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Humankind’s Shared Humanity as Touchstone for The Future

Harvard 2025 Graduation Speech: Chinese Student Yurong Jiang on Humanity and Shared Future ….  https://youtu.be/6hoIEBv486E … 30 May 2025 …. At Harvard University’s 2025 graduation ceremony, Chinese graduate Yurong Jiang [delivered] a powerful message on global unity. Emphasizing that “humanity … Continue reading

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Facing the Algal Threat in Adelaide: Miller-Frost

Louise Miller-Frost’s Circular, July 2025 The coastline and waters are a great asset to Boothby residents, and many of us very much value the time we spend there walking on the beach, swimming in the ocean, fishing off the jetties … Continue reading

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Appreciating Ravindra Randeniya’s Multi-Faceted Career

Uditha Devapriya  in SAPNnews,  August 2025, where the title runs thus: “Ravindra  Randeniya: Sri Lankan Actor, South Asian Artist”    Ravindra (left) & Dilip Kumar (right) in New Delhi…Courtesy Ravindra Randeniya In South Asia, cinema is more than an art: … 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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An US Combat Cameraman’s Film Journal of Ceylon in 1944-45

Ettoro Porecca: “A Soldier’s Film Journal of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1944-1945″ (HD) ……..Jun 17, 2016   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t9WPtqFciM …. Film and Narration by Ettore Porreca (1920-2013) 6,721 views Ettore Porreca was a United States Army combat cameraman in World War II. … Continue reading

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Empowering the Body and ‘Noble Death’

Michael Roberts and Arthur Saniotis, … reproducing the editorial introduction to a collection of essays devoted to the topic identified in the title pesented  within Social Analysis, Volume 50, Issue 1, Spring 2006, 7–24 © Berghahn Journals  … with highlighting … Continue reading

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The Old and Sturdy Dutch Fort in Galle

“Everyman” writing for The World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka, with this title “The Old Dutch Town of Galle”    Cricket in the 1980s –Pix by Nihal Fernando Volleyball, it is claimed, is our national sport. However there is no … Continue reading

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Lush Travel Destinations: Some of CNN’s Top Twenty for 2020

Katia Hetter and the CNN Travel Team, CNN • Updated 7th January 2020 CNN Travel’s 20 best places to visit in 2020 = https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/places-to-visit-2020/index.html

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Vale Walter Jayawardena, Fighter for Lanka

Hassina Leelarathna The hardest thing about saying goodbye to a departed one is not being able to say goodbye, as with flowers and incense, a last long look, prayers for the journey ahead, or a final touch.  Yet, that’s how … Continue reading

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Impressive India House Ceremony in Colombo on 15th August

Editor, News-in-Asia, 15 August 2018, where the title runs “Large attendance marked India’s 71 st. Independence Day celebrations in Colombo” An impressively large number of resident Indians and Sri Lankans braved inclement weather to attend the Indian Independence Day flag hoisting … Continue reading

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