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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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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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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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Confronting Two Calamities in Eastern Sri Lanka in 2005
Dennis B. McGilvray, in India Review 5(2-3) November 2006, special issue on public anthropology, …. where the title reads “Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka: An Anthropologist Confronts the Real World” …. with highlighting in different colours imposed by the … Continue reading →
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CJR Le Mesurier: A British Civil Servant who challenged the Imperial Order
Michael Powell: article published in 2007 and entitled “Fragile Identities: The Colonial Consequences of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon” ABSTRACT of Article: In the many layered life of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon are themes that repeat and recur throughout … Continue reading →
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Bullshit Artists in Agricultural Science: A Raging Sri Lankan Email Debating Circuit
Chandre Dharmawardana [Several personnel in this vibrant Sri Lankan EMAIL DISCUSSION CHAIN] have presented a conspiracy claim (that companies like Monsanto practically buys scientists by providing them scholarships and research grants). [This type of assertion] is easy to make, and … Continue reading →
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Pandara Vanniyan ‘crowned’ Today
Dinasena Rathugamage presented a Photo with this caption in The Island, 27 August 2020: “Last Ruler of theVanni Commemorated “ His account runs thus: “Vavuniya Disgrict secetary SM Saman Bandulasena garalnds the Bandara Vaniyan statue opposite the District Secretatariat on … Continue reading →
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Collective Selves and the Promise of Buddhaland in Nationalism
Brian Victoria, in Buddhistdoor.net … where the title reads as “Nationalism: Collective Selves and the Promise of Buddhaland” Introduction In a recent lecture on the war in the Ukraine, John Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, noted … Continue reading →
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Democracy under the Gun in Sri Lanka
Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Sri Lanka Guardian 24 September 2020, where the title is “The End of Sri Lanka’s Democracy” The debate on the proposed 20th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s 1978 Constitution is gathering momentum. The proposal, which has been published … Continue reading →
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