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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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Michael Roberts Mss stored at Adelaide University
Michael Roberts The library at Adelaide Univeristy is known as the BARR-SMITH LIBRARY. The staff in the “Special Collections” within the library over the years have been especially helpful over a long period and were hands-on central in organising the … Continue reading →
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Caste Issues in Sri Lanka: A Partial Bibliography
Michael Roberts I came across this undated list in my computer files — one drawn up quite sometime back, maybe 20 years back. Though I would seem to have been part of the enterprise, some spellings suggest the involvement of … 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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Caste & Politics in the Sri Lankan Tamil World
Robert Siddharthan Perinpanayagam, in Groundviews, 22 August 2011, where the title reads “Caste And Politics” …. An article that drew 19 comments including some responses from “Sid”… reproduced here with highlighting imposed by The Editor in circumstances where my friend … Continue reading →
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Sacrificial Death in War: WHAT is the Best Conceptual Label?
Michael Roberts Inspired by interaction with Richard A Koenigsberg of New York [who has experience in India and commanded a vibrant website], I initiated a WEB-SITE entitled sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com in April-May 2009 –a date marking the final days of Eelam War … Continue reading →
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The Machinations of Vellala Lawyer Leaders that Deepened Tamil-Sinhala Divisions from the 1920s-to-the-1960s
Sebastian Rasalingam, reproducing an article presented in 2008 in The Sri Lanka Guardian in October 2008 with this title “An Excellent and Timely Feature on the Tamils” ** Please permit me to make some comments on the recent article on … Continue reading →
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A Pot Pourri on Buildings, Mechanised Transport, Et Cetera in Old Ceylon
Vinodh Wickremeratne, whose preferred ttile is “Historical Outline of Transport in Lanka” …. while the highlighting emphasis and the photos are additions by Thuppahi The Island has experienced all types of Transportation at one time or another. The Ancient ports … Continue reading →
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Two World Wars: Millions Died, Corporations Profited
Brian Victoria, in Countercurrents, 19 October 2021, where the title reads “Something worse than Slavery?” With the advent of the Black Lives Matter movement, together with the emergence of Critical Race Theory, the spotlight has once again been shone on the … Continue reading →
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