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Dissecting American Policy towards Sri Lanka
Chandre Dharmawardana The Chapa Interview with US-military Professor Dr. Mendis: US policy in Sri Lanka Please listen to an interview of Dr. Mendis ((https://youtu.be/Lh4D4qGE854) which touches on US policy and Sri Lanka, and [dwell critically on the unsaid] between the … Continue reading →
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Sabotage! FIVE EYES Operation undermined Oz-China Relations
Tony Kevin, in ConsortiumNews, 8 December 2020, where the title reads “Australia Sabotaged Its Own Interests in China Relations” The destruction over the past five years of Australia’s mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relationship with China was probably a successful … Continue reading →
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Eastern Australia is HOT and Burning
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Encountering Extremism: Biographical Tracks and Twists
Michael Roberts reproducing an article that originally appeared on the 19th March 2010 in https://sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com/ One’s academic trajectories and journeys are invariably subject to vagaries and contingencies. The events and researches leading to my interest in “communal violence” and “zealotry” … Continue reading →
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Vignettes in Assessment of Angela Merkel, A Scientist become World Leader Par Excellence
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer, in an article presented on 28 May 2019 entitled “German chancellor, Harvard’s Commencement speaker, explain her rise to longtime prominence” “Merkel advises graduates: Break the walls that hem you in”
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From Empiricist Conflation to Distortion: Caste in South Asia
Michael Roberts, responding in 1985 to a Review Essay by Susan Bayly of Cambridge University on his book on Caste Conflcist and Elite Formation, CUP 1982 Susan Bayly** has done me the honour of reviewing the book on Caste Conflict … Continue reading →
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Battling Covid Disinformation in the West…. Dr Rajeev Fernando in Frontline
Marianna Spring, Specialist disinformation and social media reporter, where the title is “Coronavirus: The human cost of virus misinformation” …. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-52731624 A BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation has found links to assaults, arsons and deaths. And experts say the potential … Continue reading →
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Passing the Covid with the Cricket Ball?
Simon Kolstoe, in The Conversation, 6 July 2020, where the title reads “Do cricket balls really spread coronavirus Cricket is now back on in England, despite Boris Johnson declaring cricket balls a “natural vector of disease”. His statement has frustrated cricket fans and players, but … Continue reading →
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Mahela’s Leadership in Aftermath of Lahore Terrorist Attack Recognised
In a previous study of the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket entourage at Lahore in 2009 I was guided by several news reports and chats with a few players in marking the resolution and actions of the bus … Continue reading →
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Galle: Basic Facts ….. Historical, General and Pacha
Ruhunu Putra, in THE ISLAND, 2o November 2020, where the title is “Historical Glance at Galle” Galle is the capital of the Southern Province. The popular derivation of its name is from the Sinhala word Gaala – a cattle pen. … Continue reading →
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