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August 20, 2024 · 1:58 am

An Easter Sunday 2019 Calamity: Vale Lt. Sugath Nadeeshan Silva

Admiral Ravi Wijegunaratne  … writing on 21st April 2024 in  Today  is Sunday 21st April 2024.  Five years ago 21st April 2019 was Easter Sunday 2019.  SLCG Ship Suraksha, an 100 meter long Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), was getting ready for a … Continue reading →

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April 6, 2025 · 1:10 am

Fermenting Divisions, Favouring the Mighty … in the North & the East of Lanka

Tisaranee Gunasekara in Financial Times 2 April 2025 …. where the title reads “Cauldron-stirring time, again?” … while the highlighting is the work of The Editor, Thuppahi [with a caveat noted at the end of this presentation]  “Double, double, toil and … Continue reading →

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June 7, 2023 · 4:47 pm

Colossal Flaws in Ukrainian Propaganda Pitch

An Observer in a Black Sea Resort Town Here is an Ukranian propaganda film showing well-fed soldiers, wearing clean uniforms, who haven’t seen fighting, in a pristine location, with each soldier putting their forefinger to their mouth indicating “keep silent”, somewhat … Continue reading →

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May 19, 2023 · 1:23 am

De Silva-Ranasinghe’s In-Depth Studies of the LTTE’s Downfall During Eelam War IV . A Bibliography

From Perth with Incisive Penetration: De Silva-Ranasinghe’s In-Depth Analysis of the LTTE’s Downfall During Eelam War IV …. A Bibliography             De Silva-Ranasinghe, Sergei 2009a “Political and Security Implications of Sri Lanka’s Armed Conflict,” Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter, … Continue reading →

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October 21, 2025 · 3:15 pm

IPKF Atrocities: The Massacres at the Jaffna Hospital, October 1987

Raj Sivanathan in GROUNDVIEWS, 21 October 2025, where the title reads thus “The Unhealed  Wounds: The Jaffna Hospital Tragedy 38  Years On” The soil of Jaffna still carries voices from the hospital wards of 1987. The question is whether the … Continue reading →

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February 19, 2026 · 2:01 pm

TW Roberts Pamphlet, circa 1936: “Problems of Public Life in India & Ceylon”

TW Roberts: PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC LIFE IN  INDIA AND CEYLON Contents Page The Ceylon Elections Of 1936                                                  … Continue reading →

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October 1, 2025 · 7:44 pm

A Searing Review of the Trump-Blair Peace Plan for Gaza

Dr Anas Iqtait of  , whose chosen title was “Tony Blair’s ‘Board of Peace’ is a farce, not diplomacy” Donald Trump’s 20-point “peace  plan” for Gaza, unveiled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s endorsement, has been  presented as a blueprint … Continue reading →

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July 28, 2024 · 7:52 pm

Vale PVJ Jayasekera — Historian … Richmondite

An Appreciation within Richmond Viththi in Facebook, 11 July 2024 Renowned Richmondite Professor P V J Jaysekara passed away. He is the one and only History professor produced by Richmond College, Galle. He Supervised Mr Ananda Dias-Jayasinha to write the … Continue reading →

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May 20, 2023 · 8:44 pm

Papua New Guinea drawn into Aussie-US War Plans against China

Paul Gregoire in Sydney with “Sydney Lawyers” at masthead and this title =  “AUKUS power are militárising Papua New Guinea in Preparation for War with China,” 16 May 2023, … ………………………. https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aukus-powers-are-militarising-papua-new-guinea-in-preparation-for-war-with-china Journalist John Pilger’s 2017 documentary The Coming War With … Continue reading →

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January 22, 2025 · 4:35 pm

RIP Victor Ivan: JVP, Reporter, Stirrer …..

Rajpal Abeynayake, in The Daily News, 20 January 2025 This week marked the passing of a public figure who was controversial by any measure, and the forgettable passing of another that most Sri Lankans would for very good reason, rather … Continue reading →

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