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Schoorman’s Reading of Sri Lanka”s First Test Match
THE ISLAND chose to reproduce this old report from 1982 on the 17th February 2022 — with this title “Rekindling memories of Sri Lanka’s inaugural Test – 40 years on” …. reproduced her in THuppahi with some additonal photographs and … 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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An Aristocratic Mansion in Adelaide: Beaumont House
Michael Roberts My wife and I visited BEAUMONT HOUSE in Adelaide south this afternoon and consider this house and its surrounds and its history a worthy topic for discussion. The discussion could even be expanded into a set of comparative … 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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Sport and Pastime in British Ceylon
Michael Roberts, presenting an old unpubd article drafted in the 1990s ….with highlights being Today’s insertions It is feasible to suggest that leisure activity blossomed in Europe in the course of the nineteenth century. As European society was re-ordered by … Continue reading →
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Dilmah Tea & Barossa Wine in Perfect Match in Adelaide
Glam Adelaide, with this title “Dilmah joins forces with University of Adelaide expert to refine tea and wine production” …. & with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dilhan C. Fernando, Dilmah Tea’s … Continue reading →
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For Reflection: Sir John Kotelawala’s Speech at STC Prizegiving in 1954
Mt. Lavinia 1954 Prize Giving-Address by the Right Honourable Sir John Kotelawala, K.B.E., M.P. — with thanks to Harry De Sayrah of Sydney, who added this little preface “When politicians were literate and articulate …………………..” with a few highlights and … 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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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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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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