaike

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title is “The Cold War Killing of Ceylon’s Bandaranaike and Chile’s Allende: ‘Operation Colombo’, Culture War and the Disinformation Game” Decolonizing Global South History and WOKE Film  Rithika Kodithuwakku as a Tamil Sakkili Woman in Asoka Handagama’s … Continue reading

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