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December 5, 2024 · 7:32 pm

The IMF’s Vice-Like Grip on Sri Lanka’s Testicles … Continues

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title runs thus‘ ‘The IMF’s Remarkable Timing and a President’s Mandate for Debt Justice” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi** At Annual Meetings in Washington in October International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva claimed … Continue reading →

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November 30, 2024 · 12:13 pm

Tilvin Silva in Q and A – Sri Lanka’s Issues Today

Kelum Bandara in the Daily Mirror, 29 November 2024 Tilvin Silva, the General Secretary of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the core base of National People’s Power (NPP), shares his views on the government’s way forward and responds to social media … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2025 · 12:39 pm

A Depressing Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Predicament About Six Years Back

THIS is an old essay that stayed buried in the Thuppahi system. It neverthless provides food for thought and serves as a testimony to its author (a brother of my friend the late Neville Jayaweera). Stanley too has since passed … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2025 · 8:12 pm

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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April 10, 2024 · 8:27 pm

Introducing Tambiah’s 1992 Book: “Buddhism Betrayed?”

Item in Tamil Nation ……………………………………… https://tamilnation.org/books/eelam/buddhismbetrayed Given Buddhism’s presumed non-violent philosophy, how can committed Buddhist monks and laypersons in Sri Lanka today actively take part in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils? Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah’s Buddhism Betrayed? … Continue reading →

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October 26, 2025 · 7:48 pm

Leonard Woolf: A British Jew in Colonial Jaffna

Sachi Sri Kantha, in an original essay … with  highlighting  in blue  &  red imposed  by The Editor, Thuppahi … Introduction:  Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) was the husband of influential British novelist Virginia Woolf nee Stepehen (1882-1941), who committed suicide. November … Continue reading →

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July 13, 2022 · 6:46 pm

China’s Hand of Support for Sri Lanka Today

Du Qiongfang, in Global Times, 12 July 2022, with this title “China ready to work with relevant countries, intl financial institutions to help Sri Lanka tackle current difficulties: FM” China will continue providing assistance for the economic and social development … Continue reading →

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April 23, 2024 · 7:20 pm

The Royal-Thomian: Yesterday & Today

Uditha Devapriya & Uthpala Wijesuriya, in https://scroll.in/where the title reads thus: “Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter” With an unbroken 145-year streak, the face-off between two of the island-nation’s oldest schools … Continue reading →

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May 7, 2023 · 6:38 pm

Eric Roles at Cricket in Perth: Rendering Service

Veedhi Pelpola’s Speech at the Willetton Cricket Club, Perth …. “Eric Role’s Life Membership Induction Speech” ….. as supplemented with pertinent photogaphs on 23 April 2023.  Good evening, Everyone,  I am honoured to stand before you to talk about Eric … Continue reading →

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April 24, 2022 · 2:44 pm

Lanka Trapped on A Precipice …. Completely Kota Uda

Malinda Seneviratne, in ……………………………………….. https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-brink-and-beyond.html where the title reads “The Brink and Beyond” A line has been crossed. That’s the title of a note doing the rounds referring to the ongoing protests and specifically to the fatal shooting of a … Continue reading →

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