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Sorcery, Premeditated Murder, and the Canalization of Aggression in Sri Lanka
Gananath Obeyesekere, being an academic article [1] published initially in 1975 in the American Ethnologist, Vol. 14, pp.1-23 …. and is also available in pamphlet form as No. 11 in the Studies in Society and Culture Series organised by the … Continue reading →
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No Surprises with Sirisena. Challenging Mike Roberts
An Introductory Note from Michael Roberts Gerald Peiris and I were undergraduates at Ramanathan Hall Peradeniya in the late 1950s and met on occasions when we were pursuing postgrad studies in UK and I visited Cambridge. Thereafter we were colleagues … Continue reading →
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1983 and 2018: Kunanayakam’s Warnings suggest US-UNHCR-Yahapālana Machinations
Tamara Kunanayakam, in The Island, 15 March 2018, where the title reads thus: “Former PR in Geneva warns Lanka at the mercy of UN-US project” …. with the highlighting here being the work of The Editor, Thuppahi Given that we … Continue reading →
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Pirapāharan’s Inspirations and Mind-Set
Michael Roberts … being an expanded and illustrated version of an article that has been presented in the Daily Mirror = http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Understanding-Velupillai-Pirapaharan-s-mindset-153407.html …where it has received 1878 hits thus far Recent revelations on the detailed course of Eelam War IV … Continue reading →
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Dharmapāla’s Seminal Moment at Buddha Gāya in 1891: An Anagārika for the Universe
Michael Roberts, courtesy of The Island and Sunday Times and with thanks to Sasanka Perera & Steve Kemper Sasanka Perera has recently introduced readers to a new book by Steven Kemper entitled Rescuing Dharmapala from the Nation (University of Chicago … Continue reading →
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The Will to Win in Australian Cricket. Outcomes
Michael Roberts Australian cricket mirrors Australian sporting culture in that it is marked by a relentless will to win. At the highest level of Australian cricket in recent years it has generated several outcomes. I summarize these consequences in haphazard … Continue reading →
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Hatreds. Chasms. Bill Deutrom’s Insights on the Political Impasse in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, 15 December 2018, where the title is different pro-UNP rally Email Note from Bill Deutrom in Lanka to Michael Roberts, 8 Dec 2018 Thank you, Michael for your amazing collection of articles on … Continue reading →
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Taraki’s Strategic Assessments, 2004-05: Some Selections
ONE: “LTTE develops asymmetric deterrence to stall foreign intervention,” 22 May 2004, in http://tamilnation.co/forum/sivaram/040522.htm ….AND Daily Mirror, 22 May 2004 The LTTE’s scenario planning for negotiating the Internal Self Governing Authority (ISGA) with the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) would … Continue reading →
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Yellow Jacket Protests in France: The Power of Social Media and Populism
Jeremy Harding, review essay in London Review of Books, March 2019, with this title “Among the Gilets Jaunes” When they gathered at roads and roundabouts at the end of last year, the French government was caught off guard. Within a week … Continue reading →
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Rivetting Data on the Jaffna Peninsula and Tamil Politics, 1929-1970s
Handy Perinbanayagam This is a reproduction of COMMENTS in a previous Thuppahi Item from 2012 — which presented an article by Rajan Philips in the Sunday Island of 26 February 2012. This unusual step is taken because the information therein: … Continue reading →
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