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When Kandyan Sinhala Aristocrats First Saw The Ocean …..

T๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’š๐’‚๐’’๐’” ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐‘บ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’„๐’†๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ด๐’–๐’•๐’˜๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’„๐’Œ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ….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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Facing A Corpse: Asia vs The West โ€ฆ. A Fundamental Difference & Its Political Implications

ย  Michael Robertsย  ย ย  The sharp warring conflict in Syria today amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine and that in Gaza underlines stories and โ€˜picturesโ€™ of battlefield dead (both civilians and soldiers). These in their turn highlight the fundamental differences … Continue reading

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Memories: Growing Up Jewish in New York

Richard Koenigsberg Just to go back in time a bit. Before High School, I lived in a lower-middle class neighborhood, (Irvington, New Jersey). I lot of Italians, Poles, etc., although I didn’t pay much attention to ethnicity. Many of the … Continue reading

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“Europe in Danger” — Trump Eviscerated by French Senator

Verbatim Record of Claude Malhuret’s Speech in French Senate, March 2025 ** โ€œPresident, 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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Military Overreach and Peacekeeping Failures: West Asia vs Sri Lanka

Navigator of Pearl and Persian Currents … with highlighting being the imposition of The Editor, Thuppahi Interventions, meant to stabilize, often alienate all parties, and can lead to prolonged, difficult conflicts where the intervening force finds itself fighting against former … Continue reading

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Rare Birds: Sri Lanka Only……Layard’s Parakeet

Layard’s parakeet ……….. from Wikipedia Layard’s parakeet Female eating fruit inย Sri Lanka Conservation status Least Concernย ย (IUCN 3.1)[1] CITESย Appendix IIโ€ฏ[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittaculidae Genus: Psittacula Species: P.ย calthrapae Binomial name Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth, … Continue reading

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Hanson’s Australia and the Rise of Populism

Vox Populi TAKE IN THIS ITEM: ….https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/poll-predicts-one-nation-federal-opposition/106714586 One Nation inherits the right-wing throne ….. Australia faces a fractured, Americanised future….. The Liberals are dead. One Nation is predicted to become the new opposition, resulting in the total destruction and annihilation … Continue reading

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Sport and Pastime in British Ceylon

Michael Roberts, presenting an old unpubd article drafted in the 1990s ….with highlights being Today’s insertions It is feasible to suggest that leisure activity blossomed in Europe in the course of the nineteenth century. As European society was re-ordered by … Continue reading

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Australia’s Imperialist Face towards the Solomon Islands

Fair Dinkum, … an original essay in response to A Note from Darini Rajasingham (reproduced below)ย  … but with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavareโ€™s statement that a country intends to invade Solomon Islands … Continue reading

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Developing Hambantota Port: The Controversy in 2019

Michael Roberts My Set of Bibliographical References An Insider: โ€œThe Internal Tussles & Vagaries and Scheming that hindered the Development of the Hambantota Port Project,โ€ 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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