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Profound Reflections: Jean Arasanayagam in Response to Smrti Daniel’s Searching Questions
Jean faces Smrti Daniel 1: What in your childhood contributed to the kind of writer you are now? What recurring motifs and images from that time find expression in your work? JEAN1: So many factors. As I delve into my … Continue reading →
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Turbulence & Grandiose Visions in the SL Government’s Situation
Sunday Times Editorial 9 September 2017 The President and Prime Minister coming in one car for the launch of V2025 (Vision 2025), the blueprint for the future of a “rich Sri Lanka” was clearly to deliver a message. ‘We … Continue reading →
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Hillary Quite Contrary: American Zealotry
About Hillary Clinton in public on the world stage on Sri Lanka on 22 April 2009 “One glaring instance of this blinding zealotry in the wielding of power was when Clinton directed a tongue-lashing at the government of Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
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A World Event! Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in Test Match
Michael Roberts Let the cricketing world rejoice in Bangladesh’s triumph in a tight Test Match at the P Sara Stadium aka “The Oval” in Colombo. One can allude to Sri Lankan hands within the resurgent Bangladesh cricketing squad in the … Continue reading →
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The History of Civil Society Organisations in Sri Lanka
Vinod Moonesinghe Although the role and importance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other civil society organisations (CSOs) have diminished since January 2015, they continue to play a significant role. While the level of their co-operation with the state is fairly … Continue reading →
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Rapporteur Emmerson’s Threatening Visit
Neville Ladduwahetty, in The Island, 2 August 2017, an essay entitled “Ä Special Rapporteur’s visit” The visit of Ben Emmerson Q.C., aUN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, to Sri Lanka from July 10 to 14 was concluded with … Continue reading →
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Fr. Michael Rodrigo Assassinated in 1987: A Man serving People …. All People
Alex Perera, in Sunday Island, 12 November 2017, where the title is different: “Thirtieth Death Anniversary of Fr. Michael Rodrigo” “I am a Catholic in my religion, but a Buddhist in my culture” Fr. Michael Thirty years ago, on November 10, … Continue reading →
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A Jesuit Servant of the People –Two Affirmative Voices applaud Fr. Paul Caspersz, s.j.
.ONE. Rajan Philips: “Celebrating the life of a Jesuit Socialist: Fr Paul Caspersz, SJ (1925-2017)” “My legs have carried me for 90 years. Now they have earned their well-deserved rest”, he would tell his visitors at the Jesuit House in … Continue reading →
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Bracegirdle as a David taking on the British Plantation Goliath in 1937
Bernard Vancuylenberg, August 26, 2017, whose original title is “David and Goliath” … with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi …then and now in 2025 During the colonial period of the late 1930s, a tea plantation in the Madulkelle district Relugas … Continue reading →
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The Yahapalanaya Government in Strife: Philips, Hattotuwa and Chandraprema Analyse the Situation
I. Rajan Philips: “The government’s consummate crisis in the face of Mahinda’s unconsummatable win,” Sunday Island, 18 February 2018, There is no pussyfooting around the political shellacking at last week’s polls, that the President’s and the Prime Minister’s teams got … Continue reading →
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