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Extremist Cricket Fans: Where Anguish spawns Violence
Michael Roberts The recent outbursts of abuse and riotous act on the cricket grounds at Pallekele and Rangiri when our cricketers were defeated after some poor cricket are significant in the wider scheme of local culture and ethics. Such reactions … Continue reading →
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Is there a Chinese Dragon Looming over Sri Lanka ?
Michael Safi in Hambantota and Amantha Perera, in The Guardian, 26 March 2018, with this title “The biggest game changer in 100 years’: Chinese money gushes into Sri Lanka,” … with highlights being the imposition of The Editor, Thuppahi Little disturbs the serenity … Continue reading →
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Pirapāharan’s Thamilīlam, 1990-2009: Aspirations and Achievements
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Daily Mirror, 6 September 2018. where the title reads “The State of Tamil Eelam, 1990-2009″ This article is the second of those preparing the ground for a review of the new data on the last phase … Continue reading →
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Sinhala-Muslim Violence in Lanka: An Appeal and Allegations from a Muslim Professional
M. M. Zuhair, in the Island, 13 March 2018, where the title is “Who is trying to destroy our unity and why?” The mob violence that erupted at Ampara town on Monday February 26, a day after Prime Minister Ranil … Continue reading →
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Tamils Yesterday, Rohingyas Today: Rohingya Issue and Its Wider Ramifications in a Nutshell
Ravi Velloor,, in The Island, 15 September 2017, where the title reads “Rohingya issue and the danger to South-east Asia” … with highlighting being the work of The Editor, Thuppahi Not since the landlocked Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan swept out its … Continue reading →
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Profound Flaws in Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Victory Speech in May, 2009
Michael Roberts This article was penned in Sri Lanka in late May 2009 on invitation from Muralidhar Reddy and appeared in FRONTLINE as lead article on Volume 26 – Issue 12 :: Jun. 06-19, 2009 with the title “Some Pillars … Continue reading →
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Revd Small of Richmond: Educationist Extraordinary
Simon Meeds with Joe Simpson** In September 1973 Joe Simpson had my first encounter with the man who, 120 years after his birth, is still referred to as “Small of Richmond”. Joe remembers the moment clearly. It was a typical … Continue reading →
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Streamline and Avoid Labyrinths in Making the SL Consitution
Chandre Dharmawardana, in The Island, September 2017, with title “Unit of Devolution – look in cyberspace!“ It is interesting to read the debate about what the unit of devolution should be. Recent articles, by Dayan Jayatilleke (Island, Sep. 20, 2017) … Continue reading →
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Steven Kemper on Anagarika Dharmapala: A New Study
Steven Kemper: Rescued from the Nation: Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist World, University of Chicago Press, 2015 Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka’s recent turbulent history. He is widely regarded as the nationalist hero who … Continue reading →
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Threads of Moral Puritanism in Sinhala Nationalist Practice
Michael Roberts ** … a reprint of an article published in South Asia, Vol. XIX, Special Issue, (1996), pp. 205-220. with the title “Teaching Lessons, Removing Evil: Strands of Moral Puritanism in Sinhala Nationalist Practice ONE Expressions of Sinhala nationalism since the … Continue reading →
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