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Heated Debate in Australia on the Ukraine Crisis
One “Mr Z” has sent me the news items below and added his thoughts at the end A = Ruan Zongze: “China seeks peace in Ukraine crisis,” The Weekend Australian, 1 March 2023 On February 24, as the full escalation of the … Continue reading →
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Kittu, Tamil Tiger Commander, reaches the Heights of Wikipedia
WIKIPEDIA Item: … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittu_(Tamil_militant) Colonel Kittu (Tamil militant) Born S. Krishnakumar 2 January 1960 Died 16 January 1993 (aged 33) Indian Ocean Nationality Sri Lankan Years active 1978 –1993 Organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Sathasivam Krishnakumar (Tamil: சதாசிவம் கிருஸ்ணகுமார்; 2 January 1960 – … Continue reading →
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The WEST: In Engagement in Two Contrasting Wars
Lakshman Gunasekara. in Daily News, 30 April 2024, where the chosen title is “Russia advances as NATO stingy wit Ukraine aid” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Ukrainians are realising with horror that their Western “allies” are de-prioritising … Continue reading →
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The Agony and Ecstasy of A Pogrom: Southern Lanka, July 1983
Michael Roberts … reproducing an article that appeared initially in a collection of my essays in 1994 under the title above in EXPLORING CONFRONTATION, Readng, Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994, pp. 317-27. It was subsequently reproduced in Nethra, vol. 6, 199-213. … Continue reading →
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People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon
Michael Roberts … Content of His Talk on this topic at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 The National Trust’s brief was for me to present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class … Continue reading →
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Nationalisms in Sri Lanka: A Bibliography Cast in 2014..
bull-mascot-team-logo-design-longhorn-133746227 Presented here at ……………………………………………………….. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/nationalism-the-past-and-the-present-the-case-of-sri-lanka/…. & thus in need of updating.; while being dedicated to a Peradeniya University buddy -alas deceased– with whom I shared notes and thoughts during undergraduate days and thereafter in the 1970s & 1980s in … Continue reading →
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Study, Fellowship & Sport at Peradeniya Campus, 1956-60
Michael Roberts PERADENIYA CAMPUS and UNIVERSITY is etched deeply into my soul: with diverse memories of places, events and personnel. Many of the friends I met within its spaces have, alas, passed away; but remain as alive as afresh in … Continue reading →
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Gerald Peiris’s POLITICAL CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA …. 2013
Details of this book POLITICAL CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA, University of Peradeniya publication, 2013 …………. ISBN – 978-955-589-169-1………..Enquiries should be addressed to the publisher, The Vice-Chancellor, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Printed by Balin & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. 61, D. … Continue reading →
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Remembering David Hookes: A Moving Farewell at Adelaide Oval, 27 January 2001
Michael Roberts reproducing an article from his pen in Baggy Green …. one that was subsequently presented as an E-Paper . The original article carried the title “The Old and the New: In Memoriam, David Hookes” On 25 March 2001 … Continue reading →
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Rajiv Gandhi’s Reasoning behind the IPKF Operation
Madhur Sharma, in Outlook.com, 28 November 2022, where the title runs thus “Why Rajiv Gandhi Sent IPKF To Sri Lanka And How LTTE Played Both Sides” .… with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed … Continue reading →
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