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The Question Mark — It’s Intriguing History
Wikipedia The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism[1]) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative clause or phrase in many languages. History = In the fifth century, Syriac Bible manuscripts used question markers, according to a 2011 theory by manuscript specialist Chip Coakley: he believes the zagwa … Continue reading →
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Sacrificial Death in War: WHAT is the Best Conceptual Label?
Michael Roberts Inspired by interaction with Richard A Koenigsberg of New York [who has experience in India and commanded a vibrant website], I initiated a WEB-SITE entitled sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com in April-May 2009 –a date marking the final days of Eelam War … Continue reading →
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India throttle Sri Lanka in Riveting Cricket Match
Shashank Kishore in ESPNcricinfo, 27 July 2024 …. with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi India 213 for 7 (Suryakumar 58, Pant 49, Jaiswal 40, Pathirana 4-40) beat Sri Lanka 170 (Nissanka 79, Mendis 45, Parag 3-5, Arshdeep 2-24, Axar 2-38) by 43 … Continue reading →
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The Logic behind the Hamas Raid of October 7th 2023
Scott Ritter of Global Research, 14 November 2023, whose chosen title is “The October 7 Hamas Assault on Israel: The Most Successful Military Raid of this Century” …. with highlighting emphasis in purple being that of the Author; while other highlights … Continue reading →
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USA’s Deep Demonic Reach Embraces Sri Lanka
Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title runs thus “Easter Sunday 20019 to IRIS Dena 2026: The Weaponization of Religion in the Indian Ocean World” … …. with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The United States torpedo of the Iranian … Continue reading →
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Imagine there’s no countries, nothing to kill or die for
Rohini Hensman …. An article composed at the end of the year 2003 for a conference in January 2004; and eventually published in 2012 (see below: fn 1) …. with the title being borrowed from ‘Imagine,’ by John Lennon …. … Continue reading →
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Adopting Mongrel Colourings & Becoming Thuppahi
Michael Roberts, presenting an old essay prnted in the Lanka Monthly Digest in 2002 that was entitled “Sri Lankan-ness …. and Being Mongrel” ** The impending peace negotiations and the demand for self-determination by the LTTE and most (?) Tamils residing … Continue reading →
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The Humanitarian Social Commitment of Lakshman Wickremesinghe
Professor Rajiva Wijesinha, item taken from Daily News, 24 October 2023, ….. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Bishop Lakshman Wickremesinghe died on October 23 forty years ago. He was my uncle, and I had a special affinity with … Continue reading →
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Don Bradman’s Best Innings? The 270 Runs He Amassed in the 1936-37 Series
Anurabha Sengupta: “Ashes 1936-37 – Don Bradman and the best innings of the century“ …. February 2, 2015 … an Item sent to TPS by Eardley Lieversz of Royal College and Sydney January 5, 1937. Don Bradman was under enormous … Continue reading →
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Karuna in Britain in 2008: The Legal ‘Knots’
DBS Jeyaraj, in the Financial Times, 28 March 2025 where the title reads “How UK-sanctioned “Col” Karuna was deported from Britain 17 years ago” Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Col” Karuna After the UK sanctions were imposed the Tamil newspaper “Thamilan” interviewed Karuna … Continue reading →
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