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French Revolutionary Songs …. Marchons! Marchons!

 Satyajith Andradi, in Island, 12 July 2019, with this title “La Marseillaise And L’internationale – Revolutionary Songs From France”  “How many on our flesh eat their fill? But if the ravens, the vultures, One morning disappeared, The Sun would shine … Continue reading

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“Bonfire of the Vanities” in Screeching Crescendo in Sri Lanka Today

Elmo Jayawardena, in Island, 15 August 2019, … http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=209019 The phrase BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES took life more than 500 years ago, 1497 to be precise, in the Italian city of Florence. The unusual practice was started by the followers … Continue reading

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Bangladesh Team’s Ball-by-Ball Terror at Christchurch, 15 March 2019

Mohamed Isam in ESPNcricinfo, 15 March 2009, where the title is  “There’s shooting here, please save us’,” My day began looking for injury updates on Kane Willliamson, BJ Watling, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim. There was a Test due to … Continue reading

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The Scam and Spam World of Neo-Liberalism, 1977-2917

Sumanasiri Liyanage,   in The Island, 3 August 2017, which has the title  Reflections on four decades of neo-liberalism: 1977- 2017″”   Senani and Kalpa, two of my former students, gave me a wonderful gift when they returned to Sri … Continue reading

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Experiencing Terror in the Heart of New York: 9/11

Palitha Kohona, courtesy of Ceylon Today It was another sunny September morning. The sky was a brilliant blue. As I gazed out of my kitchen window while having breakfast, in Midtown Manhattan, the Twin Towers were glistening in the morning … Continue reading

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Apoi! Apoi! Yahapaalanaya!!! Walking Gossiping Sinhala Gentlemen Today

  Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda, Courtesy of the Daily Mirror, 9 March 2017, where the title is “Eavesdropping in Colombo Colonial slang rules the local tongue” There is a pounding on the sand, a sound of thudding footsteps. A young woman in … Continue reading

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Today’s Backlash against Globalism: Trump and Le Pen

Greg IP, in The Australian, 12 January 2017, and The Wall Streeet Journal, where the title is “Trump, Brexit, Le Pen: West’s anti-globalism backlash” Late on a Sunday evening a little more than a year ago, Marine Le Pen took … Continue reading

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A Study of Contemporary Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka

Gerald H. Peiris  Peiris addressing John Holt                  INTRODUCTION: Muslims in the Multi-ethnic Polity of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka shares with the other nation-states of South Asia the phenomenon of complex ethnic diversities based upon … Continue reading

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Blundering tourists blunder with RAMBO and other elephants

Srilal Miththapala, in The Island, 12 March 2014, where the title is “Tourist injured by elephant at UdaWalawe” Rambo at the fence gentle and greedy — Pic by Chitral Jayatilake Last week news was received about a foreign tourist, who … Continue reading

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Homely Warmth. Basking in Sri Lanka yet again — our 11th visit

Bryan and Joy Atkinson This would be our eleventh visit to Serendipity and a new adventure was awaiting us, our Guide from our very first visit and now a family friend of long standing, Rohana would as usual be waiting … Continue reading

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