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October 5, 2025 · 10:02 am

Becoming ‘Sinhalese’ or ‘Tamil’ in Sri Lanka

Michael Roberts, …… in 2008 The printed version of this essay can be found in Michael Roberts: FIRE and STORM. ESSAYS IN SRI LANKAN POLITICS, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2010, Chapter 9 …… ISBN 978-955-665-134-8. It was presented earlier on … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2025 · 2:03 pm

Diego Garcia – Role in Middle Eastern War

Dr. Itay Gal in Jerusalem Post, in Jerusalem Post, June 2025 What is Diego Garcia? The US military base that will be key to operations against Iran ….?  What is there, what aircraft operate from it, and why could it … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2025 · 7:44 pm

“Masquerade” — A Plantation Bungalow in the Hills of Sri Lanka

Item in The Sunday Times of Sri Lanka … sent by Dushy Perera, a planter … rukrkaganana fellow … & intrepid traveller Masquerade! Looking more like a mansion than a bungalow, the Talawelele bungalow stands within sight of the Great Western … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2026 · 4:12 pm

An Erudite Appreciation of Female Beauty in Mid-Nineteenth Century British Ceylon

JP… that is John Prins [?] …. “FEMALE BEAUTY IN CEYLON”[1] “Ladies! – Young ladies! Be advised; hear the warning voice of one, who although an ardent worshipper at the shrine of beauty, yet despises the false conceptions and grand-mistaken … Continue reading →

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October 26, 2025 · 7:48 pm

Leonard Woolf: A British Jew in Colonial Jaffna

Sachi Sri Kantha, in an original essay … with  highlighting  in blue  &  red imposed  by The Editor, Thuppahi … Introduction:  Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) was the husband of influential British novelist Virginia Woolf nee Stepehen (1882-1941), who committed suicide. November … Continue reading →

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September 26, 2023 · 9:36 pm

Asoka Handagama’s “Alborada” penetrates Chile

Eda Cleary, in Sunday Observer, 24 September 2023.…  with highlighting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi The film Alborada by director Asoka Handagama was premiered in Chile recently with the Director of the Film School of the University of Valparaiso, film professor … Continue reading →

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October 2, 2024 · 11:45 pm

Vale — Rex Clements, A Sri Lankan Virtuoso in Many Arts

Bedgar Perera DR. REX CLEMENTS ..… Sept. 8, 2023 was a very sad day for the 1964-68 batch of the Faculty of Agriculture of the then University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, as that was the day on which Dr. Rex Clements, … Continue reading →

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December 2, 2024 · 5:36 pm

Politics of Identity in Lanka: Mithran Tiruchelvam’s Introduction in 1997 to his Book

Introduction by Mithran Tiruchelvam …. a son of Neelan Tiruchelvam of the ICES [who was tragically assassinated by the LTTE in front of the ICES offices one year later] The present collection of essays arose out of a symposium held … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2024 · 11:13 pm

Ushering in the New Year in Culturally Meaningful Manner in Colombo 

Uditha Devapriya and Pasindu Nimsara, whose preferred title is “Kévum, KrÏda, and Kadé: Avurudu in Colombo”  … from The Island, 19 April 2024 No Avurudu would be complete without an Avurudu Ulela. It has become part of our national social … Continue reading →

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August 9, 2024 · 4:30 pm

Principles to Guide the Choice of Lanka’s Cricket Selectors

Michael Roberts Rather exceptionally for a lad from the plantation Tamil peoples in the mid-20th century Chandra Schaffter was educated at St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. He excelled at hockey and cricket in particular and went on to represent Ceylon … Continue reading →

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