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September 24, 2024 · 9:07 pm

The Branding of Islamic Migrants to Ceylon Over the Centuries

WHEN Shamara Wettimuny’s article  in the History Workshop Journal entitled “The Colonial History of Islamophobic Slurs in Sri Lanka”  …. was placed in FACEBOOK it received the following set of comments: some prejudiced against and some in favour. The ethnic … Continue reading →

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March 31, 2025 · 5:39 pm

Reflections on Gananath’s Wide-Ranging Corpus of Work

Professor M.W. Amarasiri de Silva, about 3/4 years back in … … where the full title of the essay reads thus: “Sinhalese Society Through The Prism Of Religion: An Appreciation Of Gananath Obeyesekere’s Work On Sinhalese Buddhism” This article celebrates … Continue reading →

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August 14, 2025 · 8:45 pm

When S. Thomas’ College Stormed into the Rugby Arena in Lanka

Sajeewa Jayakody, in  an article entitled “S.Thomas’ College ’s bold beginning in rugby,” August 6, 2025 …. with  highlighting being  an  imposition by The Editor, Thuppahi The 1961 S. Thomas’ College rugby team captained by Tony Sirimanne…. Back Row: M.Flamer Caldera, … Continue reading →

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November 24, 2025 · 12:13 am

Sri Lankan Cricket Board in Sunday Times Gunsights

Item in The Sunday Times, 27 November 2025, … Authorship Not Indicated … A Travessty This There’s one thing that never seems to change in Sri Lanka cricket. It’s not progress. It’s not new ideas. It’s the same old stagnation. … Continue reading →

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October 2, 2025 · 2:45 pm

A Toxic Cocktail Threatens the Kelani Ganga and Its Environs

Suranjan Karunaratne in The  Island, 2 October 2025, with this title “Kelani Ganga at a crossroads: Suranjan Karunaratne warns of an unfolding crisis” From the misty montane forests around Adam’s Peak, the Kelani Ganga tumbles down rocky headwaters, gathering tributaries … Continue reading →

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June 10, 2024 · 2:32 pm

Deciphering the Work of Caste in Sri Lanka’s Lifeworld

Thuppahi is delighted to present a new research venture in keeping with its own spirit — with TUDOR SILVA in Lanka and MARK BALMFORTH in Canada in command. CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion …..  Call for Submissions ….. … Continue reading →

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October 24, 2023 · 1:45 am

No Victors in the Hellfire of Gaza and Palestine

KKS Perera, in Daily Mirror, 23 October 2023, where the title reads ‘…Yeah, We Wept, When We Remembered Zion’ The situation in the Gaza Strip remains highly complex and tense, with dire consequences for the Palestinian inhabitants. 472 people lost … Continue reading →

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August 11, 2025 · 5:46 pm

Israel’s NAZI Terror in Palestine … with US & European Backing

Bishop Duleep de Chickera in Colombo, in an  article  in  GROUNDVIEWS, 31 July  2025, entitled “From Toe Hold to Freehold: Zionist Occupation Strategies” GV NOTE  INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR : In 2001 Duleep De Chickera was ordained the 14th Anglican Bishop of Colombo. Educated at Royal … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2024 · 1:44 am

Let’s Remove the Colonial Tropes in the Writings on Sri Lanka

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose preferred title is  “Decolonizing July 1983’s Fiction and History for a Post-Ethnic Sri Lanka: Tropes of Violence and Cold War at the end of the American Century”  “Fair is foul and foul is fair”— William Shakespeare, Macbeth … Continue reading →

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August 1, 2025 · 12:12 am

Is Sri Lanka permanently Kota Uda?

Jehan Perera in The  Island, 29 July  2025, where the title runs thus:  “Engagement is essential for national progress” There is a high level of political polarisation in the country today. Specific manifestations of this polarisation can be seen in the … Continue reading →

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