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Skandakumar introduces Anura Tennekoon’s Cricketing Autobiography to the World
Island News Item, 27 February 2020, entitled “A Tribute to Anura Tennekoon” Former Sri Lanka captain Anura Tennekoon’s autobiography – Passionately Cricket – was launched at Sinhalese Sports Club Wednesday evening. Tennekoon, who captained S. Thomas’ and SSC was Sri … Continue reading →
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The “Colombo Bharathas”: A Merchant Community
Joe “Malli” Vaz *** The ghosts of forgotten family histories haunt the children of immigrants, pressing us to take on the role of scribes to recover and record those enduring tales implanted deep within our childhood memories. Iruthamma De Votta … Continue reading →
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Ethnicity after Edward Said: Post-Orientalist Failures in Comprehending the Kandyan Period of Lankan history
Michael Roberts … presenting a refereed journal article from the year 2001** as a foundation for reflection and fresh pursuits because it addresses the work of Edward Said, a renowned social theorist-cum-political scientist. Edward Said Leslie Gunawardena Abstract: Disenchantment with … Continue reading →
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Goolbai Gunasekara secures Well-earned Honours
Nanda Pethiyagoda, in Island, 4 January 2020, where the title is “Dr. Goolbai Gunasekara Wins the Life Time Achievement Award in the Field of Education“ The moment I heard that Goolbai had won this prestigious annual award presented by The … Continue reading →
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The Bharathas of Sri Lanka: Roots and Tales
Jeremy De Lima, in The Ceylankan Number 1 of February 2020, Journal 89 Volume XXIII…… Bhāratha’s, பரதர், භාරත United Nations Map – (Common source material) India and Sri Lanka are geographically very near, but yet so far in culture, civilisation … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrs’: Regenerating Divine Potency?
This article from my pen was probably drafted in 2004. It appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism vol. 28 in 2005 after the usual refereeing process. Some of the details and arguments have, in fact, been obliterated within my … Continue reading →
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A Roaring Fire ravages the Southern Ocean Lodge and a Good Part of Kangaroo Island
Roy Ecclestone, in SAWeekend, 17 January 2020, ….”Trapped in a bunker and hoping for a miracle: The destruction of Southern Ocean Lodge” …….. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/trapped-in-a-bunker-and-hoping-for-a-miracle-the-destruction-of-southern-ocean-lodge/news-story/290c766f353ce1e89d551c3d354c2b46 It was after the firestorm swept over Southern Ocean Lodge for the fourth time that one … Continue reading →
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Robert Pape’s Blunders in Tigerland: Pape’s Muddles on ‘Suicide Bombers’ in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, reprinting here an article which appeared initially in November 2007 as Working Paper No. 32 November 2007 in the Heidelberg Papers on South Asian Politics … ISSN: 1617-5069 …. edited by Subrata Mitra. Insofar as this essay is … Continue reading →
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Lakshman Kadirgamar’s Legacy
H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, in Sunday Times, 11 August 2019, where the title is “Lakshman Kadirgamar: The Legacy of an Icon” Fourteen years ago this month, a suspected LTTE assassin snuffed out the life of Sri Lanka’s best known and widely admired … Continue reading →
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Becoming and Being Sri Lankan: The National Anthem in Our Mother Tongues
Eranda Ginige, on in Lanka News Web, 6 January 2020, where the title is “The Language of the National Anthem” The Dominion of Ceylon was formed on 4 February 1948 with the singing of Britain’s national anthem “God Save the … Continue reading →
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