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India Outlast Australia in ODI Semi-Final

   Karthik Krishnaswamy, in ESPNcricinfo, March 2025 Dubai will host the final of the Champions Trophy, and India will be in it, after proving their edge over a weakened Australia side in an absorbing first semi-final. Their win wasn’t achieved … Continue reading

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‘Made’ in Australia: The Journal SOUTH ASIA

SEE … https://southasianstudies.org.au/journal/     South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies ranks as the leading academic journal in South Asian studies. It provides a forum for scholarly research, comment and discussion on the history, society, economy, culture and international relations … Continue reading

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India Overwhelm Kiwis in T20 Final

Andrew Miller inESPNcricinfo, March 2026 where the title runs thus: “India crush New Zealand for third T20 World Cup title” Abhishek, Samson and Kishan all smashed half-centuries to amass 255 before Bumrah’s four-for helped set up a massive win India 255 … Continue reading

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Deep Currents in Sri Lankan Politics Reappear

Shashik Silva, in Polity, 16 September 2025 where  the title  runs  thus: “Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism and Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Sri Lanka”  Cleavage politics has emerged as one of the most defining features of Sri Lanka’s party system and political behaviour … Continue reading

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HEGEL: Awesome in its Absolute Power — The Nation State

Courtesy of Richard Koenigsberg of USA “The Nation State is spirit in its … actuality … it is therefore the absolute power on earth. … The State is the Spirit of the People itself.  The actual State is animated by this … Continue reading

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Milestones: Chandrika at Eighty

Gamini Keerawella in The Island,  29 June 2025  where the title runs thus: “CBK at 80: A Trailblazer’s Legacy in Perspective”   Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, … Continue reading

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Sharika Thiranagama in Profound Q & A on Sri Lanka’s Traumatic Past

Kaniyan Pungundran – Editor-in-Chief of Jaffna Monitor ….September 2025 … ..where the title runs thus: “JVP Still Denies the Tamil Ethnic Question: Sharika Thiranagama Speaks to Jaffna Monitor” It feels like yesterday. As a student, I remember flipping through Amuthu, … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka’s Political Situation Today: Salter in Q and A with Shanmugadas

Item in Jurist News, 25 April 2025, bearing this title  “A Crisis of Governance and the Fluidity of Ethnic Identity: Understanding Modern Sri Lanka — Interview with journalist Mark Salter” As the author of the acclaimed To End a Civil War: … Continue reading

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The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years

Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled  “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city”  ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading

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Muralitharan: The Arm that Did Not Chuck

Dr Barclay  “Buddy” Reid …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi ** Boxing Day is back, reviving memories of the 1995 no balling of Muttiah Muralitharan, the greatest bowler of all time. Following the no ball call, the … Continue reading

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