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Sarojini Jayawickrama’s Book on Robert Knox
Nira Wickramasinghe: reviewing Sarojini Jayawickrama’s Writing that conquers. Re-reading Knox’s Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, (Social Scientists Association, Colombo 2004) Among academic historians in many parts of the world there exists an almost pathological fear of contamination by … Continue reading →
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The Work of Anthropologists from Sri Lanka: Reviewing the World Scenario in 1987
Presenting an academic article published in Contributions to Indian Sociology , n.s, Vol 21, 1-25 … also reproduced subsequently in Sri Lanka in 1989 as No, 10 within the SSC Pamphlet Series marshalled by the late Ana Chittambalam, Willa Wickremasinghe … Continue reading →
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Conflict: Sinhalese, Muslims, Tamils and Others
Muralidhar Reddy, in FRONTLINE, 26/20, Sep. 26-Oct. 09, 2009 ….. reviewing CONFRONTATIONS IN SRI LANKA, Colombo, Yapa, 2009 Michael Roberts’ collection of essays on Sri Lankan identity is a breath of fresh air in an atmosphere polluted by callous accounts. … Continue reading →
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Michael Roberts Mss stored at Adelaide University
Michael Roberts The library at Adelaide Univeristy is known as the BARR-SMITH LIBRARY. The staff in the “Special Collections” within the library over the years have been especially helpful over a long period and were hands-on central in organising the … Continue reading →
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The Elephant in the Room: Geopolitics and the ‘Great Reset’ in Sri Lanka
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in Countercurrents “But to watch cricket, there has to be a country left for us to watch it in, no?” A fan at the Galle Test Match that ended with an innings victory for Sri Lanka. July 11, … Continue reading →
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The Plight of Indian “Fishermen” in Sri Lankan Waters
Fateh Veer Singh Guram, in The Diplomat, 19 March 2022, witht his title “India, Sri Lanka, and the Fishers Caught in the Middle” April 2, 2011, is a day etched in the memories of millions of Indians. Under a clear … Continue reading →
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Lessons Derived from the Anti-Muslim Riots of 1915 …. For Today
Walter Wuthmann, in Daily News, 7 May 2018, where the title runs: “Revisiting 1915: Lessons from A Violent Past” The recent mob attacks[ against Muslim families and property in Kandy is another sad chapter in Sri Lanka’s history of ethnic … Continue reading →
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CJR Le Mesurier: A British Civil Servant who challenged the Imperial Order
Michael Powell: article published in 2007 and entitled “Fragile Identities: The Colonial Consequences of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon” ABSTRACT of Article: In the many layered life of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon are themes that repeat and recur throughout … Continue reading →
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Looming Struggles in Sri Lanka and Geneva Today
Rajan Philips, in Colombo Telegraph, 14 February 2021, where his chosen ttitle is “Geneva Odyssey: More Confrontation Or New Approach?” Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who made the surprising call for the government cancelling the ECT deal with India and Japan, … Continue reading →
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Understanding the Chinese Government’s Position on Taiwan
Fair Dinkum, responding here in an original essay to China’s White Paper on Taiwan ++ … with underlining emphasis in blue added by The Editor, Thuppahi On 10 August 2022, China released a white paper on Taiwan reunification. This paper … Continue reading →
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