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The Chinese Way: Two Web Site Observations
COMMENT ONE: I am an American who has lived in China for three years. (And very much like living here.) My opinion is not as factual, and surely not as broadly informed, as many of the others so well-expressed here. … Continue reading →
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Calm Intelligence Required, not Islamophobia — says Uyan
Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Sunday Observer, 26 May 2019, where the title runs thus “Fight Terrorism. Avoid Islamophobia” Islamophobia is a term that gained currency in the 1980s in British English. It referred to prejudices against Islam and Muslim people that … Continue reading →
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A Landmark in Ceylon’s Cricket Test History: Beating India in January 1965
Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, in ESPNcricinfo in 2013 — 14 August 2013 to be precise — with this heading “When the Lankans won a ‘Test’ in India” Sri Lanka’s rise in Test cricket is one of the finest underdog stories in the … Continue reading →
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Intolerance. The Deep Currents within Sri Lanka
This last week i received two emails, one from a friend in Canada and another from a well-placed senior person in Colombo, which, quite independently, touched on Ahmaddiya, Christian and Rohingya refugees brought to the island as transit refugees by … Continue reading →
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Hemantha Situge’s Reviews of Two Sinhala Books on Gandhi and Mihindhu
Hemantha Situge One, a review of Mahatma Gandhi: Lanka Gamanaya saha Sri Lankave Dheshapalanya publd by Sarasavi Prakasakayo recently. The splendid book entitled: Mahatma Gandhi – Lanka Gamanaya Saha Deshapalanaya [Mahatma Gandhi’s visit of Ceylon and Sri Lankan Politics] written … Continue reading →
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Politics in Cricket and Cricket for Politics
Meera Srinivasan:, in The Hindu, 17 August 2017, where the title is “Evoking the Politics of Cricket in Sri Lanka,” Sparked by Imran Khan’s ascent to the Prime Minister’s chair in Pakistan, sporting fans in Sri Lanka have been quick … Continue reading →
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Harry Solomons: Sri Lankan Cricketing Wonderman
Sam Perry, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo, 4 January 2017, where the title is “The man behind Sydney’s cricket-gear wonderland” He was a kid from Sri Lanka who came to Australia with no more than A$200 in his pocket and a child … Continue reading →
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Potency, Power and People in Groups– British Ceylon to Modern Times via Pictures
Penance on road, Sri Maurpthy Pathirikaali Temple, 2009 This book is both a display and a reflective exercise on the power of imagery, whether from camera or painting or etching. Images can be as captivating as seductive as misleading. … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tigers: Dead Body Politics and Sacrificial Devotion
Michael Roberts, reproducing here an article entitled “Tamil Tigers: Sacrificial symbolism and ‘dead body politics’,” that was first presented in Anthropology Today, June 2008, vol. 24/3: 22-23. The re-working of this article was seen to by Ms Nadeeka Paththuwaarachchi of Battaramulla. … Continue reading →
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Vale Lester James Peiris: Pathfinder for Sinhala Cinema
Meera Srinivasan, in The Hindu, 30 April 2018, where the title reads “Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peiris provided a realistic portrayal of rural Sinhalese” Renowned Sri Lankan film maker and a national icon Lester James Peiris, credited with revolutionalising … Continue reading →
