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China Now Has The Capacity to Challenge USA
Andre Benoit in https://www.rt.com/news/625708-new-cold-war-front-line/ …. where the title reads “Contained no more: China has a plan to break America’s chokehold” Washington’s warships guard the chokepoints. Beijing digs for exits on land. The clash is just beginning. © This image was … Continue reading →
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Meeting Professor Hilali Noordeen in Galle via Karen Roberts
Michael Roberts In late 2003 or early 2004 I was privileged to receive an invitation from Nazreen Sansoni of Barefoot to participate in the Galle Literary festival where the central events took place within the precincts of the Galle Fort … Continue reading →
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How Israel came into THIS Our World
An You Tube Historical Tale ….. ………… https://www.tiktok.com/@syhu961/video/7288422306097925408?_r=1&_t=8gedCQvCO0o …. sent to me by a Sri Lankan in Brisbane …. who had this to say “The Europeans did not treat Jews as humans, put them in concentration camps. So now it … Continue reading →
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Vale PVJ Jayasekera — Historian … Richmondite
An Appreciation within Richmond Viththi in Facebook, 11 July 2024 Renowned Richmondite Professor P V J Jaysekara passed away. He is the one and only History professor produced by Richmond College, Galle. He Supervised Mr Ananda Dias-Jayasinha to write the … Continue reading →
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Galle hosts Maritime Security Dialogue
Asiri Fernando in The Morning, 5 October 2025 The 12th Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference kicked off in Colombo last month, drawing participation from 37 nations. Amongst the many naval officers, diplomats, and subject matter experts gathered for the key … Continue reading →
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Underlining BLACK JULY in 1958: Poignant Reflections
Daya Wickramatunga to Jayantha Somasundaram, 14 July 2024, in Response to Jayantha’s Circulation of the DAILY MIRROR Item on the 1958 Riots: viz. …………………………. https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Black-July-facing-the-moment-of-truth/231-287106 The ‘Sinhala Only Bill’ by SWRD was ridiculous. SWRD could hardly speak Sinhala when he … Continue reading →
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Slanted News, Fake News on the Ukraine-Russian War in the Western Press
A Sri Lankan American, whose choice of title was different: viz: “Western Media fake Headlines on Russian Losses in Ukraine to Promote more war funding.” Note the attached fake Western media headlines Impeccable timing: Zelensky meets with Biden and lawmakers … Continue reading →
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Reflections on Gananath’s Wide-Ranging Corpus of Work
Professor M.W. Amarasiri de Silva, about 3/4 years back in … … where the full title of the essay reads thus: “Sinhalese Society Through The Prism Of Religion: An Appreciation Of Gananath Obeyesekere’s Work On Sinhalese Buddhism” This article celebrates … Continue reading →
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Sacrificial Death in War: WHAT is the Best Conceptual Label?
Michael Roberts Inspired by interaction with Richard A Koenigsberg of New York [who has experience in India and commanded a vibrant website], I initiated a WEB-SITE entitled sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com in April-May 2009 –a date marking the final days of Eelam War … Continue reading →
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Reviewing Chatterjee’s Book on Anti-Muslim Riots in Gujarat in 2002
Nishkula Suntharalingam, presenting a book review in Asian Affairs 2023 ….. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raaf20 …. of the book by Moyukh Chatterjee. Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities. Duke University Press, Durham, 2023. pp. 166. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Ackmts. … Continue reading →
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