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Hindu Zealots of the RSS target Sri Lanka

PK Balachandran in Email Note to Roberts, late July 2023, … with highlighting being my imposition The RSS  has begun exploiting the Tamil issue to spread its Hindutwa ideology. The idea is to win over the Lankan Tamils to its side … Continue reading

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Facing the West: Three Strands of Russian Thinking Today

Observer in a Black Sea Port, …. with highlighting mpasis imposed by Thuppahi Broadly speaking, today, there are three types of Russians as follows,  1) Pro-Western Russians. This group love the West, want Russia to be fully integrated in the West, … Continue reading

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Bishop Chickera’s Incisive Warning re Israeli Inroads at Arugam Bay

Bishop Chickera in Groundviews, 23 November 2024, where the title reads “Arugam Bay: Hidden Currents” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi There has been growing public concern over the recent weeks about happenings in Arugam Bay. This analysis … Continue reading

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The LTTE: Its Initial Founding and Funding

Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam, in LankaWeb, 10 February 2o25, with this title “The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam. Funding and Training of the Organization”  The LTTE got their training and funding from the PLO, which is the Palestinian Liberation Organization … Continue reading

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When Extremists Feed Off Each Other …. Pertinent Reflections from 2012

Michael Roberts Just today I came across an old political essay of mine, one entitled “Prejudice and Hate in Pluralist Settings: The Kingdom of Kandy.” While the essay is of continued relevance today for Sri Lankan as well as world … Continue reading

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Volcanic Eruption in Sumatra claims Lives of Some Hikers

Jerome Wirawa & Joel Guinton, in BBC News, December 2023, reporting from Jakarta and Singapore & deploying this title:  “Mount Marapi: Eleven hikers killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia” Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s … Continue reading

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Shattered Lives in Sri Lanka’s Wars: Several Lesser-Known Strands

Dennis McGilvray in ASIAN  ETHNOLOGY Vol 73, 1&2, pp 348-49, reviewing  Sharika Thiranagama, In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka. Philadelphia PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011 The title of this book points to the author’s personal connection … Continue reading

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A Lament: Biased US Media Coverage of the Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia University

Mobashra Tazamal’s LAMENT from The Campus at Columbia University “I am left with the understanding that to be Muslim at Columbia is to face extreme censorship of your language to appease an audience that doesn’t represent nor respect you. To … Continue reading

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Facing the Algal Threat in Adelaide: Miller-Frost

Louise Miller-Frost’s Circular, July 2025 The coastline and waters are a great asset to Boothby residents, and many of us very much value the time we spend there walking on the beach, swimming in the ocean, fishing off the jetties … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka Down Aussies in ODI at Colombo, 12-2-2025

Tristan Lavalette in ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2025 … where the title reads “Asalanka’s stunning hundred, Theekshana’s four wickets turn tables on Australia” On a surface that aided pace and spin, Sri Lanka’s captain rescued his side with the bat before … Continue reading

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