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Meeting Anne Abayasekara and Her World: Reflective Words
Published by Perera & Hussein (Bay Owl Press)….……..PRICE: Rs 1250/- (approx US$7.50 / Aus $10.50 / Euro6.50/ Stg 6) ………………….. World-wide orders – copies may be purchased online at the following link:- https://pererahussein.com/index.php/books/non-fiction/telling-it-like-it-is-phph.html…… Postage (approx Rs 1000 for Australia & Europe)
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Gandhara: Civilisation at the Crossroads
Sachitra Mahendra, Daily News, 20 March 2019, March 20, 2019, “A Talk at the Seminar on Buddhist and Gandhara Civilisation: The Cultural Nexus between Pakistan and Sri Lanka”
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Facing Charles Sarvan: Mark His Obliteration of Context
Michael Roberts Charles Sarvan’s recent essay in Colombo Telegraph “On ‘Reading’ A Picture” presents reflections with a dispassionate air that conveys an impression of philosophical weight above the tumult of a propaganda war in which all of us are willy-nilly … Continue reading →
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Holy War Unmasked
Brian Victoria …… Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne Introduction: Is religion a force for peace or war? Or to borrow a phrase from the title of Christopher Hitchen’s book, God … Continue reading →
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The Dressing Down of the Century: President Sirisena’s Scathing Sermon to his Captive Cabinet
Darshanie Ratnawalli’s Pithy Translation of President Sirisena’s Speech to His Present Cabinet … with some asides on the reception among his captive audience Associated with our victory in 2015 there were many aspirations, hopes, wishes of the people. During the … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka in 1988: Experiencing ‘Ordinary Living’ in A Conflict Zone
John Richardson, whose title in this article conveying diary notes runs thus: “Ordinary Living” in the Midst of Civil War Notes to Family and Friends“[1] … with highlighting and pics inserted by The Editor, Thuppahi February 1988: After getting settled … Continue reading →
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DEMONS IN PARADISE renders filmmaker Ratnam as a Tamil Traitor
Item in MSN.COM, 17 September 2018, with this title “I wanted ‘my side’ to lose the war” By his own admission filmmaker Jude Ratnam is a “traitor”. A Tamil himself, he blames the Tamil Tigers for many of the atrocities … Continue reading →
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An Incisive Note in Demolition of the R2P Programme of the Western Mighty
Gerald H. Peiris … A Memo prresented this December 2019 on the basis of articles on R2P presented initially in 2007. There is no difficulty about accessing the considerable volume of writings available on the R2P ‘Principle’/’Norm’.
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The Political Tussles behind the Cricketing Grounds in Colombo, 1945-2018
Nicholas Brookes and Benjamin Golby in The Cricket Monthly, 19 November 2018, where the title is “In Colombo, three is not a crowd” ….. courtesy of the two authors, my new pals…. with some liberty on my part with reference … Continue reading →
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Woollacott’s Insight in 1976: Tamils set for Guerilla War and Secession
In sorting through my papers I came across a news cutting that is historically significant. Here was one occasion where a visiting journalist deciphered a developing scenario correctly. That I retained the clipping in papers relating to an article I … Continue reading →
