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From Banda to Gota
Laleen Jayamanne, in The Island, 20 & 27 July 2022 where the title runs thus: “Teargas cinema and Rukmani Devi” “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike … Continue reading →
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TW Roberts R.I.P. ……. July 1976
A Vale in[1] Appreciation, From Miss Norah Roberts … Continue reading →
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Deeply Wounded. Also Divided? Sri Lanka Today
Neloufer De Mel, in History Today, Vol 72/8, September 2022, where the title reads “Sri Lanka’s Deep Wounds” ** On 31 March 2022 a public protest occurred in the vicinity of the home of the Sri Lankan president Gotabhaya Rajapakse. … Continue reading →
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Expanding War in Middle-East with Increasing Brinkmanship & Bluff
SEE Alistair Crooke’s Assessment at almayadeen with this title “Bluffs and Counter Bluffs as the War Widens” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The Washington Post reported on 7 January 2024 that Biden has tasked his staff with preventing widening … Continue reading →
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The Pervasive Spoils System of Yesteryear Rejected in Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections
Merril Gunaratne, …. Senior DIG Police (Retired).. in The Island newspaper …. where a different title is deployed. Note that the highlights here are impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi .** The propaganda which possibly helped the NPP leader to overcome … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Cricketers beat Zimbabwe with Surprising Ease
S. Sudharshanan in ESPNcricinfo, 2 July 2023, with the title “Theekshana, Nissanka hand Sri Lanka ODI World Cup ticket” A clinical bowling performance backed by an unbeaten 101 from Pathum Nissanka helped Sri Lanka register a nine-wicket win in the Super … Continue reading →
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Senaka Calls for a Ticker-Tape Farewell for the Aussie Cricket Teams
Senaka Weeraratna Give Aussies a Ticker Tape parade as a farewell gesture by driving them through the streets of Colombo (near Galle Face Green) once this popular Australian cricket tour is over. This is exactly what the Australians did in … Continue reading →
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The Israeli Concept of “Human Animals” in Palestine
Gamini Seneviratne Appropriate though it is, the words … “Human Animals” … in the heading do not refer to those who are slaughtering the human beings resident in Gaza and the West Bank. They are the ones used by the … Continue reading →
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The Vocabulary Girding & Gilding Israel’s Programme of Genocide in Palestine
Gamini Seneviratne, in The Island, 12 September 2025, where the title is “Human Animals” The words in the heading do not refer to those who are slaughtering the human beings resident in Gaza and the West Bank. They are the ones … Continue reading →
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JLK Van Dort’s Vibrant 19th Century Sketches of British Ceylon
Ismeth Raheem, in the Sunday Times, 24 December 2023, where the title reads “A Christmas sketch among the many 19th century social events captured by J.L.K. Van Dort” . … An Item conveyed to me by David Sansoni of Sydney and now sibject … Continue reading →
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