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The Murrays: Among the Pioneer Planters in British Ceylon
TPS presents here an item which bore the original title “The Scotts, The Murrays And The Polkes – Scions Of Pioneer Planters’ In Ceylon” (2020) (Click on photo to enlarge) (Click on photo to enlarge) (Click on photo to enlarge) … Continue reading →
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Bishop Chickera’s Incisive Warning re Israeli Inroads at Arugam Bay
Bishop Chickera in Groundviews, 23 November 2024, where the title reads “Arugam Bay: Hidden Currents” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi There has been growing public concern over the recent weeks about happenings in Arugam Bay. This analysis … Continue reading →
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Syria is A Nonentity Today
Nostradamus II, … with highlighting added by The Editor, Thuppahi Jolani isn’t as stupid as one might think. Before meeting Trump in the oval office and getting a tour of the Lincoln Bedroom and a state banquet, the former head-chopping … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka ‘Besieged’ by Foreign ‘Settler Tourism’
Dr Asoka Bandarage, in The Island, 5 September 2025 where the title reeads, “Sri Lanka: The beautiful, besieged island” “Israelis are coming to Sri Lanka, and they’ve done what they do best — taking over the place. They’ve occupied it … Continue reading →
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Kittu as LTTE Commander: A Violent, Tempestuous History
DBS Jeyaraj in The Daily Mirror, 20 January 2025, where the title reads “How Tiger ‘Col’ Kittu lost a leg when a bomb was thrown at him in Jaffna” Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai … Continue reading →
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Victor Ivan, RIP: …. The Wikipedia Memo on Victor
Michael Roberts, I got to know Victor at a convivial session at Ananda Chittambalam’s house in Bambalapitiya in 1989. Our common interests in the island’s history and its tempestuous present meant that we kept in sporadic touch. I have his … Continue reading →
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For Muralidhar Reddy: Thoughts on Eelam War IV in late 2009
ONE: Preamble by Michael Roberts I was in Colombo from mid-April 2009 to early June and observed the local coverage of Eelam War IV at its bitter end. I was invited by Muralidhar Reddy[i] to write articles for Frontline on aspects of the … Continue reading →
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Long-Distance Tamil Nationalism in Toronto
Sharika Thiranagama …. Abstract of her refereed article in the American Anthropologist, Vol. 116, No. 2 (JUNE 2014), pp. 265-278 (14 pages) …. where the title reads thus: “Making Tigers from Tamils: Long-Distance Nationalism and Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto” … Continue reading →
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An American Outsider’s Appraisal of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict unto Death
Prefatory Note by Michael Roberts in Adelaide, 7 June 2025 Brian Victoria was a colleague teaching Japanese in the Asian Studies Department when I moved to Adelaide Univerisity Anthropology in 1977; and we got to know each other at … Continue reading →
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YEMEN: Yesterday & Today
Compilation by Group Captain Kumar Kirinde, SLAF retd … with some illustrationsin the original missing A historical nation that was divided between two empires in the 19th century that became two independent nations in the 20th century which united as … Continue reading →
