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Meirsheimer’s Forecast in 2009 — Seeking to ”Save Israel From Itself”

John Meirsheimer, in The American Conservative, 18 May 2009….. article entitled “Saving Israel From Itself” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by Tthe editor, Thuppahi The two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the Jewish state’s long-term security—and our own. … Continue reading

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Death of a Trotskyist … In Memory of Nathan Sivasambu

Jane Russell … presenting “a fictional short story in warm testimony fo Nathan Sivasambu who was a one-off: a convinced Trotskyist, his greatest gift was in bringing people together to celebrate the era of ‘British Ceylon’ of which he was … Continue reading

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The Royal-Thomian: Yesterday & Today

Uditha Devapriya & Uthpala Wijesuriya, in https://scroll.in/where the title reads thus: “Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter” With an unbroken 145-year streak, the face-off between two of the island-nation’s oldest schools … Continue reading

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Operation Eagle Claw: USA Special Forces’ Failure in Iran in 1980

Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, [SLAF retd] as compiler presenting US special forces operation for the rescue of hostages at the US Embassy in Iran in 1980 that ended in a failure  …. Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw and Google Images  Introduction:  Operation Eagle … Continue reading

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DOWNTON ABBEY calls it a Night !!

Michael Roberts This epic and fascinating TV series serial has brought its curtains down and called it a night  [to alter the idiom]. My first  intimation of this event was in reading Ed Potten’s account in The Australian 13-14  September … Continue reading

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Life. Love. Career: Learning the Hard Way … with Pramuk Manchanyake

Nandasiri Jasentuliyana,**  reviewing Lessons Learnt The Hard Way: A Conversation About Life Love And Career, by Pramuk Manchanayake Love, heartache, and euphoria wrapped in a treasure trove of the author’s life experiences narrated within these pages depict the lonely abyss … Continue reading

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Deep Currents in Sri Lankan Politics Reappear

Shashik Silva, in Polity, 16 September 2025 where  the title  runs  thus: “Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism and Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Sri Lanka”  Cleavage politics has emerged as one of the most defining features of Sri Lanka’s party system and political behaviour … Continue reading

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Conflicting Readings of Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past

Presenting a Review Essay compiled by Michael Roberts in 2010 that was presented in the SRI LANKA GUARDIAN on the 15th August 2010 … with this title:  “Ethnic Identity in Sri Lanka’s Pre-Capitalist Past: Shanie, Darshanie and Roberts” When Darshanie … Continue reading

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Action Stations in the House of Commons, UK

UK House of Commons: Sri Lanka (Urgent Question) Main Chamber on Wednesday 13 July 2022 Video: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2df6ccaf-7712-4c5f-9ed5-09d03db87f98 Hansard: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-07-13/debates/E4104BAF-054C-46F4-A664-746E4669B2FF/SriLanka  Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab) (Urgent Question) To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the state of … Continue reading

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Some Sources on the Ceylon National Congress, 1919-50

Thuppahi’s ‘Gift’ to Assiduous Students Today       Ponnambalam Arunachalam EW Perera CWW Kannangara         1. Ariyaratne, R. A. 1977. “Communal Conflict and the Formation of the Ceylon National Congress”. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and … Continue reading

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