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Yellow Jacket Protests in France: The Power of Social Media and Populism
Jeremy Harding, review essay in London Review of Books, March 2019, with this title “Among the Gilets Jaunes” When they gathered at roads and roundabouts at the end of last year, the French government was caught off guard. Within a week … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Baila: Its Roots and Variations
Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya, courtesy of THE CEYLANKAN, Vol XXI, No 3, August 2018 … with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi The extraordinary love of the Portuguese for music is epitomised at El Ksar el Kabir in Morocco, … Continue reading →
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The Rule of Law in Australia aids Qi Guang Guo
Michael Inman & Steven Trask, Canberra Times, 5 March 2018 where the title is Älleged Triad boss Qi Guang Guo wins $35,001 for unlawful detention”” About 50 alleged gangsters, including this unidentified person, were arrested in this raid on a … Continue reading →
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Pirapāharan’s Thamilīlam, 1990-2009: Aspirations and Achievements
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Daily Mirror, 6 September 2018. where the title reads “The State of Tamil Eelam, 1990-2009″ This article is the second of those preparing the ground for a review of the new data on the last phase … Continue reading →
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Baldwin’s Impersonation riles Trump into “Declaration of War” on Twitter
AFP News Item from DAWN, where the title reads as “Trump sparks new Twitter war with actor Alec Baldwin”” Donald Trump sparked a Twitter war with Alec Baldwin on Friday, reviving his public opprobrium of the actor’s critically acclaimed role … Continue reading →
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Life and Death for SL Army Infantrymen on the Vanni Battlefront
Sinha-Raja Tammita Delgoda[1] As a layman who blundered into a war of his own volition and someone who has lived in and worked in the Weli Oya border region for 6 months,[2] I think you are absolutely right in your stress on … Continue reading →
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A Guardian Hitler: Gotabhaya! Really!
Sasanka Perera. in Island, 25 June 2018, where the title is “Pining for Hitler” Ven. Endaruwe Upali, Deputy Chief Priest of the Asgiriya Chapter in the Buddhist ecclesiastical order, is in the news. But it is not for his knowledge … Continue reading →
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An Incisive Note in Demolition of the R2P Programme of the Western Mighty
Gerald H. Peiris … A Memo prresented this December 2019 on the basis of articles on R2P presented initially in 2007. There is no difficulty about accessing the considerable volume of writings available on the R2P ‘Principle’/’Norm’.
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Gregory Peck in “Purple Plain” in Sri Lanka …. and Elsewhere
ITEM in Thinkworth = https://thinkworth.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/when-gregory-peck-had-flu-in-sri-lanka-during-purple-rain/ Gregory Peck’s flu was cured by ginger-coriander tea when filming in Ceylon (Original Title) TW has embedded a 7+minute Utube clip of the film “Purple Rain” shot in Sri Lanka …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjOmbJK_4-k http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-purple-plain-1954-gfdtwo-cities-film-with-gregory-peck-19484850.html from The … Continue reading →
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Cricket as the Prince of Sports in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, ‘reprinting’ an article that appeared in The Island on the 7th August 2008 with a note indicating that “An editorially-modified version of this article was published in HIMAL circa 2007.” Modernity took firm root in Sri Lanka under … Continue reading →
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