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Charles Ambrose Lorenz should be A Ceylonese Icon Today as well

From  the Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 2 August 2026, where the title reads “In search of Charles Ambrose Lorenz: Nick van der Hoeven traces his van­ish­ing leg­acy” … reproduced here with highlights and title imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi There … Continue reading →

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Noel Nadesan’s Critical Reflections on the Sri Lankan Tamils’Armed Struggle

Rajeswary Balasubramaniam, reviewing Odyssey of War by Noel Nadesan ** The ‘Odyssey of War’, a novel by Dr. Noel Nadesan published by Sarasavi Publishers, reflects the struggle for the liberation of Tamils in Sri Lanka (1977-2009) and the failure of … Continue reading →

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A Critical Junction in Sri Lanka’s Socio-Political Scenario

Jehan Perera in The Island, 28 October 2025, where the title  runs thua: “Barometer confirms window for political settlement”… with the highlights here  being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi Once again, Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. After decades of … Continue reading →

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Selective Slants on “Victims” in the Western World’s Scenarios: Bondi & Beyond

Mohamed Harees, in Colombo Telegraph , 18 December 2025,  “What Bondi Beach Massacre Reveals About “Good Victims” & “Good Heroes” Lukman Harees Bondi Beach: horror and heroism: The recent Bondi Beach massacre in Sydney, Australia was a horrible terrorist act, … Continue reading →

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Rave Reviews of LAKE BEAUTY from Adelaidians

LAKE BEAUTY – A murder dissolves. Here’s what readers have to say: Justin La Brooy: “Lake Beauty is a novel based in rural Australia covering much of the first half of the last century.  It gives an exquisite glimpse into … Continue reading →

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Breaking New Ground & Transcending Centuries: For All Ceylonese Across Continents

Rajiva Wijesinha, in The ISLAND, August 2024 …. a review of THE CEYLON JOURNAL ….  Earlier this month I attended the launch of a new journal, the brainchild of a youngster called Avishka Mario Seneviratne. I had been urged to … Continue reading →

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Simon’s “THOMIA” …. An Evocative Study of Sri Lankan History & Politics

Anonymous in The Examiner, 20 March 2026, where the title runs thus: “Why an Anandian should read THOMIA” ……… A review of Richard Simon’s Thomia, subtitled ‘the entangled history of Lanka and her greatest public school’. A history of failed … Continue reading →

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Ganeshananthan’s & Karunatitilaka’s Novels Reviewed by Anjum Hasan

Anjum Hasan:  “Even As A Ghost”  in The New York Review of Books, 18 January 2024 … reaching me via a tennis-mate Ralph Schlomowitz who is a ‘religious’ adherent of the NYRB and matters highbrow;while Amaasiiri De Silva in New … Continue reading →

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DOWNTON ABBEY calls it a Night !!

Michael Roberts This epic and fascinating TV series serial has brought its curtains down and called it a night  [to alter the idiom]. My first  intimation of this event was in reading Ed Potten’s account in The Australian 13-14  September … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka’s Failed Peace Process Under Norwegian ‘Guidance’

Krishnan Srinivasan, in review of Prof GL Peiris’s New Book on the Events, in Daily Mirror, 17 August 2026… with highlights imposed by the  Editor  —with explicit hesitations expressed regarding the degree to which he is in command of facts … Continue reading →

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