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September 6, 2025 · 12:52 am

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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January 4, 2026 · 5:00 pm

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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October 1, 2025 · 7:44 pm

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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September 25, 2025 · 12:45 pm

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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May 16, 2025 · 9:20 pm

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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April 27, 2026 · 9:11 pm

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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March 14, 2026 · 7:07 pm

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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July 28, 2024 · 7:52 pm

Vale PVJ Jayasekera — Historian … Richmondite

An Appreciation within Richmond Viththi in Facebook, 11 July 2024 Renowned Richmondite Professor P V J Jaysekara passed away. He is the one and only History professor produced by Richmond College, Galle. He Supervised Mr Ananda Dias-Jayasinha to write the … Continue reading →

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April 24, 2024 · 1:21 am

The Magpies Cricket Club in British Ceylon: An Exclusive & Peculiar Enclave

Michael Roberts MAGPIES_FLG_CRICKET_1923 I came across this unusual photograph in loose-leaf form amidst my files and lata pata in my study.  David Sansoni in Sydney has rendered it more presentable, while Mevan Pieris has provided me with critical information on … Continue reading →

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February 23, 2024 · 7:50 pm

The “Butterfly Bridge” in Galle

Michael Roberts                 Dulip Karunaratne of St. Aloysius (as a boarder) sent this to me. As a resident of Galle Fort and a frequent visitor to the playing fields in front of the … Continue reading →

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