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Vale: Carlo Fonseka’s Manifold Gifts Inscribed in Memory
ONE: Ishara Jayawardena: “Carlo Fonseka: Unparalleled,” Daily News, 4 September 2019 Professor Carlo Fonseka ushered in an episode rare in its own right. He always stood for what he thought was just. Not merely a physician cum academic, Fonseka established … Continue reading →
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Bishop Illangasinghe’s Pastoral Sermon encompassing People of All the Faiths in Lanka
Bishop Kumara Illangasinghe, with this title in Colombo Telegraph, 27 April 2019, “Post Easter Reflections 2019″ “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”. Luke 23:34 Sri Lanka is once again in deep shock and saddened … Continue reading →
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Christchurch Hate Killings and the Hate Arising from the Digana Contretemps: Editorial Reflections
Editorial in the Sunday Observer of Sri Lanka, 17 March 2019, entitled “Christchurch and our own national experience” Blood is being spilt with the claim of protecting one’s own ‘flesh and blood.’ It happened last Friday in Christchurch, in usually … Continue reading →
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France in 1940 …. Trump And Europe in 2020
Marc Bloch’s study of the French leadership’s gross failures in 1940 directs us to the bumbling incompetence of President Trump and some of the failures in leadership across Europe.
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Amer in India
Amer Fort in Amer, Rajasthan, India On top of the Cheel ka Teela (or Hill of Eagles) in India’s Rajasthan state is the Amer Fort, a princely marble and red sandstone structure of immense beauty. Roughly four centuries old, the … Continue reading →
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SIOT or Special Action Infantry Teams: Their Origins and Critical Role in Eelam War IV
During m researches I discovered that the SIOT teams were a critical element in enabling the SL Army to outmanoeuvre the LTTE during Eelam War IV. Brigadier (Retd) Hiran Halangode has indicated[i] that General Sarath Fonseka was responsible for initiating … Continue reading →
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About Mahinda’s Failure and A Mahinda Pronouncement
I = NA deS Amaratunga: “Can Mahinda Rajapaksa reform himself?” in Island, 10 January 2019 Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently the most popular politician. He earned his popularity by saving the country from certain destruction and then launching a gigantic development … Continue reading →
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Narendran’s Evaluation of Pirapāharan and the LTTE on the Cusp of Their Demise in February 2009
Dr. Rajasingham Narendran, in Sri Lanka Guardian, 7 February 2009, where the title is “Rise and Fall of the LTTE – An Overview” …. with highlighting emphasis being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi Sri Lankan armed forces have almost ended … Continue reading →
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Uncle Sam! Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty impaired by SOFA deal with USA
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Island, 27 May 2019, where the title reads” While the contents of the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the governments of Sri Lanka and the US still remain hidden from the public eye, parliament was … Continue reading →
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Simple Blundering Simon: Gideon Haigh’s Venture into Sri Lankan Political History
Michael Roberts Gideon Haigh is an incisive and formidable researcher. He is a whiz-kid on the financial underpinnings of the business of cricket in India and even more adept in analysing the processes surrounding cricket matches in Australia, India and … Continue reading →
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