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Israeli Tourists and Investments in Arugam Bay Area Under Threat
ITEM in THE GUARDIAN, 29 October 2024 with this headlin The golden sands of Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay are usually carefree, a place for tourists to surf the famous break and relax on the beach. But last week, the slow … Continue reading →
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Appraising Belfast Before a Historic Cricketing Tussle
Danny Byrne Circular Report …. with title imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Arriving in Belfast for the Ireland vs Zimbabwe Test Match ………. If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dream Where immobile steel rims crack … Continue reading →
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The Fallen: A Poem of Remembrance from Shirani
Shirani Rajapakse in Facebook, May 2025 RajapaksdeoStsprno4ua081m6if89tiau0ga7l89791hc7ah2ll3clf1301308f2c03 · A few years after the conflict ended in 2009 the military was preparing to celebrate War Heros Day at Galle Face. Several roads in Colombo were blocked and traffic diverted as they were … Continue reading →
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Introducing VISIONS OF TREASON by Kelly & Thiranagama
Traitors. Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State-Building …. .. ….. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.9783/9780812205893/html Chap I = Introduction: Specters of Treason …. (pp. 1-23) …. by Tobias Kelly and Sharika Thiranagama …. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fj4qf.3 The English novelist E. M. Forster once wrote that … Continue reading →
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“Ceylonese” Fighting for Britain during the Two World Wars
Michael Roberts Following the recent publication of the book Volunteers from Ceylon who served in the British and Commonwealth Forces during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945) …. I asked the assiduous compilers of this work to … Continue reading →
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Breaking New Ground & Transcending Centuries: For All Ceylonese Across Continents
Rajiva Wijesinha, in The ISLAND, August 2024 …. a review of THE CEYLON JOURNAL …. Earlier this month I attended the launch of a new journal, the brainchild of a youngster called Avishka Mario Seneviratne. I had been urged to … Continue reading →
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Cricket & Galle in Rothman’s ‘Potted’ History of Sri Lanka
VIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJyW-rdZPQ …. entitled “The Modern Origins of Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict” Alex Rothman 4.87K subscribers 3,440 views Jan 4, 2023 GALLE Sri Lanka’s civil war was one of the longest running in modern history. The conflict between the Sinhalese … Continue reading →
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Encirclement in Religious Practice & Deadly War Strike
Michael Roberts, inspired by interaction & dialogue with Douglas Farrer of the National University of Singapore in the years 2009 to 2014** VISIT 2012 “Encompassing Empowerment in Ritual, War & Assassination: Tantric Principles in Tamil Tiger Instrumentalities,” in Social Analysis, … Continue reading →
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South Australia beat Victoria to Sustain Top-Spot in Sheffield Shield
Alex Malcolm in ESPNcricinfo, 9 March 2025 South Australia 283 (McSweeney 60, O’Neill 5-51, Boland 4-53) and 300 for 6 (Lehmann 105*, Scott 83, Hunt 66, Boland 3-69) beat Victoria 285 (Kellaway 79, Thornton 4-42, Buckingham 4-70) and 297 (Kellaway 77, Dixon 76, … Continue reading →
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Ranasinghe Premadasa: As Pragmatic as Visionary in Political Method
Dr. Mahim Mendis, in Daily FT, 26 April 2024 …. where the title runs thus: “Revivial of Premadasism the Way Forward for Sri Lanka,” …in DailyFT, 26 April Truly cultured men and women have the capacity to be thankful for the … Continue reading →
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