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Ushering in the New Year in Culturally Meaningful Manner in Colombo
Uditha Devapriya and Pasindu Nimsara, whose preferred title is “Kévum, KrÏda, and Kadé: Avurudu in Colombo” … from The Island, 19 April 2024 No Avurudu would be complete without an Avurudu Ulela. It has become part of our national social … Continue reading →
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One “Michael Roberts” from Sri Lanka …
Featured by Adilah Ismail of the SUNDAY TIMES of Sri Lanka in January 2016….under this title “Colourful history of a historian” Looking back on his ‘going-down memory lane interviews’ with retired Britishers and Sri Lankans who served mainly in the … Continue reading →
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Remembering the War Dead in UK ….. and Lanka
Kumar Kirinde et al in the RAFOA circle Ref to the subject, each year on 11th November, Britain and the Commonwealth countries remember their war dead in a formal manner by laying Poppy wreaths at their respective national war memorials … Continue reading →
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Dharmasoka College in Ambalangoda and Its Founder
Jagath De Silva, in The Island, 19 May 2024, where the title runs thus “A valuäble publication on the history of Dharmasoka College, ambalangoda” This is a remarkable testament to the history and legacy of Dharmasoka College, meticulously compiled by … Continue reading →
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Territorial Claims: First Settlers & Their Primacy
Michael Roberts, presenting an article published in 2005 as a pamphlet by the ICES, Colombo with this title “The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion” … an essay originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking … Continue reading →
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Leading Aussie Newspaper’s Gross Misreading of Ukraine’s War Situation
An Observer at A Black Sea Town … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi I thought Ukraine was doing well – so says Peter Jennings writing in The Australian yesterday. Jennings claimed Putin was “fighting for his survival” and … Continue reading →
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Iranian Warship seeks Protection … Yet More ‘Storms’ from the War in Middle-East
ITEM ONE: Iranian Vessel Seeks Safety in Lankan Waters, 5 March 2026 By Anupreeta Das …& Pamodi Waravita reporting from Galle, Sri Lanka A day after an Iranian ship was torpedoed by the U.S. in the waters near Sri Lanka, the country’s … Continue reading →
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St. Thomas’ College: A Wide-ranging History of the ‘School by the Sea’
David Sansoni, whose preferred title is “STC – an unauthorised history of Lanka’s greatest Public School” Richard Simon’s ‘history of Lanka’s greatest public school’, is an epic poem! Epic, in its reach; poetic, in its lyricism, this towering, magnificent opus is … Continue reading →
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Noel Nadesan’s Critical Reflections on the Sri Lankan Tamils’Armed Struggle
Rajeswary Balasubramaniam, reviewing Odyssey of War by Noel Nadesan ** The ‘Odyssey of War’, a novel by Dr. Noel Nadesan published by Sarasavi Publishers, reflects the struggle for the liberation of Tamils in Sri Lanka (1977-2009) and the failure of … Continue reading →
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Dabbling into Thuppahi: Visitors Over The Last Week
ITEMS that brought in the Thuppahiyooo ….. The Tsunami Trauma in the Town of Galle, 26 December 2024 484 VIEWS Home page / Archives 446 Lisa Sthalekar: From A Pune Dustbin to Cricket Captaincy of Australian 126 Offensive Racist Place-Names … Continue reading →
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