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The LTTE Debacle at Aanandapuram, April 2009
Michael Roberts When I interviewed General Shavendra Silva on 19th August 2017,[1] he identified three temporal turning points during the last year of the war (mid-2008 to May 2009). These were The SL Army’s capture of Pooneryn on 15th November … Continue reading →
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A Slashing Critique of Hillary Clinton and the HR Lobby in April-May 2009: Realities of War
Michael Roberts: reproducing an article drafted in late April 2009 and appearing in FRONTLINE Volume 26 – Issue 10 :: May. 09-22, 2009 ** Volume 26 – Issue 10 :: May. 09-22, 2009 INDIA’S NATIONAL MAGAZINE from the publishers of … Continue reading →
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The Gash Files IV: The War on Land
Michael Roberts, with emphasis in bold being my imposition I will be reproducing pertinent sections of Lt Col. Gash’s “Situation Reports” (or Sitrep) verbatim below in single spacing with the date of each despatch specified at the outset, while indicating … Continue reading →
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The Gash Files II: LTTE’s Strategic Design
Michael Roberts In Despatch COL/2/08 of12 March 2009 Lt. Col Anton Gash has this summary appraisal for his superiors: “The LTTE has been forcing the civilian population to move in accordance with their tactical requirements. The NFZ is rigorously policed … Continue reading →
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Appreciating Iromie Wijewardena’s Artistic Universe
Darshanie Ratnawalli, in Island, 21 October 2017, with title as “A long, beautiful woman carries a garland,” An elongated woman, not as elongated as a fashion designer’s sketch, but in exactly the right proportion for visual grace sits on the … Continue reading →
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Sea Battle off Kalpitiya Coast: An Orca Pod versus A Sperm Whale Pod
Philip Hoare, in The Guardian, 29 March 2017, “An extraordinary battle between sperm whales and orcas – in pictures” While observing sperm whales off the Sri Lankan coast, Philip Hoare came face to face with eight hunting orcas who had … Continue reading →
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Fire-Storm Images, IV: Tamil Commitment to Their Cause
A road junction memorial for Annai Poopathi in Batticaloa District, Annai Poopathi, a mother of ten children and aged 55, fasted unto death in protest against the IPKF presence in Sri Lanka, breathing her last on 19th April 1988. –thereby backing … Continue reading →
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The Gash Files III: Trapped Tamils Out by Sea in 2009
Michael Roberts As evident then and as confirmed by subsequent accounts, during the last phase of Eelam War IV from circa December 2008 segments of the corralled Tamil population began to rebel against the privations and dangers they were being … Continue reading →
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Madras Murder Most Foul
Benjamin Golby, courtesy of ESPNs The Cricket Monthly, May 2017, where it is entitled Madras machinations”” . In Madras the umpire was murdered and it made us all uneasy. If this was the sort of place where umpires got … Continue reading →
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Ceylon Tea and Its Surrounds: Richard Simon’s Tour de Force
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Sunday Times, 16 July 2017, … http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170716/plus/an-invigorating-draught-250066.html Ceylon Tea is a must-read, must-absorb work of art. Its review of the history of tea in Sri Lanka is set in deep context – context historical, context … Continue reading →
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