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Ceylon, Percy Fawcett and the Quest for the Lost City of Zed
Vinod Moonesinghe, courtesy of Roar Life, where the title is “The Lost City of Zed: Lanka’s Link” In March 2018, the magazine Nature Communications published an article by a team of archaeologists from Exeter University. The team had been investigating possible ancient settlements in … Continue reading →
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Sinhalese War Poems and the Portuguese
Rohini Paranavitana … a reprint of an article from Jorge Flores (ed.) Re-exploring the links. History and Constructed History=ies between Portugal and Sri Lanka, Wiesbaden, Harassowitz Verlag , 2007, pp. 49-62. Sri Lankan classical literature enriched with Buddhist thought did … Continue reading →
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James Taylor, Tea and Empire in Victorian Ceylon
“Tea and empire. James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon ” by Angela McCarthy and Tom Devine … is now in print, July 2017, Manchester University Press, 272 pp, ISBN: 978-1-5261-1905, Price: £25.00 This book brings to life for the first time the … Continue reading →
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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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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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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 →
