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A View of Australia from ORCADIAN somewhere in the Orkney Islands
Orcadian, responding to an Email circulated by Thuppahi conveying the views of JOHN LANDER, circulated by Senaka Weeraratne John Lander, a former Australian ambassador, gives a most thoughtful analysis on the fictions of the China threat. Western diplomats need to return … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Military in Judicial Gunsights Over May 2009 Incidents
Groundviews, 14 March 2023, where the title reads “Military to Face a Day of Reckoning Over the Disappeared” In a landmark case last month, the Vavuniya High Court ordered the army to produce three LTTE members who had surrendered to … Continue reading →
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The Damaging Japanese Raid on Trinco …. & Truths Stranger than Fiction
Chandani Kirinde talking to Somasiri Devendra, ex Sri Lanka Navy, in an article that is entitled “Bombers who became monks” The mystery behind the much talked about crash of a Japanese bomber aircraft into an oil tank during the 1942 … Continue reading →
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Cartoons for All !!! …. as Anniversary of 9/11 LOOMS
Editorial Cartoon in The Australian, 9 Septmber 2021
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Jackson’s Book on Ceylon during World War Two
Ashley Jackson Ceylon at War, 1939-1945 . War and Military Culture in South Asia, 1757-1947 ………………. Hardcover – March 26, 2019 ………… from $49.95 ………… https://www.amazon.com/Ceylon-1939-1945-Military-Culture-1757-1951/dp/1912390655 Ceylon became an imperial bastion following the fall of Singapore. Forces were rushed to … Continue reading →
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Community Kitchens: New Charitable Avenue in Crisis Situation in Sri Lanka
News Item in Daily Mirror, 17 June 2022 Sri Lanka is seeing the first signs of some sections of the community thinking of whether the ‘neighbour’ had his or her meal. Just the other day ‘Sarvodaya’ together with ‘Singularity Sri … Continue reading →
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A Sturdy Lankan Student Protest Petition, 22 August 2022
A PETITION: Stop Labelling Student Protestors as Terrorists. 22 August 2022 We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, … Continue reading →
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Rosen: An American Rabbi’s Slashing Condemnation of Israeli Warring Atrocities
Rabbi Brant Rosen ONE: Brant Rosen, 24 September 2023 As a rabbi for a Chicago-based synagogue that holds a deep shared commitment to the struggle for Palestinian liberation, I am holding so much intensity and emotion right now. I am … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in Their Home Turf in Memorable Win
Andrew Fidel Fernando reporting in ESPNcricinfo, 27 March 2022, where the title reads “Asitha, Mathews, Chandimal star in Sri Lanka’s series win” Asitha Fernando‘s searing post-lunch spell burst through Bangladesh’s defiant middle order, then swiftly uprooted the tail, to thrust … Continue reading →
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Gerd von Dincklage: Snorkeller & Traveller Extraordinary
Michael Roberts Gerd von Dincklage-Schulenburg seems to have been a world traveller and adventurer with daring do. Of German stock he was in Ceylon in the 1950s and cut quite a figure in Royal College and at the Kinross Swimming … Continue reading →
