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Adieu! Olivia Newton-John …. Aussie Star known Worldwide
Andrew McMillen, in The Australian, 12 August 2022, where the ttile is different Olivia Newton-John has died aged 73 after battling cancer for 30 years. The Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist passed away on Monday morning US … Continue reading →
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Asian Musical Renderings from the Highest Realms: Two Aficianados in Conversation
Somasiri Devendra, whose title in this item in The Ceylankan, 24/4: November 2022, is “A long, long way from the Bagpipes”…. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Last month, when I began a personal tribute to Barbara Sansoni, recalling … Continue reading →
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The Lord of Cricketing Gods in India: MS Dhoni
Karthik Krishnaswamy in The Cricket Monthly, 24 July 2023 , where the title reads “MS Dhoni joined the pantheon of mythical Tamil heroes” Superstars in Chennai emerge from cinema or politics or both. Then came along a cricketer from Ranchi … Continue reading →
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When Selectoral Machinations Shattered Ceylon’s Projected Tour of England in 1966
Chandra Schaffter, whose original essay in 2018 can be found in web-site CRICKETIQUE … That essay is entitled “How the Scheduled Tour of England in the 1960s was blown apart from Within” … NB: highlighting emphasis has been imposed by … Continue reading →
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Four Beach Icons at Nilaweli
Four ICONS in front of my chalet at TRINCO BLU Hotel at Nilaweli Beach * ancient anchor * palm tree * palmyrah tree
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Gamini Goonesena as a Legend
Hugh Karunanayake, presenting an old article from 2012 once again, with this title “Farewell to a Legend of Our Times” … with “Times” standing for the past inhabited by us octogenerians … & ….. the highlighting here being the intervention … Continue reading →
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A Requiem For Barbara Sansoni: From 1962 ….
Somasiri Devendra, ** whose chosen title is “A wooden bridge, an iron house, and Barbara then ….” .………… of such are memories made, writes Somasiri Devendra So, Barbara has ridden off into the sunset, on her white horse, after “a … Continue reading →
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Travels & Travails: Cycling Along Australia’s Ocean Roads
An Editor’s Apologetic Note, August 2025 I got to know Eardley because his anthropological fieldwork and dissertation in Uva in Sri Lanka came to m attention way back, maybe in the 1980s when I was teaching in Adelaide. I think … Continue reading →
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Fortifying Self against Covid: Dr Dr. Zhong Nanshan’s Guidelines
A MESSAGE for ONE and ALL Kindly take note of the following practical advice by Dr. Zhong Nanshan (China’s top authority on Covid-19)*. Dr Zhong predicted that, sooner or early later, the widespread community infection of Covid-19 will be inevitable. … Continue reading →
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An Outstanding Mansion: “Regina Walauwwa” become “College House”
Yomal Senerath-Yapa, in Sunday Times, 8 May 2022, where the title runs thus: “Enduring Symbol of Colombo University” … with a sub-line reading “A new coffee-table book maps the beginnings of the country’s academia in 1921“ The majestic College House … Continue reading →
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