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Sri Lanka’s Ecological Crisis in Overview in the Context of the HR Accusations
Asoka Bandarage, in Asia Times, 3 April 2021, where the title runs thus: ‘Human rights’ and Sri Lanka’s ecological crisis “ A UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution of March 16 brought extensive charges against Sri Lanka over alleged human-rights violations, but … Continue reading →
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The Web Site on “Sacrificial Devotion” …. Its Short Run
Recent Thuppahi entries have highlighted the Workshop on “Sacrificial Devotion” held in Adelaide University in late 2005, one framed within the concept fashioned by Michael Roberts to study and comprehend suicidal commitments to political cause. Note the ITEM https://thuppahis.com/2020/05/26/sacrificial-devotion-in-comparative-perspective-a-workshop-at-adelaide-university-in-late-2005/#more-42842 Thilipan … Continue reading →
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Turbulent Waters around Pompeo’s Visit
SUGGGESTIONS from An ASIA WATCHER ·* it would be good if someone not so high in the government dealt with him, rather than the top leadership ·* That technique i described above is called “The Shanghai Treatment” and is well … Continue reading →
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Biden and USA stray into Untenable Territory
Jean-Pierre Page, in New Cold War, 27 April 2021, where the ttile runs thus: “The Longer War and Sleepy Joe in Wonderland,” The Biden Administration appears to be implementing most of the recommendations in the Atlantic Council’s Longer Telegram: Toward a new American China strategy, an important strategic document about US policy towards … Continue reading →
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Crossing Boundaries: The Indo-Portuguese Religious and Cultural Encounter
Chandra R. de Silva, aka “CR”, being the Inaugural Tessa Bartholomeusz Memorial Lecture, Department of Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, delivered on March 4, 2002 Let me begin by thanking the Department of Religion and Florida State University for inviting … Continue reading →
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Deciphering Chauvinism through Incidents of Confrontation
Michael Roberts In recently facing up to internet challenges and clarifying the term “chauvinism,” I proceeded at a general level and presented definitions within a comparative framework that brought the concepts of “racism” and “tribalism” into our framework of analysis.[1] … Continue reading →
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The ROHP in Ceylon, 1966-70: Interviews and Select Transcriptions
Michael Roberts The Roberts Oral History Project involved many stages and a range of tasks. The interviewing process has been clarified in two items –embracing personnel in Britain and thereafter in “Ceylon” (yet to become “Sri Lanka”): https://thuppahis.com/2020/12/04/the-roberts-oral-history-project-in-the-1960s-origins-outcomes/#more-47446 AND https://thuppahis.com/2020/12/06/adelaide-university-initiatives-a-michael-roberts-oral-history-project-1965-68/#more-47494. … Continue reading →
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An Act of Consciousness Raising: The Concept ‘Pogrom’ and its Extension to Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts ONE: An Explanatory Note in 2019 My recent use of the term “pogrom” to mark the constellation of events in mid-1915 that were (are) commonly referred to as “riots” has been challenged on Facebook by a Sinhalese ideologue … Continue reading →
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Pictorial Angles in Michael Naseby’s Tale of His Engagements with Sri Lanka, 1963-to-today
Michael Naseby’s Sri Lanka. Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained is on the market was originally due to be launched in Colombo in early April — an event knocked on the solar plexus by the Corona-virus pandemic. We will need time to … Continue reading →
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The Vicious Political Fervour promoted by Social Media Today
Michael Roberts My past studies of ethnic pogroms in Sri Lanka and India alerted me to the power of oral communication and emotional voices in sparking retaliation against an ethnic other in neighbourhood or region.[1] In May-June 1915 oral tales … Continue reading →
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