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A Ripping & Gripping Cricketing Fight: Lanka vs Afghanistan
Michael Roberts The 20-Over Contest between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi was a rip-roaring and thrilling contest that generated several marvellous performances (which I did not watch live because of time differences & other demands). Let me outlines … Continue reading →
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FRONTLINE APPRAISAL: Shattering All The International Norms in the Middle-East
Vaishu Rai, in FRONTLINE, 1 March 2026 …. where the title reads “The rules they broke” … with highlights being the imprint of the Editor,Thuppahi From the UN charter to the US constitution, the strikes on Iran shatter the legal … Continue reading →
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Grand Victory & Huge Totals at Pallekele
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo.com Sri Lanka 314 for 6 (Asalanka 83*, Mendis 67, Rashid 4-37, Nabi 2-56) beat Afghanistan 313 for 8 (Ibrahim 162, Najibullah 77, Rajitha 3-60) by four wickets ………. Charith Asalanka produced the innings of his ODI … Continue reading →
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Pakistan Overwhelmed By SL Cricketers in Emphatic Manner
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 9 September 2022, with the following headline “Hasaranga, Nissanka star as Sri Lanka tune up for final with win” …. Hasnain and Rauf picked up three early wickets but the target was too modest … Continue reading →
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Manifold Talents: An Epitaph for Peter Colin-Thome
David Sansoni, in The Sunday Observer, 22 January 2023, where the title reads “Peter Colin-Thome: A Multi-faceted Personality” Peter Colin-Thomé was a buddy of my cousin Dominic Sansoni and of a few of my friends and acquaintances. It was at … Continue reading →
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Engaging Obeyesekere’s Wide-ranging Studies of the Kandyan Kingdom
Richard Simon, reviewing … The Many Faces of the Kandyan Kingdom by Gananath Obeyesekere & The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha by Gananath Obeyesekere In the deepening twilight of his career, the anthropologist and historian Gananath Obeyesekere … Continue reading →
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A Miracle at Pallekele: Dasun Shanaka’s Fireworks
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2022, with this title “Shanaka’s 25-ball 54* scripts stunning victory for Sri Lanka” If you were watching on TV, you might wonder what the big deal was. Khettarama, one of cricket’s great party … Continue reading →
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From Banda to Gota
Laleen Jayamanne, in The Island, 20 & 27 July 2022 where the title runs thus: “Teargas cinema and Rukmani Devi” “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike … Continue reading →
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A Roaring Fire ravages the Southern Ocean Lodge and a Good Part of Kangaroo Island
Roy Ecclestone, in SAWeekend, 17 January 2020, ….”Trapped in a bunker and hoping for a miracle: The destruction of Southern Ocean Lodge” …….. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/trapped-in-a-bunker-and-hoping-for-a-miracle-the-destruction-of-southern-ocean-lodge/news-story/290c766f353ce1e89d551c3d354c2b46 It was after the firestorm swept over Southern Ocean Lodge for the fourth time that one … Continue reading →
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Old World Charm: The New Oriental Hotel in The Fort of Galle
Joe Simpson, in https://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/noh.html … with highlighting added by Thuppahi and pictorial embellishments from Joe on request or from his past articles plus other cameramen “Preserving the spirit of a forgotten world” –– anecdotal glimpses of the New Oriental Hotel, … Continue reading →
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