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Tales of an Infertility Pill are effectively dismissed by Sri Lankan Medical Specialists
If EVER there was a tale of gullibility and chicanery combining to spread violent killing and havoc among the populace, it is the manner in which some elements in the Sinhalese population accepted the validity of rumours that Muslim traders … Continue reading →
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The International Crisis Group under the Microscope … in 2014
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, in MATSUSAS, 12 September 2014, where the title runs “Reading the International Crisis Group or why think tank reports have to be taken with a pinch of salt” …. with highlighting empasis veing the work of … Continue reading →
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The Role of Religion in Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka
Iselin Frydenlund, ….. which reached me via the University of Adelaide circuit and where the title is “Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion”. It is presented here against the wishes of the author, with a change … Continue reading →
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The Western World’s Cumulous Clouds of Deception: Blanketing the Sharp Realities of Eelam War IV
Michael Roberts, Courtesy of Colombo Telegraph , October 2018 This is a provocative piece on the last stages of Eelam War IV in 2008/09 and on its aftermath of Reports and You Tube cut-and-thrust. It makes specific claims in … Continue reading →
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Turmoil in the North Too? Jeyaraj Clarifies
D. B.S. Jeyaraj, in Daily Mirror, 27 October 2018 Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Wigneswaran has announced the launch of a new political formation known as the “Thamizh Makkal Koottani” meaning Tamil People’s Alliance (TPA). The retired Supreme Court judge who … Continue reading →
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Hardy Women: Yesterday’s Africans in Today’s Lanka
African sisters in Sri Lanka On the road to Sirambiyadi In every culture family is an important element of human life. For centuries Ceylon had been a maritime domain for foreign traders, defiant conquerors and zealous missionaries. All these foreigners … Continue reading →
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Anagārika Dharmapala’s Anti-Colonial Mission
Kamal Wickremasinghe, in Island, 19 September 2018, with this title “Anagarika Dharmapala needs no rescuing” … reproduced here with highlights by The Editor, Thuppahi Social scientific study, for better or for worse, is the only available method of gaining insights … Continue reading →
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Peiris Confronts Samarasinghe and Other Pundits
Gerald H Peiris Having collaborated with Professor S. W. R. DE A. Samarasinhe (Sam) in several research projects, I have had the occasions to admire his extraordinary analytical skills and his clarity of thought. I also recollect that he was … Continue reading →
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At the Heart of the Yahapaalanaya Alliance: Malinda’s Rapier
Malinda Seneviratne, in his very own blog where the title is “Yahapalanaya: congenital flaws and their discontents” The burning political question of the day appears to be who and how many Parliamentarians received money from Perpetual Treasuries Ltd (PTL) for … Continue reading →
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Confronting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Q & A in 2018 – Swedish Journalist Mikaelsson
Johan Mikaelsson, in Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, 5 November 2018, where the title is “Impunity Island: Sri Lanka’s “predator emeritus” on rebound,” Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaksa[1]. He is seen as … Continue reading →
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