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Profound Testimonies: Aged Holocaust Survivors and Their Last Testaments
Fiona Harari, in the Weekend Australian Magazine 27/28 Jan 2018, where the title reads “Last Testament” Survivors of Nazism who have adult memories of the Holocaust are a fading group. Born in 1926 or earlier, they were at least 18 … Continue reading →
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Sinhabahu: Reverberating Memories
KNO Dharmadasa, in The Island, 18 November 2011, where the title is “Sinhabahu : Fifty Years’ Memories” The year 2011 marks fifty years after the first staging of Professor Sarachchandra’s play Sinhabahu which shares with his own Maname (1956) the record … Continue reading →
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Where USA sought to arm-wrestle Sri Lanka in March-April-May 2009
Michael Roberts The ethnographic ‘nugget’ from Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama recorded by Professor Chandre Dharma-wardana in 2013 has set off a hornet’s nest.[1] In pursuing further inquiries, I have reached the tentative conclusion that Bogollagama has not presented a total … Continue reading →
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Wandering in the Land of Wonder
Mohammed Hussain Khan, in Dawn, 1 October 2017, …with the tile “Footprints: Land of Wonder” THE bells sounding around the necks of animals are melodious, with herdsmen taking care of them in the usually desert plains that now look like … Continue reading →
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An Indivisible Nation in the New Constitution says Sambanthan
Sandasan Marasinghe & Camelia Nathaniel, in The Daily News, 22 September 2017, where the title is “Constitution formulated within a united, undivided, indivisible Sri Lanka: Sampanthan” The process of formulating a Constitution for the country is being done within the … Continue reading →
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The Guard Stones Of Ancient Sri Lanka
Shannine Daniel, courtesy of Roar Media, 6 December 2017, where the title is “When Architecture and Buddhism Came Together. The Guard Stones Of Ancient Sri Lanka” The ruins of Sri Lanka’s ancient kingdoms are a testament to the architectural skill … Continue reading →
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The Many Shadows from Black Hawk Down
Daniel Klaidman, in The Daily Beast, 10 September 2013, where the title is “The Lost Lessons of Black Hawk Down, https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-hawk-down Twenty years later, the battle still echoes in America’s top policy circles. As the U.S. sets foot in Somalia … Continue reading →
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Reviewing “Ports of the Ancient Indian Ocean”
Richard Fynes, reviewing Marie-Françoise Boussac, Jean- Françoise Salles & Jean-Baptiste (eds.) Ports of the Ancient Indian Ocean, Delhi: Primus Books. 2016. ISBN 97893840820792 …………… in IIAS Newsletter, Summer 2017 This edited volume delivers much more than is suggested by its title, since it … Continue reading →
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Quaint By-Ways and Nature’s Ways in Colombo in the 1940s
Hugh Karunanayake, courtesy of THE CEYLANKAN, vol XXI/1, January 2018 where the title is “A Naturalist’s Paradise–Colombo in the 1940s” Padda boats along the Negombo Canal Growing up in mid twentieth century Colombo was a fascinating experience to any young … Continue reading →
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Revisiting Critical Issues in Eelam War IV: Summarizing Citizen Silva’s The NUMBERS GAME
Michael Roberts: “Introducing ‘Numbers Game’ – A Detailed Study of the Last Stages of Eelam War IV,” …….. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/introducing-numbers-game-a-detailed-study-of-the-last-stages-of-eelam-war-iv/…. on 1 May 2013 where 46 comments can be found …. while the version here has some highlighting that is not … Continue reading →
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