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Two Reviews in 2010 of Copeman’s Book on Blood Donations in India

https://sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/jacob-copeman_veins-of-devotion/  ONE …. REVIEW OF Jacob Copeman: Veins of Devotion: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009, 233 pp)………….by Ron Barrett of Macalester College …. Taken from the American Ethnologist May 2010, vol. 37/2, … Continue reading →

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Challenging India’s Squeeze on its Immediate Neighbours

Gamini Seneviratne, whose article in …. is entitled “Sri Lanka and India: Fact and Fiction” There are several features through history that India and Sri Lanka have from time to time drawn from each other elements of their culture. However, … Continue reading →

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Chandrika & Asiff Hussein Back the Present Sri Lankan Government

ALWAYS SUPPORT A GOVERNMENT THAT DOES GOOD! Yes, even Madame Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga knows that in her heart. Having lost her beloved father to nationalist extremism, she very well knows the dangers of the very forces he unleashed to the … Continue reading →

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A Searing Review of the Trump-Blair Peace Plan for Gaza

Dr Anas Iqtait of  , whose chosen title was “Tony Blair’s ‘Board of Peace’ is a farce, not diplomacy” Donald Trump’s 20-point “peace  plan” for Gaza, unveiled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s endorsement, has been  presented as a blueprint … Continue reading →

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World Political Propaganda TODAY: Revelation vs Deception at the Heights

Matt Gable, in an  email communication ….where The Editor has  taken  the  liberty of inserting his  own  highlights It is worth watching the first 16 minutes of a presentation  by Rick Sanchez – a Cuban-born US citizen currently living in … Continue reading →

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From Panadura: Rosemary Jansz became the Famous Rosemary Rogers …1931-2010

Dilshan Madushanka in FACEBOOK Rosemary Rogers was born Rosemary Jansz on 7 December 1932 in Panadura in what was then British Ceylon now Sri Lanka. She was born into a prosperous Dutch Portuguese Burgher family that owned several private schools. … Continue reading →

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S.J.V. Chelvanayakam’s Career reviewed by GL Peiris

Professor GL Peiris  … at https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/opinion/S-J-V-Chelvanayakam-Visionary-and-statesman/172-338795 …. with this title: “S.J.V. Chelvanayakam: Visionary and Statesman”  He consistently showed courage and capacity for endurance Chelvanayakam first contested the parliamentary election of 1947 He never flinched when taking tough decisions During the disturbances in March … Continue reading →

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Mohan Munasinghe secures a Noble Prize …. Congrats Man

ITEM in Facebook, 16 May 2025 Nobel Prize Winner #SriLankan Prof. Mohan Munasinghe is one of the most eminent gentlemen in the world and World-Class Sri Lankans will attempt to tell you a little bit about this humble Sri Lankan. … Continue reading →

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Gunasoma’s Unique Art ….. Polishing Stones

M. Tharik in Daily News, 12 March 2026, where the title reads “The Man who turns Stones into Sight” This village is located close to Pilimatalawa. I come across a man who sits at a small workbench turning stone into … Continue reading →

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Assessment: ODI Face-to-Face … Aussies vs English

Andrew McGlashan in ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2026 “Australia-England face off again but most eyes are elsewhere Beardman will make his ODI debut while England likely need to decide which frontline spinner to play, but no one is really talking about … Continue reading →

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