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Facing A Corpse: Asia vs The West …. A Fundamental Difference & Its Political Implications
Michael Roberts The sharp warring conflict in Syria today amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine and that in Gaza underlines stories and ‘pictures’ of battlefield dead (both civilians and soldiers). These in their turn highlight the fundamental differences … Continue reading →
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The Colombo Chetty Lineages in Sri Lanka in Recent Centuries
NAREN CHITTY in Sydney has kindly and helpfully responded to my QUERY and provided a list of COLOMBO CHETTY SURNAMES/LINEAGES that can be found in Sri Lanka over the past few centuries. Quite a revelation!! Many more names than I … Continue reading →
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India’s Looming Interventions in Sri Lanka
Dr. Asoka Bandarage, in The Island, 31 March 2025 ……. where the title runs as “Indian colonialism in Sri Lanka” with highlighting being interventions by the Editor, Thuppahi Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders … Continue reading →
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ITIHAS Launched …. and Spreads Its Wings
Go to …. https://itihas.lk/contact/ … Note that the presentation here is a re-cast selection by The Editor of Thuppahi who has also imposed his colourings on the text Mission: What we hope to achieve Itihas aims to equip Sri … Continue reading →
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“Colonization and Ethnic Conflict in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka” – Article in 1990
Patrick Peebles in a refereed article in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp. 30-55 …. which John De Silva in Melbourne, my Aloysian sporting mate, has worked on to make it feasible for me to … Continue reading →
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Facing NW Goonewardena’s Racist Comments
NW Goonewardena= Comment in Thuppahi at THIS ITEM ……………………………. https://thuppahis.com/2018/09/13/anagarika-dharmapala-in-search-of-a-rounded-evaluation/ GET LOST YOU SOB, MICHAEL ROBERTS, THE PRODUCT OF A ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN A AFRICAN SOLDIER STATIONED IN SRI LANKA, AND A SRI LANKAN HARLET. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE … Continue reading →
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Neelan Tiruchelvam: An Appreciation of His Mediatory Politics
Kagusthan Ariaratnam in Groundviews, 8 August 2025, where the title reads “Neelan Unsilenced …” while highlights here have been added by The Editor, Thuppahi Photo courtesy of Pitasanna Shanmugathas NEELAN: UNSILENCED is a compelling and vital documentary that successfully situates the … Continue reading →
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Remembering Anagarika Dharmapala
Item presented in FACEBOOK by Peradeniya University Friends with this title: 160th Birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala** Anagarika Dharmapala a noble son of Sri Lanka who made immense sacrifices towards Buddhist revival and national upliftment in the 19th century was … Continue reading →
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James Hunter’s Depressing Dissection of American Political Culture Today
Michael Sean Winters, where the chosen title is “From ‘culture wars’ to ‘cultural exhaustion’: James Davison Hunter diagnoses our cultural ills” Friday, we began a review of James Davison Hunter’s vitally important book Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political … Continue reading →
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Nationalist Studies and the Ceylon Studies Seminar at Peradeniya, 1968-1970s
Michael Roberts …. repeating an old TPS item [with highlighting added] because of the implications of the recent TPS item by Bedgar Perera re Prof Rex Clements. The years 1966 to 1975 were heady days in Ceylon. Especially so for … Continue reading →
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