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Mahinda Gunasekera challenges the President from Canada
Mahinda Gunasekera, 84 Tambrook Drive, Agincourt, Ontario, Canada M1W 3L9 July 26, 2017 President Sirisena–Pic from C’bo Telegraph His Excellency, Maithripala Sirisena President of Sri Lanka, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Copy to: Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prime Minister Your Excellency, Honourable … Continue reading →
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Tensions and Tales from Sri Lankan Cricket: An Essay from 2009
Michael Roberts, being a reprint of an article entitled “Wunderkidz in a Blunderland: tensions and tales from Sri Lankan cricket,” that appeared in Sport in Society Vol. 12, No. 4/5, May–June 2009, 566–5 … with emphasis added by highlighting in blue and/or red. … Continue reading →
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Remembering Sir Christopher Bayly, Historian and Scholar for All Times
Richard Drayton, In search of Christopher Bayly,” keynote, for the Memorial Symposium for Sir Christopher Alan Bayly St Catharine’s College, Cambridge May 21, 2016 ‘Va, pensiero, su alli’ dorate’ – ‘Fly thought on wings of gold’, spread from a small choir … Continue reading →
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USA as World Power Player over the Years
Jonathan Power, courtesy of International Press Syndicate where the title reads “U.S. invested trillions in wars, China in development” … with highlighting as embellishments from The Editor Thuppahi – The French ambassador to the U.S. from 1902 to 1924, Jean-Jules Jusserand, observed … Continue reading →
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Asoka Bandarage’s Study of The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka appeared in 2009
Assoke Bandarage The Routledge Flier: Using careful historical research and analysis of policy documents, this book explains the origin and evolution of the political conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and … Continue reading →
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Discontent and Confrontational Violence in Sri Lanka, 1948-2009
Gerald Peiris, being Chapter 7 from his book Political Conflict in South Asia (2013, University of Peradeniya) — a chapter based on his previous writings [1] The survival of the principle of representative government based upon universal adult franchise since its introduction to the … Continue reading →
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Orientations to Knowledge in the World of the Sinhala
G. Usvatte-Aratchi, Courtesy of the National Trust, where the title of his talk was “Sinhala Attitudes to Knowledge” …….. http://www.thenationaltrust.lk/resources/images/Sinhala-Attitude-to-Knowledge.pdf Some of you may have noticed that I have been a frequent though not a regular part of this audience. I … Continue reading →
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Tensions at the World Peak Today: Learning from the Gorbachev-Reagan Summmit Meeting
Lowana Veal, courtesy of Indepth News, where the title runs “Learning from the Reykjavik Sumit 30 years On” At a time when there is a sharp deterioration in relations between the United States and Russia, triggered by disputes over Ukraine, the … Continue reading →
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Twilight of the Tigers printed in 2009: A Staunch Anti-Federalist Treatise
Michael Roberts, reviewing Gerald H. Peiris: Twilight of the Tigers. Peace Efforts and Power Struggles in Sri Lanka, Delhi, Oxford University Press & Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2009, pb, 297 pages…. reprinted from TRANSCURRENTS, with the % comments therein [all from … Continue reading →
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Engaging the Vijaya Fable Once Again
Michael Roberts Perinbanayagam Peiris Gunatilleke ONE In coming across one of my old essays on the Vijaya myth reproduced and questioned within my website Thuppahi recently, I circulated it (ITEM TWO below) once again by email – perhaps … Continue reading →
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