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Edmund Leach: Biographical Studies from Tambiah and Others
Adam Kuper in London Review of Books Vol. 24 No. 10 · 23 May 2002 Edmund Leach: An Anthropological Life by Stanley Tambiah Cambridge, 517 pp, £60.00, February 2002, ISBN 0 521 52102 5 The Essential Edmund Leach: Vol. I: Anthropology and Society by Stephen Hugh-Jones and James Laidlaw Yale, 406 pp, £30.00, … Continue reading →
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The Political Machinations of the Deep State and Their Imprint on 21/4
Rajan Hoole Our history of impunity, especially since the ascent to power of J.R. Jayewardene in 1977, brings us to the strange and largely un-mourned disappearance of the law. The Easter eruption, the evidence suggests, was a gamble the protagonists … Continue reading →
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Ludicrous Verdicts in Powerful Quarters Still Asserted TODAY: Death Toll in Eelam War IV Magnified Manifold
Michael Roberts, Courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, 2 December 2019, where the title is “Excess! Tamil Death Toll Magnified In The Course Of British Interventions In The Sri Lankan Presidential Election” “just as in Kosovo if enough civilians died … the … Continue reading →
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Facing the Chinese Dragon Today: Paul Keating’s Errors
Paul Monk in The Weekend Australian,23 November 2019 with this title “Keating rides roughshod over reality of China’s aims” …. with highlighting emphasis by The Editor, Thuppahi At The Australian Strategic Forum in Sydney on Monday, the keynote was struck … Continue reading →
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Evaluation: Forces and Strands in Sri Lanka’s Cricket History
Binod K. Mishra, reviewing “Forces and Strands in Sri Lanka’s Cricket History” by Michael Roberts, Colombo, Social Scientists’ Association, 2006, 64 pp., 21 photographs, bibliography, Rs. 300 (paperback), ISBN 9559102826 …. location of original review and date of publication is … Continue reading →
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The Chinese Way: Two Web Site Observations
COMMENT ONE: I am an American who has lived in China for three years. (And very much like living here.) My opinion is not as factual, and surely not as broadly informed, as many of the others so well-expressed here. … Continue reading →
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Naayakayo Koheydha! Rudderless Drift in Sri Lanka
Rajeewa Jayaweera, in Island, 5 August 2019, with this title “Leadership vacuum in Sri Lanka” Imran Khan (IK), 67 years old Prime Minister of Pakistan, hails from an upper-middle-class Pashtun family in Lahore and is a graduate of Keble College, … Continue reading →
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An Ode in Memory of Ashley Halpe
Jean Arasanayagam: marking Prof. Halpe’s birth anniversary which fell on the 18th of November 2018 Recalling our youthful days as students at the University of Peradeniya, sharing our interests in drama and theatre, music, painting and literature.
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The Insights etched within Walter Fernando’s Autobiography of an Administrative Career
Gerald H Peiris, in The Island, 1 January 2020, where the title runs thus“Career Challenges of a Public Servant” Among the treasures in my collection of books there are several biographical works received as gifts ―those of Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Gunadasa … Continue reading →
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Michelle de Kretser secures Miles Franklin Award Once Again: Two Reports
I = Jason Steger: “Michelle de Kretser wins her second Miles Franklin award,” Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 2018 The first time Michelle de Kretser won the Miles Franklin Literary Award she missed out on much of the excitement and … Continue reading →
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