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Chickungya Rampant in Sri Lanka NOW…

Dr Sarath Gamani De Silva, a Richmondite friend of mine in Colombo, confirmed this fact  and provided this basic NOTE drawn from Wikipedia. Chikungunya fever is now rampant in Sri Lanka. It is caused by a mosquito bite. Same species … Continue reading

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Saving A Drowning Lion in Africa & ….

From https://happylive.me/a-man-rescued-a-lion-from-drowning… The hot sun was setting, painting the savannah in golden-orange tones. The tourists were returning to camp after a long day of safari, when one of them noticed a strange movement near the river. A massive shadow was … Continue reading

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Afghanistan ‘talibans’ Australian T20 Cricket Aspirations

Michael Roberts In what must have been a nerve-tingling match-up, the Afghanistan cricket team undermined and shattered Australia’s cricket team at  the T20 match in Kingstown on 22nd June. This was achieved via a team ffort involving several star interventions … Continue reading

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Remembering Professor Margaret Trawick,  American Anthropologist in Tamil Lanka

N. Malathy =  Obituary,  7 January 2022 … ”Margaret Trawick Wanted to Retire in the LTTE’s Vanni” I first heard about Margaret Trawick through the “Tamil Circle” email group during the late 1990’s. This was before internet-based news sites had … Continue reading

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Nailbiter Loss for Lanka in 50-Over Clash in Pakistan

Madushka  Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo.com,  11 November  2025, where the title reads “Agha, Rauf upstage Hasaranga as Pakistan win thriller to go 1-0 up” Sri Lanka fought hard through cameos from Samarawickrama, Theekshana and then Hasaranga but had a tall ask … Continue reading

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The Israeli Concept of “Human Animals” in Palestine

Gamini  Seneviratne Appropriate though it is, the words …  “Human Animals” …  in the heading do not refer to those who are slaughtering the human beings resident in Gaza and the West Bank. They are the ones used by the … Continue reading

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The Vocabulary Girding & Gilding Israel’s Programme of Genocide in Palestine

Gamini Seneviratne, in The Island, 12 September 2025, where the title is “Human Animals” The words in the heading do not refer to those who are slaughtering the human beings resident in Gaza and the West Bank. They are the ones … Continue reading

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Western Misrepresentations of China’s Actions in Sri Lanka Continue

Fair Dinkum, … an original set of thoughts … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi It’s good to see Australia providing aid to SL though its peanuts compared to the aid provided by India and China. This article is … Continue reading

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Thrills-A-Plenty: Those West Indian ‘Little Boys of Mine’ at Cricket in the 60s & 70s

Mark Nicholas, in ESPNcricinfo, July 2024, where the title runs thus: “Sobie, ’73,” Fifty-one years ago, one of the very greatest set Lord’s alight He say, “Do you remember?” He say, “Do you recall?” I say, “Yeah, I remember, Oh, I … Continue reading

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The Siege of Jaffna Fort by the LTTE in 1990

Gamini Goonetilleke, … with a few photographs awaiting insertion later I had volunteered my services to the Sri Lanka Army and it was my turn of duty at the Palali Base Hospital when the Jaffna Fort came under Tiger attack. … Continue reading

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