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December 25, 2025 · 3:46 pm

USA’s Unwitting Gift to the South

Lakshman Gunasekara in GROUNDVIEWS, 23 December 2025, with  this title “Trumpian America’s Unwitting Christmas Gift to Global South” Photo courtesy of Tyla “Every cloud has a silver lining,” wrote English poet-philosopher and leading 17th century civil servant John Milton in … Continue reading →

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June 9, 2026 · 1:42 am

Raising Political Consciousness Via Flaming Suicide Protest

Uditha H. Palihakkara, whose original title in the Colombo Telegraph item runs thus:“The Flame That Shook A Nation: When Conscience Challenged Power” Uditha H. Palihakkara On 11 June 1963, an elderly Buddhist monk sat quietly at a busy intersection in … Continue reading →

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June 15, 2023 · 12:48 am

Rex on Sri Lanka Cricket Selections & ‘Powers’ Behind the Scenes

The Sri Lankan Squad in Zimbabwe comprises the following: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc & wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2025 · 12:16 am

Full-Frontal: The Trump-Zelensky Spat …… Implications

Dr. Matthew Crosston  … article in Modern Diplomacy with the title reading: “Trump vs. Zelensky: Popping the Proxy War”  …. presented here wthout the accompanying photos [tech issues] History will likely look back on the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2023 · 5:04 am

The Insidious Work of American Soft-Power Agencies

 An Observer in a Georgian Black Sea Resort Town The NED/CIA have been using soft power to target the youth and media institutions in countries around the world. Take Georgia and Hong Kong as case studies. Protestors rally against the … Continue reading →

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June 12, 2026 · 7:37 pm

Reflections on Sansoni’s LAST STAND IN KANDY

Michael Roberts Philip Sansoni’s paperback book of some 154 pages on the history of the Kingdom of Sihale known generally today as “Kandy” is a striking addition to our stock of knowledge about Sri Lanka’s history. Not the least of … Continue reading →

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March 4, 2026 · 9:34 pm

Trincomalee and the Cold War Calculus of 1987: India’s Disastrous Intervention in Sri Lanka

KKS Perera …. responding to a circular request from The Editor, TPS, for “Thoughts and/or Lessons for the World from the Consequences of the Indian Government’s Military Intervention in Sri Lanka in 1987″  … ………with highlights and photographs being the … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2025 · 7:21 pm

Global Economics & Sri Lanka over the Recent Centuries

Sunil Bastian: “Sri Lankan state in a changing global context”  … a 2025 article presented  here with highlights  imposed by The Editor,  Thuppahi.** This short article emphasises the need to analyse the Sri Lankan state by placing it in the global … Continue reading →

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August 1, 2025 · 8:38 pm

For Lankan Researchers: An Oral History Workshop

  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. This interactive workshop, led by experienced oral historian Gaya Fernando, will introduce participants to the principles, practices, and power of oral history. Tailored for researchers, journalists, documentary producers, … Continue reading →

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March 3, 2026 · 12:53 am

The Geopolitical Complexities Around the Indian Intervention in Sri Lanka in 1987

  KKS Perera, responding to a Challenging TPS Item from Michael Roberts at https://thuppahis.com/2026/03/03/us-iran-war-any-lessons-from-sri-lanka-in-1987-et-seq/ History seldom unfolds in neat moral binaries. The crisis of 1987 between India and Sri Lanka was not simply about humanitarian concern for Tamil civilians, nor … Continue reading →

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