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Sri Lanka’s Precarious Political Economy ….. Yesterday & Today
Mick Moore, whose chosen title is “It’s the Party, Stupid: Sri Lanka’s Political Turnaround – Part 1” ….. while the highlighting in this version with a different title has been imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Photo courtesy of BBC It is … Continue reading →
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Surviving A Leopard Attack in Hill-Country Sri Lanka
Kamanthi Wickemasinghe in Daily Mirror, 12 June 2023, where the title reads “Hill Country Leopard Ordeals and A Survivor’s Tale” … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dusk had already set in when we reached Bogawantalawa last Friday (June … Continue reading →
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A Royal-Thomian Cricket Match Remembered Not Only for the Cricket
Hugh Karunanayake “Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber’s chains has bound me Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood years” The Royal Thomian match … Continue reading →
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YEMEN: Yesterday & Today
Compilation by Group Captain Kumar Kirinde, SLAF retd … with some illustrationsin the original missing A historical nation that was divided between two empires in the 19th century that became two independent nations in the 20th century which united as … Continue reading →
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Firdose Moonda Assesses the Two Winners of the World Cup Qualifying Round in Zimbawe
Firdos Moonda, in ESPNcricinfo, 9 July 2023, where the ttile runs thus:“Sri Lanka and Netherlands head to World Cup with questions left to answer” Sri Lanka need to work on their batting in the death overs while Netherlands could do … Continue reading →
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Territorial Claims: First Settlers & Their Primacy
Michael Roberts, presenting an article published in 2005 as a pamphlet by the ICES, Colombo with this title “The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion” … an essay originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking … Continue reading →
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Seven Lankans Survive Awful Ordeal in Ukraine
Sofia Bettiza, in BBC News Item, 19 September 2022, with the title “Sri Lankans freed from Russian brutality in Ukraine” .… the highighting here being impositions by the Editor, Thuppahi Ukraine’s recapture of the city of Izyum has brought multiple … Continue reading →
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IMF Intrusions on Sri Lanka’s Economy
Asoka Bandarage, in Asia Times, 2 December 2022, where the title reads thus: “IMF forcing privatization, land and resource grab on Sri Lanka” … On September 1, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a 48-month … 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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War!! How Should a Buddhist Confront WAR?
Brian Daizen Victoria, at Buddhist.Door.net 21 August 2025, with thits title: “How should a Buddhist face War?” Readers of my previous two articles on the relationship between Buddhism and war (or violence in general) will be aware that the historical … Continue reading →
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