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June 13, 2025 · 1:01 am

Catastrophe! London-bound Air India Flight Crashes

Yashee Sharma & Jorge Bianco  An Air India plane headed for London has crashed with more than 240 people on board, including 61 foreign nationals, in the north-west Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The city police commissioner said it “appears there … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2026 · 12:23 am

Sabotage and Subversion: A Must-Watch Documentary on the Special Operations Executive’s Clandestine Operations in WWII

Tony Donaldson   TAKE-IN …. https://youtu.be/A-U2MD-dxXs?si=PK2AN91od1cp2ABD This is an excellent 8 part series on the SOE in WW2, at least the last 5 programs.  Ep 4 focuses on the Dutch section which was betrayed. The SS caught the first SOE agents … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2026 · 1:09 am

How “The Australian” manipulates Australia in geopolitical warfare

Matt Gabel The heading, ‘Why America’s top trading partners are shifting their gaze toward China,’ for an article published in The Australian (29/1), is a rhetorical question that subtly indicates it will offer an explanation for the implicit question posed. It is … Continue reading →

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December 28, 2025 · 1:17 pm

Target Lanka: Old Eelam-War Accusations Raised Again in UK

A THUPPAHI Editorial Note,  28 December 2025 Eelam War IV was a prolonged war between circa 2005 and 2009 marked by a set of complex circumsatances in varied terrain and involving the  LTTE’s deployment of Mostly Tamil civilians as willing … Continue reading →

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November 12, 2025 · 8:33 pm

Beauties Contesting MISS UNIVERSE Title in 2025

Item in The Island taken from SEEN AROUND, with  text by Ivan Alvis entitled “Favourites for the title of Miss Universe 2025” Obviously, right now it’s the guessing game as to who will be crowned Miss Universe 2025 when it … Continue reading →

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September 16, 2024 · 8:36 pm

A Muslim Militia in the East of Sri Lanka Sponsored by the State

Rajan Hoole, being Chapter 3 of his book “Sri Lanka”s Easter Tragedy: When the Deep State Gets Out of Its Depth” A State-sponsored Muslim Militia in the East Mohamed Zahran Cassim, whose fate made headlines in Wahabi terror, was born … Continue reading →

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September 1, 2024 · 2:37 pm

Machiavelli on The Vicious ‘Skeletons’ Inherent Within Politics

A CIRCULAR from Kumar Kirinde … … with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dear RAFOA member, Now that another presidential election is due in a few weeks’ time in our beloved country … Sri Lanka. I thought that … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2025 · 3:19 pm

The Tsunami’s Impact on Infrastruture in Sri Lanka

Prof. Amarasiri de Silva, in The Island, 26 December 2024  where the title reads thus “A 20-year reflection on housing struggles of Tsunami survivors” … with a sub-title that reads “Revisiting Field Research in Amparai“ The aftermath of the 2004 … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2025 · 4:14 pm

Revisiting ‘Noble Death’ via the Tamil Tigers

Michael Roberts  An ‘outfit’ named ACADEMIA.COM has sent me digital links to old articles from my ‘pen’ on web that have attracted HITS. This is a flattering nudge to my weakening memory bank. As new generations of ‘students’ of the … Continue reading →

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December 12, 2025 · 4:36 pm

The Burgher Tennis Club within Galle Fort

Michael Roberts Left to right – Standing: Messrs R. W. E. de Vos, Vyvil Loudowyk, Fred Bastiansz, E. F. C. Ludowyk Jnr., R. A. de Vos, Bubsy Austin, E. F. C. Ludowyk Snr, W. Colin-Thomé, Dudley de Kretser, Arthur Arndt, … Continue reading →

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