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Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantation Industry As Featured in Thuppahi aka TPS

A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY https://thuppahis.com/2017/02/18/james-taylor-and-the-ceylon-tea-industry/ https://thuppahis.com//2017/02/21/the-tea-business-in-ceylon-and-the-life-and-times-of-tony-peries/ https://thuppahis.com/2017/07/18/ceylon-tea-and-its-surrounds-richard-simons-tour-de-force/            

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Police Plans –To Cope with Potential Conflict Beyond the Cricket Field at the Pakistan-UIndia Cricket Match

“Attending India Vs Pakistan game : Notice from Sri Lanka Police” ….. 15 February 2026 at 9:25 AM A comprehensive security plan has been formulated for the 2026 T-20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan. All essential arrangements concerning … Continue reading

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The Ceylonese Who Fought … & Died …. at Gallipoli in 1915

A NOTE from Retd Gp Capt. Kumar Kirinde, 25 April 2025 During the Gallipoli campaign, the Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps (CPRC) played a role, with a unit of around 80-130 troops serving as escorts and bodyguards for the General Commanding … Continue reading

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The Donald’s SCHEME to resolve Gaza’s Future

HOT-HOT  News Item sent to the Thuppahiya  by Nandasiri Jasentuliyana in USA      

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Impasse: Uneasy Peace in the IRAN Arena

Desert Wanderer, with  highlights imposed by  The Editor, Thuppahi I have just read that Trump has postponed his plan to destroy the entire Persian civilization for two weeks. He is using this “threat of annihilation” as leverage to force Iran … Continue reading

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Suffocation!! … Trump’s Programme for Gaza, Venezuela & Cuba

An Observer in a Black Sea Resort U.S. President Donald Trump wants countries to pay at least $1 billion to remain on the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ beyond a three-year limit, according to the text of the body’s charter obtained … Continue reading

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Trump on Warpath and in Europe

HOT NEWS: A TELEGRAPH Editorial The secret to a longer life may lie in gardening as opposed to more exercise, according to Harvard scientists who believe they have found the formula to extend your longevity. Laura Donnelly, our Health Editor, … Continue reading

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Trincomalee and the Cold War Calculus of 1987: India’s Disastrous Intervention in Sri Lanka

KKS Perera …. responding to a circular request from The Editor, TPS, for “Thoughts and/or Lessons for the World from the Consequences of the Indian Government’s Military Intervention in Sri Lanka in 1987″  … ………with highlights and photographs being the … Continue reading

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Sri Lankans Spearhead Rescue of Iranian Survivors

Item in Al-Jazeera, 4 March 2026, with this headline “US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth” Sri Lanka says it recovered several bodies and rescued 32 wounded sailors after the frigate sank just outside the island’s … Continue reading

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Devastating Floods Hit Sri Lanka Severely ….

Aubrey Joachim … in an article entitled “Sri Lanka’s second tsunami moment. This time it came from the skies.” .. Almost 21 years after the devastation of the 2004 Asian tsunami that wreaked havoc across much of Asia, most of … Continue reading

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