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“Europe in Danger” — Trump Eviscerated by French Senator
Verbatim Record of Claude Malhuret’s Speech in French Senate, March 2025 ** “President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dear colleagues, Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks … Continue reading →
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The Lull Before the Storm: Why the Islamabad Collapse Signals Global Catastrophe.
Desert Wanderer … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi SEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/ceasefire-deal-iran-us-israel-war-trump/ The negotiations in Islamabad have ended without an agreement. Rather than engaging in genuine diplomacy, the United States attempted to bully the Iranian negotiators into accepting their demands … Continue reading →
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Developing Hambantota Port: The Controversy in 2019
Michael Roberts My Set of Bibliographical References An Insider: “The Internal Tussles & Vagaries and Scheming that hindered the Development of the Hambantota Port Project,” 15 September 2021, https://thuppahis.com/2021/09/15/the-internal-tussles-vagaries-and-scheming-that-hindered-the-development-of-the-hambantoa-port-project/#more-55017
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Adverse “Currents” of Iranian War Impacting on Sri Lanka
ONE: Another Iranian Warship in Lanka’s Vicinity? News Item headlined: “Sri Lanka attempting to ensure security of second Iranian warship – minister ” The vessel is outside the island nation’s territorial waters, but within its exclusive economic zone, a minister … Continue reading →
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When Kandyan Sinhala Aristocrats First Saw The Ocean …..
T𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒘𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏 ….Illustrated by the leading Sri Lankan (Ceylonese) artist of the 19th Century, J. L. K. van Dort in 1886. The composition by van Dort is arranged almost theatrically. At … Continue reading →
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Prawn Dishes to Savour … Dissolving Ethnic Differences!
BBC News Item: “Isso Vade : The spicy snack that unites Sri Lanka,” in The Island, 12 February 2023, ….. https://island.lk/isso-vade-the-spicy-snack-that-unities-sri-lanka/#:~:text=Isso%20(prawn)%20vade%20(pattie,with%20onions%20and%20curry%20leaves. As the train pulled into Peradeniya Junction station in central Sri Lanka, the man sitting opposite me leapt out … Continue reading →
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Revisiting ‘Noble Death’ via the Tamil Tigers
Michael Roberts An ‘outfit’ named ACADEMIA.COM has sent me digital links to old articles from my ‘pen’ on web that have attracted HITS. This is a flattering nudge to my weakening memory bank. As new generations of ‘students’ of the … Continue reading →
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A Sri Lankan Author’s Work …”Offerings to a Blue God”
Offerings to the Blue God by Shirani Rajapakse Synopsis: A child saved from the tsunami finds herself trapped as a domestic slave, a young woman finds out the true face of her lover when she builds up the courage to visit … Continue reading →
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A Reading of the Sri Lankan Elections from THE ECONOMIST
Item in The Economist, 23 Nov 2024: “Sri Lanka’s Left Turn: Sri Lanka’s president with Marxist roots now dominates parliament too” .… with highlighting emphasis imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi SRI LANKA was once a pioneer of free-market capitalism in … Continue reading →
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Addressing the Place of Agriculture & the Mahaweli in Lanka’s Economic Future–In August 1974
Michael Roberts The three-day conference on 16-19 August 1974 devoted to the topic of AGRICULTURE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SRI LANKA held at the excellent conference facility at the Department of Agriculture at Gannoruwa – within easy distance from the … Continue reading →
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