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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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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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More about “Pissu Percy”
Michael Roberts supplementing KK De Silva’s article with aid from Johnny De Silva in Melbourne (all three of us Aloysians who played cricket in the School XI in the mid-1950s) “Michael Roberts, writes as follows on his initiation in an … Continue reading →
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Tamil Women at War as ‘Birds of Freedom’ in the LTTE Cause
Vindhya Buthpitiya: “How to Capture Birds of Freedom: Picturing Tamil Women at War,” Trans Asia Photography (2023) 13 (1) … derived from ………………………………………… https://doi.org/10.1215/21582025-10365016 … with the aid of my Aloysian mate KK De Silva; whilr the highlighting is my imposition. … 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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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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Anthropology in Depth … Far & Wide: Q & A with Bruce Kapferer
BRUCE KAPFERER Interviewed by Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, …. date not up front Photo by Andy Lewis. Moving at the margins to re-center anthropology. From having been supervised by Bruce Kapferer and having worked on and off with him since 1999, I … 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 →
