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Where End Goal and Zeal produce a Deadly Cocktail
Chandre Dharmawardena, in Colombo Telegraph, 6 April 2019, where the title is “Why Do “Educated” Youth Join Extremist Terrorist Movements?” It is often asked why educated youth “coming from good homes” join extremist organizations. Simple references to “brain washing”, or the stupidity of the … Continue reading →
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Life and Death for SL Army Infantrymen on the Vanni Battlefront
Sinha-Raja Tammita Delgoda[1] As a layman who blundered into a war of his own volition and someone who has lived in and worked in the Weli Oya border region for 6 months,[2] I think you are absolutely right in your stress on … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Political Swamp, Gotabhaya and the Viyath Maga Tamasha: A Critical Evaluation
Rajan Philips, in The Island, 26 May 2018, where the title is “The Shangri La tamasha: Neither presidential nor parliamentary, it’s Port City politics now After a week in Cuba, I am late in gate-crashing the Shangri La party, the … Continue reading →
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EFC Ludowyk: For Peradeniya and Ceylon ….. His Lasting Legacies
Tissa Jayatilleka, being a Four Part Series in the Island, March 2018, conveying the …. Text of the 18th Ludowyk Memorial Lecturer delivered by Tissa Jayatilaka, an alumnus of the University of Peradeniya and Executive Director of the US-Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
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Tilak Samarawickrema’s 50 years of Art
Piero Trionfera, the Italian architect reflects on Tilak Samarawickrema’s 50-year retrospective held last month, and speaks of being “Immersed in Tilak’s work” .. .. Sunday Times, 16 October 2016 When a wall becomes a work of art I met Tilak about a year … Continue reading →
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Legend and Mystery in Kumana National Park
Stefan d’Silva … an original piece responding to ATW Guneratne’s “The Call of the Remote Wild: Kumana in SE Lanka” in …………………………………………………. https://thuppahis.com/2016/01/11/the-call-of-the-remote-wild-kumana-in-se-lanka/ Kumana: Originally demarcated as Yala East National Park, Kumana was declared a national park with its own borders in 1969. Kumana … Continue reading →
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Cheeky Cheetahs close in for Close-ups
David Horsey A curious Cheetah got up close and personal with a holidaymaker on safari at the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya when the animal jumped into the back seat of a jeep The wild cat, with its razor … Continue reading →
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Comments on the Brussels Terror Attacks from India’s Position
Monish Gulati, courtesy of CLAWS and Eurasia Review, 2 April 2016, … from http://www.eurasiareview.com/02042016-brussels-terror-attacks-a-grim-reminder-on-preparedness-analysis/, where the title is “Brussels Terror Attacks: A Grim Reminder On Preparedness – Analysis” Three Explosions, with two likely caused by suicide bombers, rocked the Brussels’ … Continue reading →
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Double Standards in the International Football Game with Sri Lanka
Fr. Vimal Tirimanna, CSsR, in Rome, in The Island, 16 & 17 July 2016, where the title is “Western hypocrisy and UN call for accountability in Sri Lanka” Tirimanna -Pic from www.cssr.news These days the media all over the world is buzzing … Continue reading →
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Full Frontal: Putin Crushes John Simpson of BBC head-on
SEE Listen, Learn … https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1509b2cc8dd7075a?projector=1… 18 October 2015 John Simpson — Pic from http://www.dailymail.co.uk Vladimir Putin —Pic from BBC
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