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Appreciating the Lake House Building
Ishara Jayawardane in conversation with Professor Manawadu, 3 Janaury 2018, where the title is The physical presence of the Lake House building is enough to awaken a sense of awe in all those who behold it. The building commissioned by … Continue reading →
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The House of Lords Debate on Sri Lanka and the UNHCR resolution
FROM An Eye in the Ceiling: “Sri Lanka’s UNHRC Resolution” Lord Naseby To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the resignation of the government of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council where they co-sponsored with the United … Continue reading →
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No Surprises with Sirisena. Challenging Mike Roberts
An Introductory Note from Michael Roberts Gerald Peiris and I were undergraduates at Ramanathan Hall Peradeniya in the late 1950s and met on occasions when we were pursuing postgrad studies in UK and I visited Cambridge. Thereafter we were colleagues … Continue reading →
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Anagārika Dharmapāla: In Search of a Rounded Evaluation
Michael Roberts, courtesy of The Sunday Island 16 September 2018 Recently an anonymous hand writing as “A Dharmapala Devotee” presented a sarcastic opinion piece in the Island of the 5th September targeting myself, Gananath Obeyesekere and HL Seneviratne. My immediate … Continue reading →
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Caste Relations over Time: Challenging Frank Conlon’s Reading of My Work on the Karava
CONTEXT In the academic circuit most books are sent to reviewers by journals in the field of study encompassed by the book. My work on Caste Conflict and Elite Formation: The Rise of a Karāva Elite in Sri Lanka, 1500-1931 … Continue reading →
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Jayasekera’s Study of British Colonialism in Ceylon reviewed
Chandra R De Silva, in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences 41(1) 2018, pp 65-68, with highlighting emphasis being the Work of The Editor, Thuppahi reviewing Confrontations with Colonialism: Resistance, Revivalism and Reform under British Rule in Sri Lanka 1796- … Continue reading →
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Interpretative Argie-Bargie I: Samarasinghe vs Rajapakse
The political wrestling match in Sri Lanka beginning in late October has led to a host of articles arguing for and against the Sirisena-Rajapaksa intervention and the attempted deposition of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe (an issue that is still in … Continue reading →
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Alan Strathern on The Vijaya Story as A Variant of the Romulus Tale … and Stranger Kings
Alan Strathern of Brasenose College, Oxford, with emphasis in colour being an imposition by The Editor Thuppahi ABSTRACT: The story of Vijaya, has long been central to the Sinhalese idea of themselves as a distinct ethnic group of Aryan origin … Continue reading →
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How Mahinda Rajapaksa rebuffed David Miliband
Michael Roberts In 2008/09 Professor GL PEIRIS was Minister of International Trade in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government and I interviewed him on 2 July 2018 with the intention of securing more details re USA’s pressures on the government then in … Continue reading →
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When Terrorism assailed Cricket at Lahore, 3 March 2009: A Cumulus Cloud of Questions
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, where the title is different A distant image of some assailants a dead body is removed subsequently –Pic from AFP A few years back I studied the attack on the Sri Lankan … Continue reading →
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