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September 26, 2024 · 2:39 pm

Deciphering the Past to Secure Reform in the Present

Michael Roberts Let me suggest that in any country one cannot address the fundamental problems of the present without understanding its immediate past. This prescription was/is inherent in an article that I penned for the Indian journal FRONTLINE in June … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2026 · 6:25 pm

Remembering KM Chellappah, Founder oF Jaffna Public Library

Item in the Daily News, 5 March 2026, entitled  “Jaffna honours Father of the Library” The Jaffna Public Library recently hosted a commemoration to mark the 130th birth anniversary of its pioneer, Kanagasabai Mudalithambiyar Chellappah (1896–1958). This event celebrated a … Continue reading →

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February 5, 2026 · 5:27 pm

The Milieu of the 17th Century Coromandel Coast and Chetty Migrants to Dutch Zeylan

Naren Chitty Introduction: The Coromandel Coast milieu of 17th century Chetty migrants to Zeylan is addressed here in relation to Udayappa Chetty (d. 1693). He was an ancestor of the Chetty family of Christian S. Chitty (1841-1891), as well as others … Continue reading →

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March 13, 2026 · 12:05 pm

Professor HL Seneviratne: An Outstanding Career

Professor M. W. Amarasiri de Silva, in The ISLAND, March 2026 …where the title runs “A Tribute to Professor H. L. Seneviratne,” while the highlighting here is The Editor’s intervention My earliest memories of the eminent anthropologist, Professor H. L. … Continue reading →

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August 29, 2025 · 1:30 pm

Sri Lanka’s Maritime Legacy: A Discerning Study … Many Revelations

Avishka Mario  Senewiratne in The Island, 24 August 2025, where the title is “A Mirror to the Sea: Revisiting Sri Lanka’s Forgotten Maritime Legacy” …. Review of “Sri Lanka, Serendib & the Silk Road of the Sea” by Dr. Sanjiva Wijesinha … Continue reading →

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August 8, 2025 · 6:58 pm

Sri Lankan Migrants Abroad as Productive Oysters for the Island

Item circulated by Sunil Thenabadu, Keith Bennett and  one Dee de  Silva The Sri Lankan diaspora consists of approximately three million Sri Lankans living abroad, significantly contributing to their host countries and maintaining ties with Sri Lanka. Demographics and Distribution … Continue reading →

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October 24, 2025 · 6:06 pm

RL Brohier’s Historical ‘Chest’ enters Digital Stock

Courtesy of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon & Sean Amos: Three rare works from R. L. Brohier’s personal collection have been digitized and made publicly accessible for the first time. This project was made possible through a collaboration between the  … Continue reading →

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February 4, 2026 · 1:23 am

World Politics Surveyed: Studies Deep & Searching ,,,, Foundation Dissecting Political Pathology

VISIT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PATHOLOGY….. located in New York ….but able t probe far,wide and deep The Foundation for the Study of Political Pathology brings together in a single place significant papers and essays—and distributes these works of … Continue reading →

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July 29, 2025 · 2:10 am

FIRE AND STORM analyses Sinhala-Tamil Confrontations Over the Decades

Neil Jayasekera introduces FIRE AND STORM by Michael Roberts … printed by Vijitha Yapa Publications in 2010 …. ISBN 978955-665-14-8  ….presenting 28 articles & an Amalgamated Bibliography …. Posted by eLanka admin Feb 28, 2023  Anonymous Reviewer in Sunday Times, 21 July 2013,  where the title … Continue reading →

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July 25, 2025 · 7:17 pm

Cold War Proxies in Conflict: Ceylon & Palestine

Darini Rajasingham Senanayake,** at IDN-InDepthNews,… 24 July 2025, …. being Part II of an extended article with this title “From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict and Its Role in Cold War Proxy Dynamics” …. This is the second of a … Continue reading →

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