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Qadri Ismail’s Challenging Essay: An Iconoclastic Hurrah!
Qadri Ismail, in Groundviews in 2015 with this title “The Import Of Sri Lankan Muslim Names” My name is Mohamed Qadri Ismail. Mohamed Qadri Ismail is not my name. The statements may prompt a wtf. (The acronym, btw, of the World … Continue reading →
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Rejuvenation! The Colts CC Pavilion in Colombo
Jagath C. Savanadasa, in Daily News, 5 September 2022, where the title reads “The beautiful new Colts CC Pavilion – a lasting tribute to a rich history” .… with highlighting added by The Editor, Thuppahi It’s truly a great tribute … Continue reading →
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Ashton Agar’s Sri Lankan Lineages
Michael Roberts Ashton Agar may play cricket now for Western Australia, but he is the eldest of three boys schooled at the De La Salle College in Melbourne. Our investigations indicate that his father John Agar is from a cricketing … Continue reading →
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St. Josephs College in Colombo: Its Multi-faceted Achievements over 125 Years
Lynn Ockersz, in The Island, 13 June 2022, where the title runs thus “St. Joseph’s College, Colombo – a dignified 125 years” One hundred and twenty-five years into its existence, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo remains dignified and spiritually-focused in the Sri … 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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Sustaining Cultural Performance Practices across the Indian Ocean
Shihan De Silva Jayasuriya et al PREFACE to her new book entitled “Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage” (ICH) Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) continues the conversations on cultural heritage which commenced at a virtual conference held on … Continue reading →
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Lamentations: Jeyaraj’s Black Review of Sri Lankan History
DBS Jeyaraj, in The Daily Mirror, 4 February 2023, where the title reads “75 Years of Independence and the Tamils of Sri Lanka“ A SUMMARY: They invited Indian political leaders to the peninsula and held mass rallies and processions. Mahatma … Continue reading →
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Sinhalaness in Pre-British Ceylon: Issues and Pathways
A Review Essay by Alan Strathern** dissecting a Book by Michael Roberts published in 2004 This item was located by Thuppahi in the web-site Colombo Telegraph on 26 December 2012 (see https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-royal-we-sinhala-identity-in-the-dynastic-state/). However, it appeared initially in 2005 in the … Continue reading →
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Fr. Aloysius Peiris S.J….. An Eminent Theologian
An Eminent Theologian, Rev. Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J., Passes Away, March 25, 2026 Fr. Aloysius Peiris S. J. who passed away recently was a student at St. Aloysius College, Galle from 1949 (at around the age of fifteen) to … Continue reading →
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Reviewing Horowitz’s Analysis of the Aborted Coup D’etat of January 1962
Michael Roberts, presenting his review article on the study of the abortive 1962 coup plot by elements in the Sri Lanka officer corps by Donald Horowitz: namely, Coup Theories and Officers’ Motives. Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective, Princeton: Princeton University … Continue reading →
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