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December 2, 2024 · 5:36 pm

Politics of Identity in Lanka: Mithran Tiruchelvam’s Introduction in 1997 to his Book

Introduction by Mithran Tiruchelvam …. a son of Neelan Tiruchelvam of the ICES [who was tragically assassinated by the LTTE in front of the ICES offices one year later] The present collection of essays arose out of a symposium held … Continue reading →

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January 10, 2025 · 5:43 pm

The Australian Cricket Squad for Their Sri Lankan Tour

Andrew McGlashan, in ESPN, 9 January 2025 where the title reads “Connolly, McSweeney, Kuhnemann included for Sri Lanka tour” Cooper Connolly has earned his first Test call up and Nathan McSweeney has been recalled for Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka while Sam Konstas and Beau Webster are both … Continue reading →

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January 10, 2025 · 1:19 pm

General Shavendra Silva Retires …. AN Outstanding Leader Amidst Controversy

Dilrook Kannangara, in LankaWeb, 1  January 2025 with this title “The Greatest Hero of Our Time: A Tribute to General Shavendra Silva on His Retirement”  The most decorated military officer of the Sri Lanka Army has retired from all military … Continue reading →

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June 28, 2025 · 5:55 pm

Remembering Desmond De Silva …. Vibrant Singer

Courtesy of Charles Schokman, …presenting the Wikipedia Note on Desmond ………………………………………… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva Desmond De Silva Sentimental Me CD     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWbSmXmv10 Desmond Anaclitus Rajiva de Silva (ඩෙස්මන්ඩ් ද සිල්වා in [Sinhala]; 13 July 1944 – 9 January 2022), popularly known as Desmond de Silva, was a Sri Lankan singer, … Continue reading →

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July 14, 2024 · 8:12 pm

NATO’s Global Ambitions on the Path to Imperial Conquest

Observer in a Black Sea Port This You Tube item serves up an excellent discussion and critical analysis of some of the key clauses of the recent NATO communique. It is entertaining too. There is a vast gap between the intellectual … Continue reading →

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March 10, 2025 · 7:09 pm

“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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May 25, 2024 · 2:03 am

A Rare Photograph: Gamini Dissanayake with the Australian and Sri Lankan Cricket Squads and Entourages at Asgiriya on 22nd April 1983

Michael Roberts                     THE SRI LANKAN PERSONNEL in the PHOTOGRAPH …. identified with aid from Mevan Pieris, Lam Seneviratne & Prakash Schaffter… with a few of the Australians identified in blue. … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2026 · 7:02 pm

Trump’s Gross Misreading of IRAN …….

Janan Ganesh, FT … in an article bearing this Title: “Trump learns that not everyone has a price” Who is the anti-Trump? The human opposite of him? Robert Mueller, who once investigated the US president, had a strong claim. He … Continue reading →

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September 30, 2025 · 1:31 am

Cold War Machinations in the Past: Allende & Bandaranaike

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title is “The Cold War Killing of Ceylon’s Bandaranaike and Chile’s Allende: ‘Operation Colombo’, Culture War and the Disinformation Game” Decolonizing Global South History and WOKE Film  Rithika Kodithuwakku as a Tamil Sakkili Woman in Asoka Handagama’s … Continue reading →

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December 25, 2025 · 10:13 pm

The US heads for A Day of Reckoning Sui Generis

CK Watt Trump has accused Venezuela of stealing oil, land and assets from the USA.  He has branded the Venezuelan government “a terrorist organisation” which he believes legitimizes extra judicial killings of ordinary citizens, seizing Venezuelan oil tankers, and all … Continue reading →

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