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Suicide Missions as Witnessing: From Self-Immolation to Assassination and Mass Strike

Michael Roberts ….. This article appeared first in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2007, vol. 30:  857-88.with the title “Suicide Missions as Witnessing: Expansions, Contrasts” and is reproduced here with its original American English spelling. The re-working of this article … Continue reading

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A Remarkable Loyalty in the Artistry of Ivor Denis

Tony Donaldson, reproduced here courtesy of CEYLANKAN … and replacing today 25th November 2018 the initial version presented in Thuppahi Three giants of the Sri Lankan arts world have passed away this year. The visual artist Neville Weereratne died in … Continue reading

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Constitutional Melee: Dayan vs Rajan, Sanjana, Asanga and the Ethical Hosts

Both lawyers and political scientists have essayed interpretations of the present constitution: a BATTLE  rages in front of a yawning GOALMOUTH.  I present some samples here  A = Rajan Philips … vs the President’s treacherous coup so to speak B … Continue reading

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A Clinical Study of the LTTE and Pirapakaran

Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, being an article entitled  ‘Terrorism’ or ‘Liberation’? Towards a distinction: A Case Study of the Armed Struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)” in Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol.12/2, 2018 …. Abstract: This article based on extensive … Continue reading

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A Home with Art and A Poodle at its Centre -Paula Nagel’s Walkerville House

Meredith Booth, courtesy of The Australian October 2017, where the article is entitled “Art’s at the heart of Paula Nagel’s Walkerville home” Television, education and arts identity Paula Nagel has called Walkerville, in Adelaide’s leafy inner northeast, home for the … Continue reading

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A Historical Exhibition in Mumbai that Challenges the Hindutva

   Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, courtesy of  Christian Science Monitor, 17 November 2017, where the title runs “Mumbai museum challenges Indians’ self image In a dimly lit gallery at Mumbai’s premier museum, visitors admire a 17th-century cloth painting depicting characters from a Muslim … Continue reading

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Sinhala-Tamil Tussles in the Mythical Netherworld of Rāvanā

Ranga Kalugampitiya, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, dated 20 July 2015, where the title runs ‘Rāvanā & Sinhala Buddhism: A Strained Relationship Ridden With Contradictions”…. The version here being embellished with Editorial highlighting. Rāvanā, one of the principal characters in the Rāmāyana, … Continue reading

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Albert Namatjira emerges from the Copyright Dungeon

AAP-SBS News, October 2017,    where the title is “Albert Namatjira’s copyright deal: Rewriting a historical wrong” An injustice has been righted more than 30 years on with the family and clan of famed Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira recovering the copyright to … Continue reading

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Danielle de Niese straddles the World in Opera

Justin Burke, courtesy of The Weekend Australian Review, 28/29 October 2017 where the title is “Homecoming Queen” When opera superstar Danielle de Niese returns to Australia next month to perform in The Merry Widow, among the audience will be one … Continue reading

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Ferment in Lanka’s Political Firmament: Three Tamil Voices — Philips, Moonesinghe and Somasundram

Rajan Philips:  “One more symbolic step: Wigneswaran’s audience with the Mahanayake Thera,” September 16, 2017 We need a break from the tedium, rather the opprobrium, of national corruption. To paraphrase Dr. Harsha de Silva’s public lamentation, the whole country is awash … Continue reading

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