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Louis F. Obeyesekere: An Empire Loyalist who went down when the “Ciotat” was sunk by an U-Boat
This article was originally written and published by Louis Frederick Obeyesekere’s great grandnephew, Sheannal Anthony Obeyesekere at: https://medium.com/@serendibrising/ ….. Item taken from SerendibRising, 3 March 2023, entitled “Louis Frederick Obeyesekere: Lost out at sea on Christmas Eve” … sent to … Continue reading →
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Duleep Mendis’s Wide-ranging Career in Cricket
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 3 October 2021, where the title reads “Beware of Dulla” Amal Silva spoke little English those days. During the Lord’s Test in 1984, when Ian Botham said not so complementary things about Amal’s mother, the … Continue reading →
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Fortifying Self against Covid: Dr Dr. Zhong Nanshan’s Guidelines
A MESSAGE for ONE and ALL Kindly take note of the following practical advice by Dr. Zhong Nanshan (China’s top authority on Covid-19)*. Dr Zhong predicted that, sooner or early later, the widespread community infection of Covid-19 will be inevitable. … Continue reading →
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Covid Immunity: Issues ….. Growing Experiences
Maani Truu, in ABC Net, 17 January 2022, where the title reads “Can you catch COVID twice? Or does it give you greater immunity?” Central Coast resident Mitch Rogers has just come out of two weeks of complete isolation, which … Continue reading →
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The Primitive Ancients Arrowhead Innovations in Sri Lanka Way-Way Back
Michelle Langley et al, in The Conversation, 13 June 2020, with this title “48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest” Archaeological excavations deep within the rainforests of Sri Lanka have unearthed the earliest evidence for hunting … Continue reading →
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The Fate of the Roma Gypsies in Europe: From Nazi Holocaust to Continuous Marginalization
Celia Donert, in History Today, February 2022, where the title reads “The Roma Holocaust” Europe’s Roma were the victims of Nazi genocide during the Second World War, but their persecution did not end in 1945 Robert Ritter, head of … Continue reading →
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Not all Issues are Black or White: Some Voices from the Offspring of Cross-Cultural Marriages
Audrey Maxwell [nee Roberts] … a chapter in Rosemary Breger and Rosana Hill (eds). Cross-Cultural Marriage. Identity and Choice, Oxford, Berg, 1998, …. ISBN 1 85973 968 7 paper … with this reproduction being rendered possible by our nephew-in-law Tissa … Continue reading →
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CMM Jubair: Josephian Cricketer & First Muslim Doctor in Lanka
Avishka Mario Senewiratne, whose preferred title reads “The Josephian Cricketer who became the First British Qualified Muslim Doctor of Sri Lanka” Small by area, large in diversity and history is the country, Sri Lanka. We, since the early Aryans came … Continue reading →
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Standing Firm: Authoritarian Forms of Governance challenged by Sri Lankan Professionals
Item in Colombo Telegraph, 19 August 2022, where the title is as follows … “Saying no to Authoritarian Governance” We the undersigned individuals from academia, the professions, the corporate sector, the clergy, and civil society organisations, join all those citizens and … Continue reading →
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Turmoil Looming in Sri Lanka … April 1st … Not A Joke
Tisaranee Gunasekara, in Sri Lanka Guardian, 1 April 2022, where the title reads “Sri Lanka: On Protests” I don’t know who is organising the Sunday’s planned protest. For me, that mystery is a serious problem. This is not a Hollywood … Continue reading →
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