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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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Fr. Aloysius Peiris S.J….. An Eminent Theologian
An Eminent Theologian, Rev. Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J., Passes Away, March 25, 2026 Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J. who passed away recently was a student at St. Aloysius College, Galle from 1949 (at around the age of fifteen) to … 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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“Noble Death” ….. Empowering the Body
Arthur Saniotis & Michael Roberts: “Empowering the Body and ‘Noble Death’,” .… a reprint of an article pubd in Social Analysis, Volume 50, Issue 1, Spring 2005, 7–24 © Berghahn Journals Facing death with equanimity and with a honed, trained … 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
