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Gerald Peiris: A Lifetime of Wide-Ranging Research & Service

These are but some of his publications over a career spanning the 1950s to 2020s — with eyesight deterioration blighting his last platform of life. No more table tennis, but much to remember. So, here. let me doff my cap … Continue reading

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India & The LTTE via Hits on Thuppahi

Michael Roberts The WORD PRESS web managers provide a running table of figures’ showing which items in my Website, https://thuppahis.com …., have been visited and presumably read EACH DAY. Presented below are selections from the HITS on the 9th July.  … Continue reading

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A Book of Fiction Deciphering Sri Lanka’s War

Jeremy De Lima, reviewing  SUNSET  OF ILLUSIONS by Manilka Fernando writing under the pseudonym of C. M. Fernando …  A book on Sri Lanka FOR Sri Lankans and anyone interested in the 26-year war which decimated that beautiful isle!  Loaded … Continue reading

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Vale DS de Silva: Encounters & Partnerships

Charith Senanayake in Facebook, December 2025 ….“In Memory of Mr. D. S. de Silva” He was a fierce competitor both on and off the field. I still remember, back in the day when CCC played Moratuwa at the Moratuwa Stadium. … Continue reading

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Controversy Atop Conflict in India-Lanka A Match at Dambulla

The ESPN Headline, 15 June 2026, reads thus: “Sooryavanshi, Halambage in heated exchange after Super-Over finish” Tempers flared after Sri Lanka A edged India A in a Super Over in Dambulla. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi couldn’t get the job done for India … Continue reading

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Buried Truths about Sri Lanka: A Confrontation in the House of Lords

Malinda Seneviratne in Malinda’s Blog Spot, December 2022, where the title runs thus “Truth in 2031, reconcilaition and how?” The early versions of Udayasiri Wickramaratne’s celebrated theatrical piece ‘Suddek Oba Amathai (A white man addresses you) contained a short soliloquy, ‘Baya … Continue reading

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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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Sri Lanka’s Exemplary Action As Moral Guide For Awkward Situations

Sheyana Labrooy, in an article in eLanka entitled “Sri Lanka Steps Forward: A Blueprint for Peace in the Indian Ocean” ‘True global leadership is defined not by displays of power or retaliatory action, but by the strength to rise above conflict and … 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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Monster AI poised to Command the World?

Vitaly Ryumshin, journalist and political analyst  …. https://www.gazeta.ru/comments/column/articles/22525411.shtml The Pentagon Wants a Killer AI. …. The dangers of using AI in warfare ………   Why the US military wants AI that doesn’t ask questions While Russia closely follows the negotiations … Continue reading

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