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Yellow Jacket Protests in France: The Power of Social Media and Populism
Jeremy Harding, review essay in London Review of Books, March 2019, with this title “Among the Gilets Jaunes” When they gathered at roads and roundabouts at the end of last year, the French government was caught off guard. Within a week … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Withering History. Without a Hattotuwa or a Fukuyama!
Richard Simon, whose preferred title is “The End of History, Again” ……. — A parody which is presented in this blog viz,……………………………………. http://notesfromceylon.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-end-of-history-again.html — a site which I encourage you to visit …. Note that I have inserted highlighting emphases … Continue reading →
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A Bibliography from TAMIL PERSON and STATE
Michael Roberts TAMIL PERSON and STATE. PICTORIAL appeared in 2014 in Colombo under the imprint of Vijitha Yapa Publications. …. ISBN 978-955-665-231-4. The biliography probably covers most of the articles in the companion piece, TAMIL PERSON and STATE. ESSAYS; but … Continue reading →
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The House of Lords Debate on Sri Lanka and the UNHCR resolution
FROM An Eye in the Ceiling: “Sri Lanka’s UNHRC Resolution” Lord Naseby To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the resignation of the government of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council where they co-sponsored with the United … Continue reading →
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Is the Resounding Silence of the Western Powers Today a Meaningful Pointer to the Recent Past?
J. Natasha Gooneratne, in Island, 14 February 2018, where the title is “Yahapalanaya and silence of international community”.… Note that the highlighting has been imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Does the international community’s silence during the rule of Yahapalanaya mean … Continue reading →
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Vanishing Lifeways at the Foot of Galle Fort in the 1930s
Michael Roberts The four images presented in this item were snapped by my maternal uncle Lincoln Perera (also spelt “Pereira”) in the early 1930s. They were one part of a small set of pictures that came into my hands way … Continue reading →
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Vorsicht! Looking for a Hitler in Sri Lanka Today
Tisaranee Gunasekara, in Sunday Observer, 12 August 2018, where the title is “On Doctors and Kings. An authoritarian wind is sweeping across Sri Lanka” The current yearning for the heavy hand of a strong leader is in tune with the … Continue reading →
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Victor Ivan’s Contentions on the Present Crisis: Two Essays
ONE: “The present crisis is likely to end up in a serious disaster,” in Of the Executive Presidents who ruled the country prior to Maithripala Sirisena, J.R. Jayewardene and Mahinda Rajapaksa can be described as those who mostly and increasingly … Continue reading →
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Hatreds. Chasms. Bill Deutrom’s Insights on the Political Impasse in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, 15 December 2018, where the title is different pro-UNP rally Email Note from Bill Deutrom in Lanka to Michael Roberts, 8 Dec 2018 Thank you, Michael for your amazing collection of articles on … Continue reading →
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Channa Wickremesekera’s Military History on Eelam War One
A Tough Apprentiecship: Sri Lanka’s Military against the Tamil Militants 1979 -1987… by Channa Wickremesekera
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