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Cracking Impact! The Suntharalingam Saga’s Theatrical Tour de Force
Cassie Tongue in Time-Out, 16 January 2019, where the title is “Counting and Cracking review” ….. with Brett Boardman’s PICs …. and highlighting added It’s only January, but we have an early contender for the best play of the year … Continue reading →
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Holy War Unmasked
Brian Victoria …… Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne Introduction: Is religion a force for peace or war? Or to borrow a phrase from the title of Christopher Hitchen’s book, God … Continue reading →
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Vale: Carlo Fonseka’s Manifold Gifts Inscribed in Memory
ONE: Ishara Jayawardena: “Carlo Fonseka: Unparalleled,” Daily News, 4 September 2019 Professor Carlo Fonseka ushered in an episode rare in its own right. He always stood for what he thought was just. Not merely a physician cum academic, Fonseka established … Continue reading →
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A Sob Story? Hodge in Batticaloa batting for the Nadeshalingam Family
Amanda Hodge in The Weekend Australian, 7/8th September 2019, where the title is “Mum’s fears for asylum son tainted by time with Tamil Tigers” On the scuffed green walls of Nadeshalingam Murugappan’s family home in eastern Sri Lanka, a maxim … Continue reading →
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A Review of the Book BUDDHISM TRANSFORMED
Premkumara De Silva,** in The Midweek Review of The Island, 17 May 2005, where the title runs ” Anthropology of ‘Sinhala Buddhism’ “ The disciplinary identification of “Buddhism” in Sri Lanka as an anthropological object began in the late 1950s … Continue reading →
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Booker Prize Short-List: Michael Ondaatje excluded
AP Item, in Dawn, September 2018 with this heading “ Man Booker Prize 2018 finalists announced” A novel in verse and a story about trees and the people who love them are among six finalists announced Thursday for the prestigious … Continue reading →
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Blake Foreshadows New American Approach to Sri Lanka … and the Rajapaksa Combo
Daya Gamage, in Asian Tribune, 12 May 2019, with this title “Robert Blake indicates Washington’s new approach to Sri Lanka” Robert O’Blake, former (2006-2009) American ambassador to Sri Lanka and onetime assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Bureau (2009-2012) … Continue reading →
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The Split within the JVP in 1983 and the Programme of State Repression in the 1980s
Lionel Bopage, in Sri Lanka Guardian, 29 March 2019,where the title is ‘The Frozen Fire’ — Art and Political Reality There are diverse views about the politics of the JVP and the inherent limitations contained in their political discourse. In particular, … Continue reading →
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Satha and De Saram: Batsmen Par Excellence who went to Jail
Nicholas Brookes, in CRICKET MONTHLY, 6 May 2019, where the title is “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they have been nearly forgotten … Continue reading →
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“Stay Resolute. Visit Lanka” says Juliet from Galle
Juliet Coombe … SRI LANKA NEEDS YOU! If you really want to make a difference in the world right now, book or support someone else who was planning a trip to go to Sri Lanka or extend your stay if already in … Continue reading →
