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The Many Strands of Extremism TODAY: Salafi, Racial, Chauvinist and HR
Michael Roberts, reproducing an essay presented in Colombo Telegraph in 2015 with the title “Secular Fundamentalism in One-Eyed Overkill” …. because of indications that personnel pushing rights-programmes take adamantine positions that blind them to their own distortions and rigidity of … Continue reading →
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The Political Struggle in Sri Lanka: Three Pugilists … Hattotuwa … Chandraprema … Philips
ONE. Sanjana Hattotuwa: “Musical Chairs,” Island, 12 January 2019 The appointment of a new Army Chief of Staff. A fresh denial around the use of chemical weapons. The denunciation of a civil society protest against mainstream media supportive of the … Continue reading →
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Fervent Faces as Signs of Extremism and Deceit? From Lakemba to Lanka
Michael Roberts The video report on Lakemba in Sydney by Emma Reynolds is causing a minor stir. My reproduction of the web report in Thuppahi and its circulation drew comments from one George Rupesinghe who challenged her sweeping presentation of … Continue reading →
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Extermination War in Outback Australia
Julie Power, in Sydney Morning Herald, 19 February 2017, where the title runs “War on feral cats: Australia aims to cull 2 million” The federal government will unleash every weapon in its arsenal to wipe out 2 million feral cats … Continue reading →
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Profound Reflections: Jean Arasanayagam in Response to Smrti Daniel’s Searching Questions
Jean faces Smrti Daniel 1: What in your childhood contributed to the kind of writer you are now? What recurring motifs and images from that time find expression in your work? JEAN1: So many factors. As I delve into my … Continue reading →
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The War is Past. Paradise is Regained
Michael Buerk, in the The Telegraph, 5 September 2017, where the title is “The war is history: Michael Buerk returns to Sri Lanka” ** Note Editorial Comment at End The Tigers’ lair was deep in the jungle. It was difficult to find and tough … Continue reading →
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A Down-to-Earth Review of E-War IV and Its Literature
Michael Roberts, courtesy of an original article in 29 October 2015 in Sinhalanet with the title “Down-to-Earth: The Hard Truths of Eelam War IV” … a work that I could not have written in 2009 because I had to transcend … Continue reading →
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Rendering Sinhala Poetry Fertile — Ranjini Obeyesekere
Laleen Jayamanne, in a review article, Sunday Island, 2 April 2017, where the title is “Sinhala Poetry Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere” Ranjini Obeyesekere has brought together a wide-ranging translation of Sinhala poetry making it accessible to an English-speaking readership. This … Continue reading →
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African Elephants Mourn a Matriarch Elephant’s Death
Laura Parker, where the original title reads “Rare Video Shows Elephants ‘Mourning’ Matriarch’s Death’,” .. oignant scene from africa sheds light on animal bahaviour. It has become rare for wild African elephants to live to old age, thanks to their brutal slaughter by … Continue reading →
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Royalists at Loggerheads: Indrajit Eviscerated
Gamini Seneviratne Those here and overseas who scan our English language media would have read or heard by now that Indrajit Coomaraswamy was the compromise candidate arrived at for the post of Governor of the Central Bank. The President had … Continue reading →
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