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Michael Tissera: Outstanding Cricketer & Gentleman
Ravi Rudra, whose preferred title is/was “Michael Tissera 85. The Finest Gentleman Cricketer” … an item with a host of interesting photographs that are not simple to place within one site. As a compromise there I have relied on aid … Continue reading →
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Percy Abeysekara: The Most Widely-known Aloysian in the Cricketing World
K. K. De Silva as compilar Percy Abeysekera is unique. He has gained worldwide attention not for any prowess in cricket, but as a cheerleader for Sri Lanka & it was at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he studied from … Continue reading →
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Reflections on the Commentary on “Sinhala Mindset”
Michael Roberts When I set up the THUPPAHI WEBSITE in late 2009 I imprinted two project statements: one entitled “WHY THUPPAHI”;[1] the other bearing the heading ‘SINHALA MINDSET.” Readers can access these two items via the sub-headings within the website … Continue reading →
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Cricketing Stars who stimulated Ceylon Cricket
A. C. de S., in Sunday Observer, 30 May 2004, where the tiltle is “Ceylon privileged to be coached by cricketing knights” Sri Lanka has had the good fortune of witnessing six great cricketing knights play in the country and … Continue reading →
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Virus Free? Playmates Horsing Around in Adelaide
FL …. 24 March Hi Guys, This modelling by Unis Sydney shows why we need to exercise our social distancing now. This sort of modelling is a powerful tool in the fight against the virus and modelling becomes more powerful … Continue reading →
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Servitude in Lanka: “Boi Kollo” in Middle Class Households
Elmo Jayawardena, in The Island, 1 February 2021, where the chosen title is “Boi Kollo –An Almost Forgotten Tragedy” He first went to work at the very tender age of six, just a little kid, that much Yoga re-called. He had … Continue reading →
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The British in Ceylon: The Camera as Power
In 2011 Godfrey and Amar Gunatilleke sponsored the presentation of a pictorial history entitled Potency. Power & People in Groups, (Colombo, Marga Institute, 2011, ISBN 978-955-582 129-2. Kotahena Riots 1883 This work was, albeit partially, the presentation of items gathered … Continue reading →
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Battleships Down: Early Signs in the Decline of British Imperial Power across the Span of the Indian Ocean
Michael Roberts Prince of Wales (left, front) and Repulse (left, behind) under attack by Japanese aircraft. The destroyer Express in the foreground. The crew of the sinking Prince of Wales abandoning ship to the destroyer Express. Moments later, the list on Prince of Wales suddenly increased and Express had to withdraw. … Continue reading →
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Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses
Gerald H Peiris, being an article presented at an international conference held in New Delhi in October 2001 under the sponsorship of the Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management. It has since then been published as a chapter in The Global … Continue reading →
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Allahu Akbar! Missing Dimensions in Contemporary Reportage
Michael Roberts I recently watched a good part of Stephen Sackur’s dialogue with a French lady politician [whose name I have forgotten]. Sackur pursued his usual hard-line aggressive and bullying mode of questioning – posing vigorous criticisms of the French … Continue reading →
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