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Buddhist Zealots in Sri Lanka and Myanmar stir the Cauldron
Hannah Beech, in New York Times, 8 July 2019, where the title runs “Buddhists Go to Battle: When Nationalism Overrides Pacifism” …. A call to arms for Sri Lankan monks. Ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar. A Buddhist faith … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Buddhist Storm Clouds in the Present Presidential Race
ACL Ameer Ali, in Colombo Telegraph, 25 October 2019, … and Financial Times, 26 October 2019, with this title, “Political Buddhism, Presidential Race & Minorities” Although the origins of political Buddhism in Sri Lanka goes back to the 19thcentury, it … Continue reading →
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The Insights etched within Walter Fernando’s Autobiography of an Administrative Career
Gerald H Peiris, in The Island, 1 January 2020, where the title runs thus“Career Challenges of a Public Servant” Among the treasures in my collection of books there are several biographical works received as gifts ―those of Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Gunadasa … Continue reading →
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Facing Overt and Covert Pressure from USA
Asoka Bandarage in the CovertAction Magazine, 19 November 2019, where the title reads “U.S. military presence and popular resistance in Sri Lanka” The Indian Ocean is one of the most contested regions in the world today. China, the United States, … Continue reading →
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The Clash of Civilisations and Hate at the Heart of 21/4 in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts My thoughts are organised in point-form in order to assist succincttness. A = I recall seeing a news item a day or so back which indicated that Sri Lanka was in the process of acquiring sophisticated cyber-technology from … Continue reading →
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Swiss Power Plays: A Violation of Sovereignty
Tamara Kunanayakam, Island, 12 December 2019, where the title runs “The Swiss Affair – ‘exfiltration’ of a top Intelligence Chief and a tale of ‘abduction’,” Kunanayakam is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the U.N. at Geneva … Continue reading →
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Blake Foreshadows New American Approach to Sri Lanka … and the Rajapaksa Combo
Daya Gamage, in Asian Tribune, 12 May 2019, with this title “Robert Blake indicates Washington’s new approach to Sri Lanka” Robert O’Blake, former (2006-2009) American ambassador to Sri Lanka and onetime assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Bureau (2009-2012) … Continue reading →
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US America and its ACSA, SOFA and MCC
Tamara Kunanayakam** says that “MCC, ACSA, SOFA with US are incompatible with international law” “[T]here is no friendship when nations are not equal, when one has to obey another and when one only dominates another.” …. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime … Continue reading →
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Anagārika Dharmapāla: In Search of a Rounded Evaluation
Michael Roberts, courtesy of The Sunday Island 16 September 2018 Recently an anonymous hand writing as “A Dharmapala Devotee” presented a sarcastic opinion piece in the Island of the 5th September targeting myself, Gananath Obeyesekere and HL Seneviratne. My immediate … Continue reading →
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Calm Intelligence Required, not Islamophobia — says Uyan
Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Sunday Observer, 26 May 2019, where the title runs thus “Fight Terrorism. Avoid Islamophobia” Islamophobia is a term that gained currency in the 1980s in British English. It referred to prejudices against Islam and Muslim people that … Continue reading →
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