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Confronting Violence: A Man Inspired …. Bishop Lakshman Wickremasinghe
Michael Roberts At a moment when the world is reflecting on the extreme impact of Zealotry via tales re NINE/ELEVEN, a letter from Rajiva Wijesinha in Colombo reminded me of a fighter for peace and justice: namely Bishop Lakshman Wickremasinghe. … Continue reading →
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Curriculum Vitae: Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts …. presenting a CV compiled about ten years back in response to a personal request, while directed by the fact that he is about to enter the 90s in age A young scholar recently sought information on my … Continue reading →
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Conflicting Readings of Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past
Presenting a Review Essay compiled by Michael Roberts in 2010 that was presented in the SRI LANKA GUARDIAN on the 15th August 2010 … with this title: “Ethnic Identity in Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past: Shanie, Darshanie and Roberts” When Darshanie … Continue reading →
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A Rare Photograph: Gamini Dissanayake with the Australian and Sri Lankan Cricket Squads and Entourages at Asgiriya on 22nd April 1983
Michael Roberts THE SRI LANKAN PERSONNEL in the PHOTOGRAPH …. identified with aid from Mevan Pieris, Lam Seneviratne & Prakash Schaffter… with a few of the Australians identified in blue. … Continue reading →
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People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon
Michael Roberts …. presenting a talk which he delivered at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 following a brief to the effect that he should present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class in … Continue reading →
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Prsessures on Sri Lanka: Weerasekera’s Analysis in Lucid Prose
Michael Roberts By pure chance I came across a paperback book of 280 pages published by Dharshan Weerasekera via Sarasavi Publisher in 2020 that is entitled Sri Lanka’s Future Challenges and the Quest for a New Constitution. Further searches indicated … Continue reading →
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Ranil Wickremasinghe’s Dilemma
Jehan Perera in Colombo Telegraph, May 2024 where the title reads “President’s Commitment for Economic Reform is Model for Reconciliation” … & is reproduced here with underlining imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi On numerous occasions President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he was … Continue reading →
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Fermenting Divisions, Favouring the Mighty … in the North & the East of Lanka
Tisaranee Gunasekara in Financial Times 2 April 2025 …. where the title reads “Cauldron-stirring time, again?” … while the highlighting is the work of The Editor, Thuppahi [with a caveat noted at the end of this presentation] “Double, double, toil and … Continue reading →
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Expanding War in Middle-East with Increasing Brinkmanship & Bluff
SEE Alistair Crooke’s Assessment at almayadeen with this title “Bluffs and Counter Bluffs as the War Widens” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The Washington Post reported on 7 January 2024 that Biden has tasked his staff with preventing widening … 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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