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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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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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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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Ceylon-England-Portugal …. With Ajit on a Rollicking Ramble

Ajit Varuna Rodrigo-Candappa, … with highlights imposed by the Thuppahi who is cheered by AJIT’s free-wheeling baila-script Hi Michael,  ………..Your site evokes warm hearts, kind reflections – it dispels the aralu-bulu-nelli of weasel political concoctions about race. The sheer puhu-manya … Continue reading

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Koenigsberg’s Analysis of Human Warfare is Relevant Today … Now

Andrew Hammer, whose article is entitled “Understanding Human Destructiveness Through Social Psychology and Cultural Analysis” War and genocide are among the most catastrophic events in human history, marked by the deliberate infliction of pain, suffering, and death on large populations. … Continue reading

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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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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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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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Full Frontal: Harini for Sri Lanka

Item in The ISLAND, 18 October 2025, entitlled “The Government of Sri Lanka is ready to work in cooperation with India and the international community for a prosperous Sri Lanka – Prime Minister” .… with highlighting imposed by The Editor, … Continue reading

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Shattered Lives in Sri Lanka’s Wars: Several Lesser-Known Strands

Dennis McGilvray in ASIAN  ETHNOLOGY Vol 73, 1&2, pp 348-49, reviewing  Sharika Thiranagama, In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka. Philadelphia PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011 The title of this book points to the author’s personal connection … Continue reading

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