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Learning Law with Aid From Colvin R de Silva

A Guy named Talagalla, …  with highlighting imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi I am just penning this note after finishing my research for the day, before the thoughts dissipate into the quiet of the evening. The cases I read, the … Continue reading →

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Politics of Identity in Lanka: Mithran Tiruchelvam’s Introduction in 1997 to his Book

Introduction by Mithran Tiruchelvam …. a son of Neelan Tiruchelvam of the ICES [who was tragically assassinated by the LTTE in front of the ICES offices one year later] The present collection of essays arose out of a symposium held … Continue reading →

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Mahela to Aravinda Aiyya: An Open Letter of Admiration

Item in the Daily Mirror, 13 November 2023 …. with highlighting added by The Editor, Thuppahi Former Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardena pays a heartfelt tribute to newly inducted ICC Hall of Famer Aravinda de Silva. Mahela expresses deep admiration … Continue reading →

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The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years

Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled  “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city”  ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading →

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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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Philip Gunawardena, The “Lion of Boralugoda”

Sugeeswara Senadhira, in Daily News, 26 March 2021, where the title reads “The Relevance of Philip Gunawardena’s social nationalism” Philip Gunawardena was a born leader who instinctively understood the hopes and aspirations of the people, a man close to the … Continue reading →

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Papua New Guinea drawn into Aussie-US War Plans against China

Paul Gregoire in Sydney with “Sydney Lawyers” at masthead and this title =  “AUKUS power are militárising Papua New Guinea in Preparation for War with China,” 16 May 2023, … ………………………. https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aukus-powers-are-militarising-papua-new-guinea-in-preparation-for-war-with-china Journalist John Pilger’s 2017 documentary The Coming War With … Continue reading →

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Learning From Misreadings of the Past in the Recent Past

Michael Roberts  Happenchance helps does it Not? A chance remark on web led me to one of my books entitled FIRE AND Storm. Essays in Sri Lankan Politics …. which was published by Vijitha Yapa Publications in December 2010. This … 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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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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