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Deep Penetration off Sri Lanka and USA
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in Colombo Telegarph, August 2022, where the title reads “Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019” The alarm bells had been ringing for some time in Sri Lanka. The island nation is strategically … Continue reading →
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From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s
Earl Forbes, whose chosen title in The Ceylankan is “Ceylon/Sri Lanka to Australia: Arrivals and Survival” Ceylonese/Sri Lankans have entered Australia for a variety of reasons during the past one and a half centuries. The far greater number of these arrivals … Continue reading →
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Sarojini Jayawickrama’s Book on Robert Knox
Nira Wickramasinghe: reviewing Sarojini Jayawickrama’s Writing that conquers. Re-reading Knox’s Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, (Social Scientists Association, Colombo 2004) Among academic historians in many parts of the world there exists an almost pathological fear of contamination by … Continue reading →
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Laki Senanayake As I Knew Him
Ismeth Raheem: An Appreciation of Laki Senanayake (1937–2021) Given Laki Senanayake’s stature and personality, I am confident that there will be a fair share of obituaries and appreciations that will attempt to capture something of the man and his work. … Continue reading →
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An Instance of An Efficient Process of Vaccination at Sugathadasa Stadium
EDITORIAL in Sunday Island, 4 July 2021, entitled ” A Success Story” We are happy to publish today a reader’s letter unreservedly complimenting the ongoing covid vaccination process at Colombo’s Sugathadasa Stadium last week where people over 70-years old received … Continue reading →
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Introducing Rohini Ravindran in the Kamala Harris Office
DBS Jeyaraj, in his website 28 January 2021, where the title reads thus “US Vice President–Elect Kamala Harris’s Key Sri Lankan Tamil Aide Rohini Lakshmi” An overwhelming feeling of relief has descended upon the world – not merely the US- … Continue reading →
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For Lanka: A Science-based Strategy to Control the Present COVID-Situation
Drs. Malik Peiris & Kamini Mendis I. The current covid-19 situation in the country There is a high intensity of transmission of covid-19 in the country just now. Although it became apparent with cases increasing in the last week of … Continue reading →
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Beyond Imagination – Chandra Schaffter’s Life of Service
Ravi RUDRA has composed an extensive web-item describing Chandra Schaffter’s services to Sri Lanka, S. Thomas College, cricket, hockey, the Tamil Union CC’, insurance services in the island and humakind in general. The account includes photographs and is so extensive … Continue reading →
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Percy Abeysekara: The Most Widely-known Aloysian in the Cricketing World
K. K. De Silva as compilar Percy Abeysekera is unique. He has gained worldwide attention not for any prowess in cricket, but as a cheerleader for Sri Lanka & it was at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he studied from … Continue reading →
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An Indian Scholar’s Griefstricken VALE for Malathi De Alwis
Nivedita Menon, in Colombo Telegraph, 22 January 2021, where the title is “Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade” This is my Mala. Every person touched by her friendship felt this sense of unique connection to Mala. To receive … Continue reading →
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