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August 3, 2017 · 5:39 am

The Ancient Rock at Kurullangala and Its Mystery

Stefan D’Silva,  courtesy of Asian Art, 29 March 2017 …. http://asianartnewspaper.com/?p=2226 .http://asianartnewspaper.com/?p=2226 .….where the title runs thus “The Mysterious Rock Art of Kurullangala” Located in Uva Province of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of just over 1,200 metres, the Kurullangala rock … Continue reading →

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May 26, 2017 · 2:28 pm

Angie, 12-Year Old Rock-Climbing Maestro

Greg Bearup, courtesy of The Weekend Australian 29 April 2017, where the title is “Top of Her Grade” n 1976, a 14-year-old Romanian gymnast named Nadia Comaneci stormed into the Montreal Olympics with the first-ever perfect score of 10. Gymnastics … Continue reading →

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April 29, 2017 · 2:28 pm

China and Sri Lanka> Ilangamuwa and Pilger

ONE. Nilantha Ilangamuwa: “Sri Lanka: Chinaphobia — Solution or Delusion!” … Sri Lanka Guardian, 14 March 2017 Many analysts and other concerned parties in diplomacy and international relations have started vowel war against the Chinese influence in the island nation … Continue reading →

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June 3, 2017 · 5:09 am

Kepel’s Koranic Expertise renders him a Prime Target for Assassination

Matthew Campbell, in The Times, 28 May 2017, where the title is “Islamists vow to murder academic who know Koran better than them” Gilles Kepel is waiting for a taxi on a London street corner. The roads are gridlocked, the … Continue reading →

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January 29, 2018 · 2:50 pm

Planning for Sri Lanka’s Economic Vitality

Indrajit Coomaraswamy… being the Text of his Gamani Corea Memorial Lecture on 6th November 2017 entitled “Towards a vibrant economy and prosperous country”   Introduction: The theme of my remarks this evening is going to be Towards a Vibrant Economy … Continue reading →

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September 13, 2017 · 1:03 am

Experiencing Terror in the Heart of New York: 9/11

Palitha Kohona, courtesy of Ceylon Today It was another sunny September morning. The sky was a brilliant blue. As I gazed out of my kitchen window while having breakfast, in Midtown Manhattan, the Twin Towers were glistening in the morning … Continue reading →

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January 18, 2017 · 2:20 pm

DAI as Point-Agency for USA’s Tentacles?

Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Daily Mirror,  18 January 2017, where the title is”The US and AID: Sri Lanka’s dangerous liaison,” Responding to my column of January 7,  2017 titled ‘US role in Sri Lanka’s institutional reform process – Assistance or Espionage?’ … Continue reading →

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May 24, 2017 · 4:37 pm

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Heed Raffaello Pantucci on Homegrown Jihadism

Greg Sheridan, in The Australian, 24 May 2017, where the title is “Manchester Terror Attack: Endless Cycle of Jihadism” … with emphasis by highlights being the intervention of The Editor, Thuppahi A crowd of mostly teenage girls, as innocent as young … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2017 · 7:28 am

Tamil Women at the Defusing Edge of Demining

Maneshka Borham, in The Sunday Observer, 1 January 2017 where the title is  “War Victims reintegrate into Society ..,” very morning, war widow Arumainayagam Nalayani, 49, travels over 80 Km from her home in Mullivaikkal to Muhamalai for work. Never … Continue reading →

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August 9, 2017 · 6:35 am

Threads of Moral Puritanism in Sinhala Nationalist Practice

 Michael Roberts ** … a reprint of an article published in South Asia, Vol. XIX, Special Issue, (1996), pp. 205-220. with the title “Teaching Lessons, Removing Evil: Strands of Moral Puritanism in Sinhala Nationalist Practice    ONE Expressions of Sinhala nationalism since the … Continue reading →

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