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High-Profile Burghers & Other Exotic Personnel in Olde Ceylon
Rodney Vandergert, whose title reads thus: “Random Musings of A Senile Mind,”.… an article which appeared on web on 4th March 2006 at https://kermeey.blogspot.com/2006/03/random-musings-of-senile-mind.html …… reproduced with selective highlights in this version … & brought to my attention by Charles … Continue reading →
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St. Anthony’s College in Kandy: Its Heritage
Bernard VanCuylenburg and Sisira Weragoda … whose title reads “From Little Things Big Things Grow – Antonians Who Excelled Beyond Excellence” Prologue As an introduction to the subject of this article I had to choose a title which nails it all … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Monarchical Imagery in Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Past Political Pitch
Michael Roberts .… reproducing an article presented earlier in the COLOMBO TELEGRAPH in the year 2012…. an article bearing a different title: viz. “Populism And Sinhala-Kingship in the Rajapaksa Regime’s Political Pitch” … an article that also appeared under a … Continue reading →
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Remembering Revd WJT Small, A Saint In Our Times
Nihal de Alwis, presenting a Memoir on Revd Small, the dedicated Principal of Richmond who became a Ceylonese …. Rev. Walter Joseph Thombleson Small was born on the 4th of July 1883 in Boston, England. He lived in Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
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Seeking Ethnic Reconciliation Through Commemoration of the Dead-in-War
Capt Prasanna Rajaratne, SLN … in DAILY FT, 6 December 2024, ….. where the title reads “National security only through national harmony“ They may still feel trapped in the same plight, and unless that perception is acknowledged, addressed, and their … Continue reading →
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Hasthihailapura or Elephant Rock City in Lanka Today
Text & Pix by Mahil Wijesinghe, at ……….. on 24 February 2024 …with this title “A Journey to the Elephant Rock city” The stone Bodhigaraya at Nilakgama Kurunegala, the capital of the North Western Province, (Wayamba) has a historical name … Continue reading →
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Deciphering the Past to Secure Reform in the Present
Michael Roberts Let me suggest that in any country one cannot address the fundamental problems of the present without understanding its immediate past. This prescription was/is inherent in an article that I penned for the Indian journal FRONTLINE in June … Continue reading →
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Reflections on Gananath’s Wide-Ranging Corpus of Work
Professor M.W. Amarasiri de Silva, about 3/4 years back in … … where the full title of the essay reads thus: “Sinhalese Society Through The Prism Of Religion: An Appreciation Of Gananath Obeyesekere’s Work On Sinhalese Buddhism” This article celebrates … Continue reading →
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The Story of a Masterpiece … and Its Painter Donald Friend
Dr Srilal Fernando, in The CEYLANKAN. Journal No, 100, November 2022, pp. 41-43 In 1969 James Gleeson, a well-respected authority on Australian painting, wrote a book called the Masterpieces of Australian Painting. It covered a full range of Australian painting … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka Edge Zimbabwe in ODI Thriller at Colombo, 8th January
With Sri Lanka playing Zimbabwe in their Third 20-over ODI at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today, I place Andrew’s delayed report on the Second ODI played on January 7th(?)…. one taken from ESPNcricinfo and presented with highlights added.” …. … Continue reading →
