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February 3, 2020 · 1:23 pm

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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May 9, 2020 · 2:37 pm

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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August 20, 2018 · 3:24 am

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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September 18, 2018 · 5:49 am

Visvakarma’s Celestial Manifestatations in Asia and Sri Lanka

Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai, in newsin.asia, 17 September 2018, where the title reads “Vishwakarma, the celestial architect who built Sri Lanka” The Vishwakarma puja, which was observed on September 17, is not restricted to India but is observed in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal … Continue reading →

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May 21, 2019 · 11:43 am

Fighting LTTE Women …. Looking Back from 2016

Kim Wall and Mansi Choksi, in Longreads, May 2018 where the title is “A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers” …… How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2018 · 8:18 am

The Culture of Sri Lanka: Wikiwand’s Summary Presentation

Wikiwand …. http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka#/Festivals_and_holidays The culture of Sri Lanka mixes modern elements with traditional aspects and is known for its regional diversity. Sri Lankan culture has long been influenced by the heritage of Theravada Buddhism passed on from India, and the … Continue reading →

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December 27, 2015 · 1:53 pm

Sri Lanka as a Travel Destination Today – Mark Mobius

Mark Mobius, 16 December 2015, at http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2015/12/16/travels-in-sri-lanka-the-tourist-trade/ Sri Lanka has a fascinating history with one of the first written references to the island made in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, which mentions how Lanka was created by the divine sculptor … Continue reading →

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February 28, 2016 · 3:29 pm

Encompassing Empowerment in Ritual, War and Assassination

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Berghahn Press and Social Analysis and Doug Farrer, the Editor of the Special Volume on “War Magic“, Social Analysis, 2014, vol 58/1…….. see http://berghahn.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/socan/2014/00000058/00000001;jsessionid=brf7pbpqi52o9.Victoria….. Note that the article has a sub-title: “Tantric Principles in Tamil Tiger Instrumentalities.” … Continue reading →

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November 27, 2014 · 1:34 pm

Eye-Catching Trees … Wow!

Courtesy of http://www.boredpanda.com/most-beautiful-trees/ and Stephen Emerson   These baobabs in Madagascar are excellent at storing water in their thick trunks to use during droughts. (Image credits: confitalsurf) How do I love thee, tree? Let me count the ways; you change carbon … Continue reading →

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November 13, 2014 · 5:21 am

The Fragmented Republic: Reflections on the 1972 Constitution of Sri Lanka

Nelum Deepika Udagama, A Review Article, courtesy of Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities (2013) Vol.39, pp.81-87.  Welikala, Asanga, ed. The Sri Lankan Republic at 40: Reflections on Constitutional History, Theory and Practice. 2 vols. Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2012. 1-1038. The book … Continue reading →

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