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Sangakkara at Cricket: Pictorials
Michael Roberts In moving from a pictorial depiction of the parental and local urban background where Kumar Sangakkara has been nurtured, to a photographic ‘sketch’ of his cricketing endeavours, it will be easy for readers to forget the dangerous Sri … Continue reading →
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China on the World Stage: A Judicious Assessment
Global Times, 10 December 2021, with this title “French media pushes anti-China narrative in a monolithic block, but at least one man is fighting for objective views” — “Bursting alliance” ….with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Maxime Vivas (Vivas), … Continue reading →
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Ganging Up against China in France and Elsewhere
Global Times Item, 10 December 2021, where the title runs thus “French media pushes anti-China narrative in a monolithic block, but at least one man is fighting for objective views”… with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi “Bursting alliance” Photo: … Continue reading →
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Gotabaya’s Getaway: His Devious Routes amidst Many Pressures
Kapila Punchihewa, in Mawbima, July 22 2022, where the title runs thus: “The story of the running man Gotabaya unfolded. Exclusive” President Pleads for safety with Sajith whom he sidelined a few weeks ago. ⦁ All powerful President is shaken and … Continue reading →
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The “China Research Group” in UK: Frontal Picture …. and Possible Underground Chambers?
The Frontispiece on Google The China Research Group was set up by a group of Conservative MPs in the UK to promote debate and fresh thinking about how Britain should respond to the rise of China. The group’s work looks … Continue reading →
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The Sigiriya Frescoes and Their Maidens: The Hard Work of Restoration
From Raja de Silva’S book Sigiriya — as excerpted in the Island, 18 April 2021, with the title “Dangerous and meticulous work copying Sigiriya frescoes in Bell era (1896) The village of Sigiriya is mentioned in the 16th century book … Continue reading →
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A Tale of Resistance: The Story of the Arrival of the Portuguese in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, reproducing here an article that appeared initially in 1989 with the same title in Ethnos, 55: 1-2:69-82. … and also in Swedish in Lanka. Tidskrift om Lankesisk Kultur (Uppsala), No. 2, March 1989. I regret that the presentation here … Continue reading →
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September 11: Back to Square One 20 Years After
David Kilcullen, in The Weekend Australian, 11-12 September 2021 Twenty years after 9/11 the terrorism threat is larger and more widespread, the Western alliance is weaker, and the US is in sharp decline relative to its rivals. Democratic societies are … Continue reading →
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Cricket Crazy Cricket! Dananjaya’s Roller-Coaster
Madushka Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo, 4 March 2021, where the title is “Kieron Pollard’s six sixes in an over trumps Akila Dananjaya hat-trick in dramatic chase” West Indies 134 for 6 (Pollard 38, Hasaranga 3-12) beat Sri Lanka 131 for 9 (Nissanka 39, McCoy … Continue reading →
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Ceylonese Middle Class Will to Fight for Britain in WW Two — in the RAF
Kumar Kirinde in The Island, 25 December 2020, where the title runs thus: “Lankans who volunteered for service with the Royal Air Force during World War 2” Within a year of the outbreak of World War II, the colonial government … Continue reading →
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