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Religion within Tamil Militancy and the LTTE
Iselin Frydenlund, presenting her article in Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion, May 2018, …. one entitled “Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion” …. https://sangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Religion.pdf … OR … https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Frydenlund/4cbf5235611dd3407dfa3a2962e6ea635ac50674 … with highlights and pictures being impositions by the … Continue reading →
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The Origins of Burgher & Malay Surnames in Colonial Ceylon
Author Unknown … sent to Thuppahi by Kodi Kodituwakku of Chandos St, Fort, Galle The Ceylon Burgher Community is the finest exponent of this European onoma-tology in Sri Lanka, as the members of the community carry some of the world’s rarest … Continue reading →
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The Maisel Twins: Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust reach Their 100th Birthday
Cameron Stewart in Weekend Australian, 6-7 August 2022, where the title runs thus “Holocaust twins turning 100 are living proof miracles happen” … Phillip Maisel says he has enjoyed two miracles in his life. The first was during the war … Continue reading →
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Ganeshananthan’s & Karunatitilaka’s Novels Reviewed by Anjum Hasan
Anjum Hasan: “Even As A Ghost” in The New York Review of Books, 18 January 2024 … reaching me via a tennis-mate Ralph Schlomowitz who is a ‘religious’ adherent of the NYRB and matters highbrow;while Amaasiiri De Silva in New … 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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Horrendous Western Misreadings of Sri Lankan Situation in 2008-09
Tony Donaldson’s Capsule Comment in Facebook A Few Years Back++ Michael, …. Two great articles in “Ambassador Blake in Never-Never Land…” and “The imperious interventions of David Miliband….” I am not surprised by any of this. US diplomats should … Continue reading →
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Finale: Eelam War IV …. Recalling the Final Stages
Meera Srinivasan, in The Hindu, 18 May 2022, where the title is “Sri Lanka’s War Aniversary: Tamil Victims remembered in Colombo” Scores of people on Wednesday gathered in Mullivaikkal village, in Sri Lanka’s northern Mullaitivu district, to remember the tens of … Continue reading →
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The Marga Institute: Debating Sri Lanka’s Way Forward …. From Way Back
Uditha Devapriya, in The Island, 10 March 2023, where the title reads “A visit to Marga” …. and where the highlighting embodies editorial intervention by Thuppahi Sri Lanka’s oldest development think-tank, Marga Institute was formed in 1972, at a time … Continue reading →
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IRAN Now: A Crescendo of ‘Expert’ Opinions…..
ATLANTIC COUNCIL …https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/experts-react-the-us-and-israel-just-unleashed-a-major-attack-on-iran-whats-next/ He went big. On Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed Operation Epic Fury, what US President Donald Trump called “a massive and ongoing” campaign against Iran. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime … Continue reading →
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Amidst the LTTE’s Many Killings THAT of Dr. Rajani Thiranagama
Rajan Hoole …. being chap 3 in PALMYRAH FALLEN …. the chapter that details the killing of Rajani Thiranagama in September 1989 …. just one among a long list of the LTTE atrocities in their pursuit of powr via a … Continue reading →
