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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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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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