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Lionel Rose: Aboriginal Boxer who united Australia
Will Swanton, in The Weekend Australian, 3-4 July 2021, where the title runs “Lionel Rose: battler who united Australia” Lionel Rose unified the nation more powerfully than Bradman, if more briefly — Bradman never had 250,000 cheering him through the streets. … Continue reading →
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An Epitaph for Martin Luther King and Memphis Today –when Black Lives Matter
Jane Russell, reviewing Stuart Cosgrove “Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul,” Polygon Press Oct. 2017 This book is the middle section of a critically acclaimed sixties ‘soul’ trilogy by Australian-Scot Stuart Cosgrove, award winning broadcaster for Channel 4 and long-time … Continue reading →
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Mahindapala on Trump and USA after Trump with Kamala Harris in the Biden Team
H. L. D. Mahindapala, in LankaWeb, November 2020, where the title reads: “Post-Trump America with Biden – not to mention Kamala Harris” …. highlighting by Editor, Thuppahi Say what you like against Donald Trump, the man was a phenomenon. Whether … Continue reading →
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A Cricketing Prasasti for Kusal from Andrew
Andrew Fernando, in ESPNcrcinfo, 18 February 2019, where the title is “Kusal Perera bats with body, heart and soul in innings of a lifetime” That vein. The vein on Dale Steyn‘s forehead has come alive. He is mid-pitch, biceps taut, knees … Continue reading →
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Vibrant Lifeways in Sri Lanka via Its Literary Figures and Places
Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta in The Hindu, 8 December 2018, where the title is “In Sri Lanka, Life imitates Art” As we travel through Sri Lanka, its strong literary voices come crashing in like waves, and life seems to imitate art I … Continue reading →
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Divine Kingship in Cricket. In Australian Colours
Michael Roberts TV footage displayed today on ABC and other Australian stations reveal a middle-aged South African fan telling David Warner something as he walks up the pathway to the pavilion after his dismissal. Warner then pauses and with angry … Continue reading →
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Fighting LTTE Women …. Looking Back from 2016
Kim Wall and Mansi Choksi, in Longreads, May 2018 where the title is “A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers” …… How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed … Continue reading →
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Rivetting Data on the Jaffna Peninsula and Tamil Politics, 1929-1970s
Handy Perinbanayagam This is a reproduction of COMMENTS in a previous Thuppahi Item from 2012 — which presented an article by Rajan Philips in the Sunday Island of 26 February 2012. This unusual step is taken because the information therein: … Continue reading →
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With A Few Choice Words: Appreciating FC de Saram’s Cricket Career
Eardley Lieversz, a reprint from the Royal Cricket Souvenir, 2005, where the title runs “With a few choice words, Royal cricket under F. C. de Saram’s Tutelage” Many distinguished old boys have coached Royal at cricket. Names such as “Chippy” … Continue reading →
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