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January 19, 2026 · 1:39 pm

Suffocation!! … Trump’s Programme for Gaza, Venezuela & Cuba

An Observer in a Black Sea Resort U.S. President Donald Trump wants countries to pay at least $1 billion to remain on the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ beyond a three-year limit, according to the text of the body’s charter obtained … Continue reading →

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April 22, 2026 · 12:43 pm

Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe: Pioneer Marxist Thinker & Leader

Shiran Illanperuma, whose essay marks Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe’s 125 birth anniversary and is entitled “The doctor who felt the people’s pulse” April 13 marked the 125 birth anniversary of S.A. Wickramasinghe, a national freedom fighter and founder of the … Continue reading →

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May 22, 2024 · 2:03 am

Beverley Pinder’s PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE launched at Barefoot

News Item in Elanka, c. 18 May 2024 ….. https://www.elanka.com.au/magical-night-as-pride-without-prejudice-launched-in-sri-lanka/  More than fifty guests recently gathered at Barefoot Gallery for the launch in Sri Lanka of Beverley Pinder OAM’s inspiring autobiography: Pride Without Prejudice on 17 May. Bernice Roche, who emceed the … Continue reading →

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January 14, 2026 · 4:02 pm

The NPP’s Education Reform: Stirring the Hornet’s Nest

Niyanthani Kadirgamar Education occupies a special place in the minds of the general public in Sri Lanka. Thanks to the visionary education reforms put forward by the Report of the Special Committee on Education in 1943 and the consequent Free … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2024 · 6:06 pm

Hendrik Ambrosius Johnson: A Tale of Survival Across Three Continents

Nick Van Der Hoeven … with the highlights being the work of the Editor, Thuppahi Before I discuss the incredible life of Hendrik Ambrosius Johnson, I just wanted to state that my interest in my Ceylonese genealogy was not deliberate, … Continue reading →

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January 6, 2025 · 8:02 pm

Remembering Karen Roberts Who Chose Writing …..

Renuka Sadanandan, whose original title runs thus: “Karen Roberts Writing. Her Way of Staying Close” ** Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara It was probably the single most frightening thing that happened to her. Having to walk alone from the advertising … Continue reading →

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November 22, 2024 · 5:55 pm

USA’s Terrible Overreach in This Our World From Biden’s Time

Ameen Izzadeen, in The Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka, 22 November 2024 …… where the title reads “Biden’s legacy: Gaza genocide and now possible nuclear war in Europe” ** US Alternate Ambassador Robert Wood raises his hand to veto a … Continue reading →

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October 20, 2024 · 11:36 am

Vale Kumar David — Scholar, Critic and Activist

Rajan Philips, in Colombo Telegraph, 19 October 2024, where the title reads thus = ”Kumar David: An Accomplished Academic & A Broadminded Marxist”  … with highlights imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi Professor Kumar David (1941-2024) One by one the lights go … Continue reading →

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December 17, 2025 · 12:38 am

Vale: DS de Silva ….. A Servant for Sri Lankan Cricket

Roshan Abeysinha Former Sri Lankan leg-spinner D.S. de Silva, who played in the country’s inaugural Test match in 1982 and later served as Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket, has passed away at the age of 83. De Silva died in … 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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