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Operation Eagle Claw: USA Special Forces’ Failure in Iran in 1980
Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, [SLAF retd] as compiler presenting US special forces operation for the rescue of hostages at the US Embassy in Iran in 1980 that ended in a failure …. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw and Google Images Introduction: Operation Eagle … Continue reading →
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“Our Present and Our Future” –Erudite Reflections on Ceylon’s Situation in 1850
A.C.[1] “But where the stirring crowd, the voice of strife, The glow of action, and the thrill of life?” It may not perhaps be altogether useless to ask, How many of our countrymen have reflected seriously upon their condition and … Continue reading →
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Political Dogfight Looming in 2024 General Elections in Sri Lanka
Uditha Devapriya, in The Diplomat, December 2023, where the title runs thus “Political and Electoral Uncertainty in Sri Lanka Ahead of the 2024 Elections” Wickremesinghe wants to keep his job; the SLPP wants to mount a comeback. Sri Lanka voters … Continue reading →
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People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon
Michael Roberts …. presenting a talk which he delivered at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 following a brief to the effect that he should present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class in … Continue reading →
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Remembering David Hookes: A Moving Farewell at Adelaide Oval, 27 January 2001
Michael Roberts reproducing an article from his pen in Baggy Green …. one that was subsequently presented as an E-Paper . The original article carried the title “The Old and the New: In Memoriam, David Hookes” On 25 March 2001 … Continue reading →
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The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years
Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city” ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of James T. Rutnam
Sachi Sri Kantha, whose preferred title is “James T Rutnam (1905-1988): Noted Bibliophile and a Valued Mentor” … with the highlighting in colour being impositions from The Editor Thuppahi Introduction My destiny to meet and interact with James T Rutnam … Continue reading →
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A Lament: Biased US Media Coverage of the Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia University
Mobashra Tazamal’s LAMENT from The Campus at Columbia University “I am left with the understanding that to be Muslim at Columbia is to face extreme censorship of your language to appease an audience that doesn’t represent nor respect you. To … Continue reading →
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Serving Sri Lanka: Skandakumar on Mevan Pieris
Somachandra Skandakumar’s Address at the Launch of Mevan Pieris’s THE COMMUNITY,21 March 2023 … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Chief Guest Professor G.L Pieris, Guest of Honour, the Reverend Warden Marc Billimoria, distinguished Guests, Ayubowan ,Vanakkam, Assalam Aleykum, … Continue reading →
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Jehan Perera on Channel Four’s Slant on the Easter Sunday Attacks of 2019
Jehan Perera in The Island, 19 September 2019 The Channel 4 documentary that claims to give the story behind the Easter bombing has restarted the debate, within the country, about who was behind the foul deed, and why. The answer … Continue reading →
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