Search Results for: force

August 28, 2024 · 2:10 pm

Confronting China: US-Australia Military Alliance Expands

NEWS ITEM sent to TPS …. with Comment from “Sarcasm Pacific” …. & highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia — Deep in the outback, a flurry of construction by Australia and the United … Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

June 6, 2025 · 1:59 pm

Merle Oberon’s Burgher Genealogical Lineage …

An Item passed on by Jayantha Somasundaram of Canberra, June 2025 … with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi  Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was raised as the daughter of Arthur … Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under historical interpretation, life stories, unusual people

August 1, 2022 · 6:37 pm

The Force of Migrants in Australia Today: Figures & Insights

Bernard Salt in THE AUSTRALIAN,  30/31 July 2022  where the title reads “Celebrating Our Migration Nation” It is a single demographic metric that encapsulates modern Australia. It is often the subject of heated debate. It rises and falls over time, … Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under Australian culture, communal relations, cultural transmission, demography, economic processes, ethnicity, evolution of languages(s), governance, heritage, historical interpretation, landscape wondrous, language policies, life stories, modernity & modernization, patriotism, politIcal discourse, power politics, refugees, self-reflexivity, tolerance, travelogue, unusual people, world events & processes

March 8, 2024 · 12:47 pm

Palaly Airport as Site for SLAF Exhibition

Ananth Palakidnar in Daily News, 10 March 2024 … with highlighting emphasis being the work of the Editor Thuppahi The Sri Lanka Air Force has chosen the city of Jaffna to include in its 73rd-anniversary celebration by organising an exhibition … Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under centre-periphery relations, communal relations, counter-insurgency, Eelam, ethnicity, governance, heritage, historical interpretation, insurrections, landscape wondrous, life stories, military strategy, performance, politIcal discourse, power politics, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, slanted reportage, sri lankan society, terrorism, transport and communications, truth as casualty of war, world events & processes

June 29, 2025 · 9:37 pm

Milestones: Chandrika at Eighty

Gamini Keerawella in The Island,  29 June 2025  where the title runs thus: “CBK at 80: A Trailblazer’s Legacy in Perspective”   Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, … Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under accountability

June 20, 2025 · 1:49 am

When An African Major undermined a White Racist

SEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNfnbU-Kc0 … ‘Karoline Leavitt Tells Traoré “Sit Down, Boy” — His Reply Leaves America Speechless’ Ibrahim Traoré (French pronunciation: [ibʁaim tʁaɔʁe]; born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has served as the interim President … Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under accountability, life stories, politIcal discourse, self-reflexivity, unusual people

March 29, 2026 · 12:50 pm

Trump’s Hallucinations are A Threat to the World Order

Desert Traveller, whose original title runs thus:  “The Gospel of “Bomb Diplomacy”: Trump, Hegseth, and the Death of the Global Order” In the gilded vacuum of a Miami ballroom last Friday, the world was treated to the latest episode of … Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Filed under Uncategorized

March 9, 2026 · 3:39 pm

Sri Lanka’s Exemplary Action As Moral Guide For Awkward Situations

Sheyana Labrooy, in an article in eLanka entitled “Sri Lanka Steps Forward: A Blueprint for Peace in the Indian Ocean” ‘True global leadership is defined not by displays of power or retaliatory action, but by the strength to rise above conflict and … Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under Uncategorized

May 25, 2025 · 4:30 pm

Anguish Without Closure … As Sri Lankan Tamils Lament The Missing

Jeevan Ravindran in Al-Jazeera, 24 May 2025…. where the title runs thus: ‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake?” Tamils commemorating the loved ones they lost, or who were ‘disappeared’, during the civil war that ended 16 … Continue reading →

8 Comments

Filed under accountability, historical interpretation, life stories, politIcal discourse, self-reflexivity, sri lankan society, Uncategorized, unusual people, world events & processes

July 3, 2025 · 12:35 pm

Rugby: British Lions Down Under –Schedule

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Date 28 June – 2 August 2025 …………..Coach … Andy Farrell ….. ……………. Tour captain(s) Maro Itoje

Leave a comment

Filed under art & allure bewitching, communal relations, cultural transmission, ethnicity, landscape wondrous, life stories, nationalism, patriotism, performance, travelogue, Uncategorized, unusual people