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June 2, 2025 · 7:10 pm

Imperial Modalities in USA’s Elite Universities

Mathew Maavak, whose favoured title for this piece is “University Inequality: The New Empire of Credentialed Elites” Elitist universities are fostering a global neo-feudal system reminiscent of the British Raj © Getty Images/Rattankun Thongbun/RT In a move that ignited global … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2023 · 5:09 pm

Volaare! Road Trains across Storm Waters in the Kimberley, West Australia

Paul Garvey, in The Australian Newpaper, 11 January 2023, where the title is “Road trains navigate inland sea to deliver vital supplies” Extraordinary steps are being taken to ensure food and medical supplies make it into the communities cut off … Continue reading →

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August 18, 2024 · 2:33 pm

Cricketing Essays from Pissu Michael, 1999-2009

Sophia Corfield’s Partial Bibliography At some point around 2010/11 I hired Sophia Corfield, one of the married postgrad students whom I had supervised earlier at Adelaide University, to compile my CV. One dimension of this task was the focus on  “Unrefereed Popular … Continue reading →

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June 24, 2023 · 8:38 pm

Teenage Spinner Rehan Ahmed in England’s Test Squad

News Item in ABC Net, 24 June 2023, …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/rehan-ahmed-into-ashes-squad-as-moeen-ali-back-up/102519630 England’s daring call-up for teenage spinner Rehan Ahmed would have brought a ‘told you so’ smile to the face of the late, great … Continue reading →

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July 7, 2025 · 12:15 am

For Richmond College: EFC Ludowyk and His Outreach

EFC LUDOWYK MEMORIAL LECTURE,  Organized by the Richmond 60 Club, July 5th, 2025, at the OPA Auditorium the AUTHOR = Austin Fernando The President and members of the Richmond 60 Club, the former Principal of Richmond, Mr. E.M.S. Ekanayake, and friends. … Continue reading →

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September 22, 2025 · 1:35 pm

Huge Flaws in Sri Lanka’s Tax System …. Apoyi!…. Apoyi!

Sanjeewa Jayaweera in the Sunday Island, 21 September 2025, where the title reads “Sri Lanka’s Tax Conundrum–2025“ The eagerly awaited Performance Report of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for 2024 has recently been published. It offers some context regarding the … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2025 · 12:34 am

Sri Lanka ‘Besieged’ by Foreign ‘Settler Tourism’

Dr Asoka Bandarage, in The Island, 5 September 2025 where the title reeads, “Sri Lanka: The beautiful, besieged island” “Israelis are coming to Sri Lanka, and they’ve done what they do best — taking over the place. They’ve occupied it … Continue reading →

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September 30, 2025 · 1:37 pm

Sharika Thiranagama in Profound Q & A on Sri Lanka’s Traumatic Past

Kaniyan Pungundran – Editor-in-Chief of Jaffna Monitor ….September 2025 … ..where the title runs thus: “JVP Still Denies the Tamil Ethnic Question: Sharika Thiranagama Speaks to Jaffna Monitor” It feels like yesterday. As a student, I remember flipping through Amuthu, … Continue reading →

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August 21, 2025 · 9:41 pm

The Ethnic Abyss in Sri Lanka Still Remains

Dr S.  I. Keethaponcalan,in where  the title reads “Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict: From Reconciliation To Reescalation – Analysis,” … pubd on 21 September 2023 at EURASIA REVIEW ++ The national discourse in Sri Lanka moved from conflict termination to reconciliation … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2024 · 5:50 pm

A Ceylon Cricket Eleven in Late 1958 …. Its Ethnic Mix

Michael Roberts Having come across “a drenching cricket story” from late in the year 1958  in my CRICKETIQUE website,  let me place it within THUPPAHI for reflection because the Cricketique site can be visited and read…  BUT is not readily … Continue reading →

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