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July 16, 2016 · 8:40 am

Double Standards in the International Football Game with Sri Lanka

Fr. Vimal Tirimanna, CSsR, in Rome, in The Island, 16 & 17 July 2016, where the title is “Western hypocrisy and UN call for accountability in Sri Lanka”  Tirimanna -Pic from www.cssr.news These days the media all over the world is buzzing … Continue reading →

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May 31, 2016 · 2:55 am

III. Bavinck Diaries: The Tamil Intelligentsia for the LTTE

 Michael Roberts,  also see https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/bavinck-diaries-iii-the-tamil-intelligentsia-for-the-ltte/where there will be comments. NOTE: highlighting in RED and other colours is my imposition to draw readers to highly significant opinions and/or information.  Continuing with my presentation of “Motifs” from within his diaries, this collection is … Continue reading →

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May 5, 2016 · 5:31 pm

II–Ben Bavinck’s Personal Stance: Extracts from his Diaries

  Needless to say these selections are interpretative acts, my choices. I was tempted to impose a further dimension of selectivity by highlighting some phrases or segments, but have decided against that step. Readers can form their own evaluations – noting … Continue reading →

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January 10, 2016 · 1:20 pm

Lavish Five-Star Picture of Sri Lanka as Travel Destination in traveller.com

Lee Tulloch, 8 January 2016 in http://www.traveller.com.au/sri-lanka-island-paradise-reborn-glx7uf It may not be a case of ‘bye bye backpacker’ – they will still come for the beaches and inexpensive lifestyle – but this island nation now offers some of the finest small … Continue reading →

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July 24, 2015 · 3:13 pm

Targeting Lanka by Playing Ball with Tamil Extremism: 2008-14

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, where the title is slightly different. The original essay was presented at the 9th International Convention of Asian Scholars held in Adelaide from 5-9th July 2015 and was therefore designed as a 15-minute presentation. Hyperlinks, … Continue reading →

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November 18, 2014 · 2:15 pm

The War in Sri Lanka and Post-War Propaganda

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews where it appeared on 7th Nov. 2014.      This Memorandum was sent to Geneva on 14th November and again later and its receipt was acknowledged. The reproduction here contains additional hyperlinks – that is … Continue reading →

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May 13, 2014 · 7:43 am

Roadblocks in the Path of Reconciliation in Lanka: Ideological Cancers within the Sinhala Universe

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, where the title is a variation on that utilized here Way back in the 1970s the manner in which Anagārika Dharmapāla conflated the concepts of “Ceylonese” and “Sinhalese” in one of his public exhortations (Guruge … Continue reading →

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November 5, 2014 · 3:00 pm

Truth Journalism? Marie Colvin hoist on her own Petard

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph where the title is “Marie Colvin as a Mouthpiece of the LTTE” and where you will find all manner of comments. Also note the hyperlnks within this article HERE.in thuppahi. Having come across Tammita-Delgoda’s … Continue reading →

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February 3, 2013 · 2:06 pm

A Foreign Tour Agent’s Balmy View of Sri Lanka

Keith Austin ** A little more than three years ago, Sri Lanka was a basket case, and had been for more than a quarter of a century, as civil war ravaged the country. Sri Lankan-born novelist Michael Ondaatje, in his … Continue reading →

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April 6, 2013 · 2:07 pm

Life-threats as Possible Prospect for Sri Lankan Cricketers at IPL

Michael Roberts PART ONE: A gnawing fear resides today in my guts. I fear that one or more of the Sri Lanka cricketers at the IPL matches in India will end up maimed or dead. This is an imminent and … Continue reading →

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