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The Roots & Channels of Socio-Political Power in Sri Lanka …. Yesterday & Today

Michael Roberts  I came across the genealogy of the Madugalle Family quite accidentally ..…. https://thuppahis.com/2026/02/08/the-madugalle-genealogy-from-way-back/#more-96229 It should serve as a springboard for historical reflection on the socio-political currents of the 18th to mid-twentieth  century – work linked to our knowledge … Continue reading

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The Oneness in Death marked by Ataturk’s Epitaph at Gallipoli

An EMAIL NOTE from Mayura Botejue, in USA, 26 April 2025** I have been to Gallipoli and read the following on a memorial: “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … You are now lying in the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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