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The ‘Devonshire’ reaches Queensland with 500 ‘Cingalese’ Coolies in 1882
Thiru Arumugam. courtesy of THE CEYLANKAN, vol XXI: 4, November 2019, where the title is “How 500 Ceylonese arrived in Queensland in 1882 in the s.s. Devonshire to work in the cane fields” In 1882 about 500 Ceylonese were recruited … Continue reading →
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Regulating Sabda Pujā: Did British Regulation of “Noise Worship” Trigger the 1915 Riots in Ceylon?’
Shamara Wettimuny, a reprint of an article in the LSE International History Blog, in May 2018, where the title is Regulating Religious Rites: Did British Regulation of “Noise Worship” Trigger the 1915 Riots in Ceylon?’ Violence targeting the Muslim community … Continue reading →
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Clobbering Rajiv Gandhi as Chastisement in 1987: A Guti Dheema
Michael Roberts When Vijithamuni Rohana de Silva upended military discipline and attempted to clobber the Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the head as the latter was inspecting a guard of honour on 30th July 1987, he was indulging in … Continue reading →
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Gota’s Role in Eelam War Victory: Peiris challenges Roberts
Gerald Peiris in Kandy to Michael Roberts in Adelaide, 20/21 May 2019 Here are my observations on two of your comments (reproduced below in brown) on Long’s article** So, Gotabaya was not the single decisive hand in shaping the outcome … Continue reading →
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Slippages: Where “Muslim” is an Ethnic Label as Well as a Religious Typification
Michael Roberts From Waleel Aly to Greg Sheridan and Brendan O’Neill[1] the foreign writers who have ventured to comment on the recent Islamic jihadist attacks in Sri Lanka have invariably considered the category “Muslim” to be a religious identity. This … Continue reading →
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Cracking Impact! The Suntharalingam Saga’s Theatrical Tour de Force
Cassie Tongue in Time-Out, 16 January 2019, where the title is “Counting and Cracking review” ….. with Brett Boardman’s PICs …. and highlighting added It’s only January, but we have an early contender for the best play of the year … Continue reading →
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Vengeance! How Personal Vendettas BLINDED Sri Lanka’s Security Bulwarks
Stephen Long, in Asian Tribune, May 2019, where the title is “Sri Lanka: A Tragic Lesson in Revenge Politics” My relationship with the island nation of Sri Lanka began over twenty years ago. At that time, it was engaged in … Continue reading →
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How Extremisms have fed off Each Other in Sri Lanka, 1950s-to-2019 …. and still proceeding
Ameer Ali, in Colombo Telegraph, 6 May 2019 where the title runs “Anatomy Of An Islamist Infamy – II” It takes two hands to clap and make a noise, and what a deadly noise did Sri Lankans hear during that … Continue reading →
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The Transformation of Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka and the Growth of Wahhabism from the 1980s
Ameer Ali,** courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, where the title is “Anatomy of An Islamist Infamy” The Easter carnage that consumed the lives of nearly two hundred and fifty innocent worshippers and bystanders including children, opens another chapter in Sri Lanka’s post-colonial bloody … Continue reading →
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After the Easter Sunday Terror, 4/21: The Way Forward
Zahrah Imtiaz, D.B. Subedi, and Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, in Eurasia Review, where the title is “Sri Lanka’s 4/21 Moment. A Way Forward to Countering Violent Extremism” ….. https://www.eurasiareview.com/01052019-sri-lankas-4-21-moment-a-way-forward-to-countering-violent-extremism-oped/ … with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi Sri Lanka is once again … Continue reading →
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