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Hail VICTOR MELDER …. Serving Sri Lanka As Bibliophile Extraordinary
Dr Srilal Fernando, whose essay dated 2o26 is entitled “Victor Melder turns 90: Railwayman and bibliophile extraordinary” Victor Melder is a household name in Melbourne. He is one of the best known Srilankans living in Australia. This came about because … Continue reading →
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The Japanese Air Raids on Ceylon in April 1942
Nalaka Gunawardene, on 2nd April 2012 ….. https://nalakagunawardene.com/2012/04/02/battle-of-ceylon-70-years-on-still-waiting-for-its-place-in-the-movies/ While human memories fade and disappear, photographs and films help preserve moments of history – either as factual documentation, or as fictionalised stories. The Battle of Ceylon, or the Easter Sunday Japanese … Continue reading →
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Full Frontal: Confronting Diaspora Tamil Canards in Canada
Legal fund for fighting against Bill 104 TGEWA https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-for-fighting-against-bill-104Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition is organizing this fundraiser. Campaign to repeal Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA), for the sake of all Sri Lankans Dear Friends, The Ontario provincial government of … Continue reading →
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Andrew’s Review: Before the Galle Tests Commence
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, Tuesday/Wednesday On paper it’s been six years since the Australia men’s side were last in Sri Lanka for a Test tour, but somehow that 2016 tour seems a lifetime ago. Graham Ford was Sri Lanka’s coach … Continue reading →
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Defeating the LTTE: The Worldwide Significance of This Achievement
Serge De Silva-Ranasinghe, in Asia-Pacific Defence News, Vol.5/5, May 15-June14, 2010, where the title is “Defeat Of The LTTE And Its Significance” …. with the difficult & painstaking task of conversion being handled by Darshanie Ratnawalli in Sri Lanka … … Continue reading →
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Ganeshananthan’s & Karunatitilaka’s Novels Reviewed by Anjum Hasan
Anjum Hasan: “Even As A Ghost” in The New York Review of Books, 18 January 2024 … reaching me via a tennis-mate Ralph Schlomowitz who is a ‘religious’ adherent of the NYRB and matters highbrow;while Amaasiiri De Silva in New … Continue reading →
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An Agricultural Calamity on Sri Lanka’s Horizon
Chandre Dharmawardena, in The Island, 27 Sa eptember 2021, with this title “Red Alert: Need to quarantine imported organic fertiliser” When the government suddenly banned the import of fertilisers and pesticides in April 2021 and went ‘100 percent organic’, many … Continue reading →
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IRAN Now: A Crescendo of ‘Expert’ Opinions…..
ATLANTIC COUNCIL …https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/experts-react-the-us-and-israel-just-unleashed-a-major-attack-on-iran-whats-next/ He went big. On Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed Operation Epic Fury, what US President Donald Trump called “a massive and ongoing” campaign against Iran. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime … Continue reading →
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Mervyn Pereira’s Account of the Kennington Oval Encounter
Mervyn Pereira, in Daily News, 14 June 1975, with this title “Sri Lanka’s gallant performance at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday is the talking point in the press.” Duleep Mendis felled by Thomson, 14 June 1975 Sri Lanka’s gallant performance … Continue reading →
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Sharika Thiranagama in Profound Q & A on Sri Lanka’s Traumatic Past
Kaniyan Pungundran – Editor-in-Chief of Jaffna Monitor ….September 2025 … ..where the title runs thus: “JVP Still Denies the Tamil Ethnic Question: Sharika Thiranagama Speaks to Jaffna Monitor” It feels like yesterday. As a student, I remember flipping through Amuthu, … Continue reading →
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