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Satha and De Saram: Batsmen Par Excellence who went to Jail
Nicholas Brookes, in CRICKET MONTHLY, 6 May 2019, where the title is “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they have been nearly forgotten … Continue reading →
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Fighting LTTE Women …. Looking Back from 2016
Kim Wall and Mansi Choksi, in Longreads, May 2018 where the title is “A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers” …… How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed … Continue reading →
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At Cricket in 1946: British India vs England
Anindya Dutta, in The Cricket Monthly, 25 June 2018, where the title reads “A dinner in 1946” It was the last tour by undivided India to Britain. It was the summer of Merchant and Mankad, and independence was around the … Continue reading →
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Jihad on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka: The Killers and Their Pathways
Amarnath Amarasingam: “Terrorism on the Teardrop Island: Understanding the Easter 2019 Attacks in Sri Lanka,” Sentinal May/June 2019, Volume 12, Issue 5 …. Combating Terrorism Center at West Point …..https://ctc.usma.edu/terrorism-teardrop-island-understanding-easter-2019-attacks-sri-lanka/…. with highlighting empasis added by the Editor. Thuppahi Abstract: Over the course … Continue reading →
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The Political Struggle in Sri Lanka: Three Pugilists … Hattotuwa … Chandraprema … Philips
ONE. Sanjana Hattotuwa: “Musical Chairs,” Island, 12 January 2019 The appointment of a new Army Chief of Staff. A fresh denial around the use of chemical weapons. The denunciation of a civil society protest against mainstream media supportive of the … Continue reading →
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Young Pirapāharan’s Inspirations and Ideology: Ragavan’s Incisive Memorial in May 2009
Ragavan, being a reprint from The Sunday Leader, 24 May 2009, where the title runs “Memories of a much-mythologised rebel leader by a former LTTE fighter ” …. with the highlighting being the work of The Editor, Thuppahi The … Continue reading →
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Australia has No Place in Asia — In Cricket!
Andrew Faulkner, in The Australian, 29 August 2017, where the heading reads ” Black clouds are billowing over Australian cricket but the Test team would prefer clouds of a more literal kind to intervene at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. … Continue reading →
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The Lalith Athulathmudali Assassination: Context, Rumours, Smokescreens
rVijitha Yapa, courtesy of Lanka Monthly Digest 7 June 2017 and DBS Jeyaraj ..where the original title is “The Whole Truth About Lalith Athulathmudali’s Assassination is Delved Into in Detail By Prof. Ravindra Fernando in his Book. If asked who is the single … Continue reading →
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Anguish!! Reading Mike
Image from http://sangam.org/sachis-files-chapter-4-2/ by Sachi Sri Kantha, 16 October 2015, When the essay “Anguish as Empowerment …A Path to Retribution” was presented on the 22nd March 2017, I received several private email comments from good friends. My recent little essay on … Continue reading →
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