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The Killing of Fr. Saverimuttu Selvarajah in 1990
Ruki Fernando in Groundviews, 11 July 2025, where the title reads “Getting Rid of A Troublesome Priest” … with the highlighting emphasis being the workd of The Editor, Thuppahi Photo courtesy of Ruki Fernando July 11, 2025 marks 35 … Continue reading →
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Talking to Professor Bruce Kapferer ….
A NOTE From THE EDITOR, THUPPAHI From unknown reasons and/or my incompetence, I cannot locate the Web-Reference for this item or the date. However this is the first in a seres of posts which will feature Bruce KAPFERER who I … Continue reading →
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“Lake Beauty”: A Murder Mystery in the Aussie Outback
A Novel entitled “Lake Beauty” by Rob George …. with hihlighting mpose d by The Editor, Thuppahi … where Sam and Annie conspire against authority to bring about justice for a murdered woman.
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A Zealot in USA targets Sri Lanka
Rohana R. Wasala, in The Island, 10 September 2025, with this title “The root of all evil” Professor Michael K. Jerryson of Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA, testified on the subject of ‘Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka’ before the … Continue reading →
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Facing NW Goonewardena’s Racist Comments
NW Goonewardena= Comment in Thuppahi at THIS ITEM ……………………………. https://thuppahis.com/2018/09/13/anagarika-dharmapala-in-search-of-a-rounded-evaluation/ GET LOST YOU SOB, MICHAEL ROBERTS, THE PRODUCT OF A ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN A AFRICAN SOLDIER STATIONED IN SRI LANKA, AND A SRI LANKAN HARLET. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE … Continue reading →
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Seeking Ethnic Reconciliation Through Commemoration of the Dead-in-War
Capt Prasanna Rajaratne, SLN … in DAILY FT, 6 December 2024, ….. where the title reads “National security only through national harmony“ They may still feel trapped in the same plight, and unless that perception is acknowledged, addressed, and their … Continue reading →
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Israel”s Pursuit of “The Final Solution” vis a vis the Palestinians
Gamini Seneviratne** whose chosen title is “The US, ISRAEL & WMD”…. with the highlighting being the author’s emphasis It was just twenty years ago that George W Bush of the USA declared that Saddam Hussein possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) that … Continue reading →
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Senaka Weeraratna presses His Claims as Inventor of the DRS in Cricket
Michael Roberts Senaka Weeraratna of Royal College and Sri Lanka has been persistent in his campaign for recognition being accorded to his role in conceiving the revolutonary DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM in cricket matches. On one occasion he even visited me … Continue reading →
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Reflections on Gananath’s Wide-Ranging Corpus of Work
Professor M.W. Amarasiri de Silva, about 3/4 years back in … … where the full title of the essay reads thus: “Sinhalese Society Through The Prism Of Religion: An Appreciation Of Gananath Obeyesekere’s Work On Sinhalese Buddhism” This article celebrates … Continue reading →
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Remembering the Unseen Hands Supporting One of My Books
Michael Roberts in the DEDICATION presented on the first page of the book Tamil Person and State: Essays, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2014, … ISBN 978-955- 665-230-7 The essays that make up this anthology would not have been possible without … Continue reading →
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