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Full-Frontal: The Trump-Zelensky Spat …… Implications
Dr. Matthew Crosston … article in Modern Diplomacy with the title reading: “Trump vs. Zelensky: Popping the Proxy War” …. presented here wthout the accompanying photos [tech issues] History will likely look back on the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Topsy-Turvy Economy in the Last Decade
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake*…. with her choice of title being “Sri Lanka Back as Donor Darling Ignores the BRICS” and a sub-title that runs thus “France’s Macron and the US Fish in the Indian Ocean …. presented here with highlights imposed by … Continue reading →
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How to ‘Tweak’ Trump’s Tariff Programme to Benefit Lanka
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose preferred title is “Opportunity in Trump’s Tariff Shock: Diversify Products, Markets, and Industrialize” Real and staged crises present opportunities to reorient, innovate and think outside the box. Trump’s tariff ‘shock’ presents Sri Lanka’s business sector and national … Continue reading →
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Zain Airudeen’s Recounting of the Tsunami Traumas in and Beyond Hambantota
Zain Airudeen in The Daily Mirror, December 2024 …….. … via Kamanthi Wickremasinghe: Tsunami Survivors of Hambantota still relate tales of trauma and communal harmony A view of the vast destruction of Hambantota, a coastal town in the South of … Continue reading →
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The Dutch Museum in The Pettah after Renovation
Randima Atytgalle, in The Sunday Island, 28 July 2024 where the title reads “A monument to all things Dutch,” … while the photos are his work or that of Prof KD Paranavitana. The Dutch Museum in Colombo, located at Prince … Continue reading →
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The Limits of Empiricist Reasoning in Analytical Studies of the Past
Michael Roberts …. being a presentation again of an article presented in June 2014 in the Sri Lanka Guardian with the title “Fashioning History in Sri Lanka.” …. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2014/06/fashioning-history-in-sri-lanka.html There are several interpersonal exchanges which moulded my thinking before I … Continue reading →
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DWL Lieversz on Cricket at Royal College, 1923-29
“My Recollections of Cricket at Royal From 1923 to 1929” by DWL Lieversz** …… presented on 1 November 2007 …. with highlighting in this version being the hand of The Editor, Thuppahi It is generally believed that the older you … Continue reading →
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Windies floored by Sri Lanka at Harare
Michael Roberts The once mighty West Indian cricket squad have been in the doldrums for some time and were at the bottom of the table going into their final match in the competition among the second tier teams being held … Continue reading →
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The Tsunami’s Impact on Infrastruture in Sri Lanka
Prof. Amarasiri de Silva, in The Island, 26 December 2024 where the title reads thus “A 20-year reflection on housing struggles of Tsunami survivors” … with a sub-title that reads “Revisiting Field Research in Amparai“ The aftermath of the 2004 … Continue reading →
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From The Sublime to The Ridiculous: “Little Akio’s” Breadth of Quotable quotes
Item sent by Dulip Karunaratne of St. Aloysius in Galle then & Queensland now The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing some History.” Who said *’Give me Liberty, or give me Death?”* ………………….. She saw a sea of blank faces, … Continue reading →
