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Tiger Martyrdom: Architectural ‘Marks’ in 2009 as the SL Army captured LTTE Terrain
Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda, courtesy of the Daily Mirror, 26 April 2017, where the title rune thus: “Martyrdom and LTTE. The worship of death” … with highlighting and additional bibliographivcal references at the end inserted imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dr. SinhaRaja … Continue reading →
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The Riveting ‘Revelations’ of Google Street View Imagery
Michael Roberts About 4-5 years back I recall seeing a google satellite image of the driveway to our house in Adelaide. It registered only vaguely and I did not reflect upon its marvels and implications. But on 1st October this … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Geoffrey Bawa amidst an Architectural Rift of Seismic Scale
David Robson ….. re-printing an old essay in The Daily News, 24 December 2013, in an article entitled “Remembering Bawa” In this article, originally published in Indian Architect & Builder, architect and writer David Robson pens an intimate and personal … Continue reading →
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A Study of Contemporary Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka
Gerald H. Peiris Peiris addressing John Holt INTRODUCTION: Muslims in the Multi-ethnic Polity of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka shares with the other nation-states of South Asia the phenomenon of complex ethnic diversities based upon … Continue reading →
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China and Lanka: Silken Threads Past and Present
Ameen Izzadeen, in Sunday Times, 18 September 2016, where the title is “Sri Lanka a pearl in China’s past, present and future” What have a 19th generation Chinese descendant of a Sri Lankan prince, an 11th century mariner and three key … Continue reading →
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The Collective Consciousness of the Sinhalese During the Kandyan Era: Manichean Images, Associational Logic
Michael Roberts, being a reprint of an article with the same title in Asian Ethnicity, Volume 3, Number 1, March 2002 ABSTRACT: An analysis of the form of the dynastic state known today as the Kingdom of Kandy provides a backdrop for … Continue reading →
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Narrating Tamil Nationalism: Subjectivities and Issues
Michael Roberts, being a reprint of a review article in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, s., Vol. XXVII, no.1, April 2004 …… with a review of this essay by Bandu de Silva having appeared earlier Thuppahi. The version here has … Continue reading →
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Q and A with the Legendary Hussein Cassim
Marianne David for Daily FT, 14 October 2016, under title “Hussein Cassim;’s Legendary Journey” Q: Could you tell us about your childhood – your family, where you were born and where you grew up?…….A: I was born on 9 September 1925 … Continue reading →
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An Ode For Gentleman Scholar Ashley Halpe
Gwen Herat, courtesy of Daily News, 8 June 2016 And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest’…….. A prince he was; A prince who captured the imagination of the literary world and who rose to be one of its icons. … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Fidel Castro and his Philosophy
Jean-Pierre Page, responding to Dayan Jayatilleka’s Appreciation of Fidel Castro on his 90th Birthday I agree that we are living a time of crisis of alternatives, but as the Cubans say, “problems don’t exist, only solutions”. It is very rare in our time to find … Continue reading →
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