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Dhammika Thera’s History of Bodh Gaya
S. Dhammika The town of Bodh Gaya in the north Indian state of Bihar is the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment and the most sacred place in the Buddhist world. For over 2000 years pilgrims have made their way to … Continue reading →
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From Facing Elara to Vanquishing the Tamil Tigers at Nandikadal
Lynn Ockersz, in The Island. reviewing Siriweera’s Sinhala book Vijithapura Sita Nandikadal Thek Sri Lankeya Sangrama Ithihasaya’ …. This book by one of Sri Lanka’s most eminent historians, Senior Professor Indrakeerthi Siriweera, gets into the hands of the public at … Continue reading →
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Jaffna Women: Their Hidden Powers
Kenneth David ** whose article in a book edited by Susan Wadley in 1980 (see end) is entitled “Hidden Powers: Cultural and Socio-economic Accounts of Jaffna Women” The general concern of this volume is the social position of Tamil women … Continue reading →
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Ethnicity in Riposte during a Verbal Stoush
Michael Roberts, reproducing an article published in Comparative Studies in Society & History with this title “Ethnicity in Riposte at a Cricket Match: The Past for the Present”…. the highlighting is an intervention undertaken today in the present Some recent … Continue reading →
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The Burgher Elite and the British Raj
Michael Roberts George F Nell, Louis Nell, C. A. Lorenz, James Alwis and Charles Ferdinands moving anti-clockwise Preamble:[1] In locating the Burghers in ‘social space’ the book People Inbetween deploys statistical detail, text and quotation to place them within the … Continue reading →
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Remembering Manouri Muttetuwegama nee De Silva
ONE REQUEIM from Gamini Seneviratne , in The Island, 25 July 2021 v In the early nineteen sixties when we met, politics here was in a kind of crisis. The Left parties were defining themselves and each other in terms … Continue reading →
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Confronting Ethnic Violence and Its Roots in Vengeance
Michael Roberts In presenting Basil Fernando’s book to the public, I have been led back in time to critical data he presented to me in the early 1990s re the “riots of July 1983.” As an act of condemnation THEN, my … Continue reading →
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Muslims in the East of Sri Lanka: Ashfaque Mohamed’s Insightful Film
Laleen Jayamanne, whose title is “Notes towards a Politics and Aesthetics of Film” in a review essay presented in The Island, 1 & 2 February 2023: the focus being Ashfaque Mohamed’s ‘Face Cover’ ** ‘Face Cover’ by Ashfaque Mohamed Asfaque … Continue reading →
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The Benefits from the Hambantota Port Project: Mathews faces Perera Head-On
An Email Memo from Gus Mathews addressing His Schoolmate Prithi Perera,[1] 22 September 2021 … with highlighting and End Notes being impositions of The Editor, Thuppahi Prithi, we will not concur on this debate about Hambantota and I wish to … Continue reading →
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A Staged Default: Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Bond Debt trap and IMF’s Spring Meetings
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, …. with black highlighting being her work and RED the intervention of The Editor, Thuppahi In Cherry Blossom lined Washington DC in the glare of global media last week Sri Lanka became the poster child of the International … Continue reading →
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