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August 5, 2019 · 6:29 pm

Naayakayo Koheydha! Rudderless Drift in Sri Lanka

Rajeewa Jayaweera, in Island, 5 August 2019, with this title “Leadership vacuum in Sri Lanka” Imran Khan (IK), 67 years old Prime Minister of Pakistan, hails from an upper-middle-class Pashtun family in Lahore and is a graduate of Keble College, … Continue reading →

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May 13, 2020 · 6:33 pm

Holy War Unmasked

 Brian Victoria …… Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne Introduction: Is religion a force for peace or war? Or to borrow a phrase from the title of Christopher Hitchen’s book, God … Continue reading →

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May 7, 2019 · 2:39 pm

Satha and De Saram: Batsmen Par Excellence who went to Jail

Nicholas Brookes, in CRICKET MONTHLY, 6 May 2019, where the title is “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they have been nearly forgotten … Continue reading →

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November 8, 2018 · 1:41 pm

Confronting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Q & A in 2018 – Swedish Journalist Mikaelsson

Johan Mikaelsson, in Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, 5 November 2018, where the title is “Impunity Island: Sri Lanka’s “predator emeritus” on rebound,” Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaksa[1]. He is seen as … Continue reading →

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October 8, 2017 · 10:25 am

The Politics in and around Cricket. In Praise of Rangana Aiyya

Rip Van Winkle, in The Sunday Times, 8 October 2017, where the title is “400 wickets” My dear Rangana Aiyya, I thought I must write to you to congratulate you, because you have reached the magic number of four hundred … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2017 · 4:37 pm

Sea Battle off Kalpitiya Coast: An Orca Pod versus A Sperm Whale Pod

Philip Hoare,  in The Guardian, 29 March 2017,  “An extraordinary battle between sperm whales and orcas – in pictures” While observing sperm whales off the Sri Lankan coast, Philip Hoare came face to face with eight hunting orcas who had … Continue reading →

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September 6, 2017 · 8:13 am

The War is Past. Paradise is Regained

Michael Buerk,  in the The Telegraph, 5 September 2017, where the title is “The war is history: Michael Buerk returns to Sri Lanka” ** Note Editorial Comment at End  The Tigers’ lair was deep in the jungle. It was difficult to find and tough … Continue reading →

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July 24, 2016 · 2:32 am

Ethnic Tensions and Cruelties …. and the Month of July

Rajan Philips, in The Sunday Island, 24 July 2016, with the title “July and its Cruelties” It was not Sri Lanka that I was thinking of last week when I alluded to the months of April and July vying for … Continue reading →

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February 23, 2016 · 2:07 am

Achtung! Achtung! The Drones are coming!

Vegas Tenold, 18 February 2018 courtesy of http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-untold-casualties-of-the-drone-war-20160218?page=2 where the title is “The Untold Casualties of the Drone War” Early one evening in November, Brandon Bryant, a former Air Force officer and perhaps the world’s most famous drone program whistleblower, … Continue reading →

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May 21, 2015 · 7:04 pm

War as Blood and Gore: Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944

In support of my concept of “sacrificial devotion” and in keeping with his consistent criticism of all the generals on all the sides in World War One, Richard Koenigsberg has sent me a video clip of US troops storming and … Continue reading →

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