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May 9, 2021 · 2:15 pm

Lindsay Hassett: As Unruffled as Australian

Abhishek Mukherjee, in cricketcountry.com, 27 August 2017, with this title: “Lindsay Hassett: Master of strokes, shrewd cricketing brain, terrific sense of humour” “There are others who have made more runs and taken more wickets [than Lindsay Hassett], but very few … Continue reading →

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September 28, 2020 · 7:52 am

The Eastern Regions of Sri Lanka in British Times

Michael Roberts My D. Phil dissertation at Oxford in the early 1960s centred on British agrarian policy in the mid-nineteenth century and therefore included the British efforts to revive the tank irrigation systems of the Sinhala past. Several British colonial … Continue reading →

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August 19, 2020 · 4:25 am

Fortitude: Murali’s Fight to stay on the Field

Andrew Fidel Fernando. in Cricket Monthly within ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2020, where the title runs  “Growing up with Murali,” Ten years after he retired, a reflection on what Muttiah Muralitharan has meant – and means – to a nation Before … Continue reading →

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May 5, 2020 · 7:51 am

Duncan White’s Stellar Performance at the 1948 Olympics

Rear Admiral Dr. Shemal Fernando, in Sunday Observer E-paper, May 2020 where the title runs “White who started the spark” Having been a close observer and student of the world’s most beautiful sport of athletics for fifty years, my effort … Continue reading →

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August 16, 2019 · 5:21 pm

“Bonfire of the Vanities” in Screeching Crescendo in Sri Lanka Today

Elmo Jayawardena, in Island, 15 August 2019, … http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=209019 The phrase BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES took life more than 500 years ago, 1497 to be precise, in the Italian city of Florence. The unusual practice was started by the followers … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2019 · 7:00 am

Deciphering Chauvinism through Incidents of Confrontation

Michael Roberts In recently facing up to internet challenges and clarifying the term “chauvinism,” I proceeded at a general level and presented definitions within a comparative framework that brought the concepts of “racism” and “tribalism” into our framework of analysis.[1] … Continue reading →

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July 9, 2019 · 4:32 am

Cumulus Clouds shroud the Death Penalty in Sri Lanka

Gerald H Peiris, in Island, 8 July 2019, where the title is “To Hang or Not to Hang?: Our Heads in Shame” Our press coverage of the ‘Capital Punishment’ debate that followed President Sirisena’s announcement on 26 June of his … Continue reading →

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August 29, 2017 · 3:45 am

Australia has No Place in Asia — In Cricket!

Andrew Faulkner, in The Australian, 29 August 2017, where the heading reads ”  Black clouds are billowing over Australian cricket but the Test team would prefer clouds of a more literal kind to intervene at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. … Continue reading →

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February 19, 2018 · 5:58 am

Machang. China as Sri Lanka’s Best Friend

Don Manu in Sunday Island, 18 February 2018     Even as the Chinese New Year of the Dog dawned this Friday, it is becoming crystal clear that China is fast turning out to be Lanka’s best friend.. And that … Continue reading →

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September 30, 2017 · 2:36 am

John Holt rebuts Gerald Peiris: A Focus on Buddhist Extremism

John Holt, A Short Memorandum addressing Gerald Peiris, 28 September 2017 It is 3 years since I gave the keynote address at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (Kandy) conference on Buddhism in relation to other religions.  My presentation was … Continue reading →

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