Search Results for: shape
Murderous Mayhem at a Rural Junction in North Western Lanka, 1983-1989
Liyanage Amarakeerthi, whose chosen title is “A Fatal Intersection: Three Small Shops in North Western Sri Lanka that No Longer Exist” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi I was born and raised in a little community in Kuliyapitiya, … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under accountability, atrocities, authoritarian regimes, chauvinism, conspiracies, economic processes, ethnicity, historical interpretation, insurrections, island economy, JVP, life stories, meditations, politIcal discourse, power politics, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, sri lankan society, Tamil civilians, terrorism, the imaginary and the real, trauma, vengeance, working class conditions, world events & processes
Awesome and Fearful: The Orca ‘Whales’
Though called “whales” ORCAs are a dolphin species — https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/o/orca/
Share this:
Prehistoric Humankind at Batadomba-lena in Kuruwita
Mahila Wijesinghe. in Sunday Observer, 1 November 2020, where the title is “Trekking to Batadomba-lena cave. A glimpse of the prehistoric rock cave” As we sat on the base of an excavation pit dug by the Department of Archaeology to … Continue reading →
Share this:
Sri Lanka’s Shape has changed …. So, ….
Daily FT News Item, 2 March 2019, with title as “Sri Lanka to launch new map in March” Sri Lanka will launch a new map by March following changes made to Sri Lanka’s shoreline due to projects such as the … Continue reading →
Share this:
Sabotage! FIVE EYES Operation undermined Oz-China Relations
Tony Kevin, in ConsortiumNews, 8 December 2020, where the title reads “Australia Sabotaged Its Own Interests in China Relations” The destruction over the past five years of Australia’s mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relationship with China was probably a successful … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under accountability, australian media, authoritarian regimes, China and Chinese influences, disparagement, economic processes, governance, growth pole, historical interpretation, landscape wondrous, meditations, politIcal discourse, press freedom & censorship, security, self-reflexivity, the imaginary and the real, truth as casualty of war, unusual people, world events & processes
A Lament: The Geneva ‘Games’ and Lanka’s Failures
Sarath Gamani De Silva, in The Sunday Island, 26 February 2021, where the title runs “Problems in Geneva: Facts that brought us here”” The annual patriotic taunts and the laments of the majority are heard as the day of reckoning … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under accountability, centre-periphery relations, communal relations, conspiracies, foreign policy, governance, historical interpretation, human rights, Indian Ocean politics, language policies, legal issues, life stories, nationalism, politIcal discourse, power politics, power sharing, Rajapaksa regime, security, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, sri lankan society, Tamil Tiger fighters, terrorism, the imaginary and the real, truth as casualty of war, UN reports, war crimes, welfare & philanthophy, world events & processes
Father’s Day, 21 June: An Epitaph for the Fathers who gave their Lives for Future Lankan Generations
Admiral (Retired) Ravindra C Wijegunaratne,* in Island, 14 June 2020, where the title runs “Brave fathers who died for our sons and daughters” Father’s Day is the day of honouring fatherhood and parental bonds. In Roman Catholic countries, in Europe, … Continue reading →
Share this:
Deciphering Sri Lanka’s Relations with the IMF
Premachandra Athukorala, an article taken from Daily FT, where t has appeared on the 30th September 2021 in three parts, under this title “Sri Lanka and the IMF: Myth and reality” The decision to go to the IMF for assistance … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under accountability, centre-periphery relations, economic processes, governance, historical interpretation, island economy, legal issues, life stories, modernity & modernization, politIcal discourse, security, self-reflexivity, sri lankan society, UN reports, welfare & philanthophy, world events & processes
The “Colombo Bharathas”: A Merchant Community
Joe “Malli” Vaz *** The ghosts of forgotten family histories haunt the children of immigrants, pressing us to take on the role of scribes to recover and record those enduring tales implanted deep within our childhood memories. Iruthamma De Votta … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under British colonialism, centre-periphery relations, commoditification, communal relations, cultural transmission, economic processes, education, ethnicity, heritage, historical interpretation, Indian Ocean politics, Indian traditions, landscape wondrous, life stories, politIcal discourse, Portuguese imperialism, Portuguese in Indian Ocean, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, sri lankan society, Tamil civilians, tolerance, transport and communications, travelogue, unusual people, working class conditions, world events & processes
The Samaraweera-Yahapālana Induction of Tony Blair in support of their “Reconciliation Programme” in August 2015
Michael Roberts A chance finding during my sojourn with Moninna and Ranjit Goonewardena in Galle Fort in July/August 2015 introduced me to the visit of Tony Blair’s family to Sri Lanka in August 2015 ….. See https://thuppahis.com/2020/11/22/tony-blair-and-family-in-galle-mid-august-2015/ As we all … Continue reading →
Share this:
Filed under accountability, american imperialism, authoritarian regimes, British imperialism, centre-periphery relations, chauvinism, communal relations, cultural transmission, devolution, disparagement, economic processes, Eelam, ethnicity, European history, foreign policy, fundamentalism, governance, heritage, historical interpretation, Indian Ocean politics, island economy, language policies, legal issues, life stories, nationalism, politIcal discourse, power politics, power sharing, Rajapaksa regime, reconciliation, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, slanted reportage, sri lankan society, Tamil migration, terrorism, the imaginary and the real, truth as casualty of war, UN reports, unusual people, vengeance, world events & processes
