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Revisiting Tarzie VittachI’s EMERGENCY ’58
Michael Roberts In re-visiting an assortment of historical episodes in Sri Lanka’s past in unsytematic fashion I have been led to Tarzie Vittachi’s Emergençy ’58 (published in 1958) by Sugath Kulatunga’s detailed and invaluable recounting of his experiences as a … Continue reading →
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Nuclear Disarmament! Farcical Face at G7 Summit
Kanwal Singh, in RT News, 6 June 2023, where the title runs: “The G7’s nuсlear-weapon-free world ‘vision’ is a farce” …. with the highlights in black being those within the digital version The choice of Hiroshima as the venue of … Continue reading →
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Cold War Machinations in the Past: Allende & Bandaranaike
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title is “The Cold War Killing of Ceylon’s Bandaranaike and Chile’s Allende: ‘Operation Colombo’, Culture War and the Disinformation Game” Decolonizing Global South History and WOKE Film Rithika Kodithuwakku as a Tamil Sakkili Woman in Asoka Handagama’s … Continue reading →
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Meirsheimer’s Forecast in 2009 — Seeking to ”Save Israel From Itself”
John Meirsheimer, in The American Conservative, 18 May 2009….. article entitled “Saving Israel From Itself” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by Tthe editor, Thuppahi The two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the Jewish state’s long-term security—and our own. … Continue reading →
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When Upali Wijewardene & His Learjet Disappeared …. in February 1983
Ajith Samaranayake, in The Island in 1983 … now presented again on the aniversary when the plane carrying Wijewardene and others from KL to Sri Lanka simply disappeared Between Sri Lanka’s 35th independence anniversary and his birthday Upali Wijewardene boarded … Continue reading →
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Asian Musical Renderings from the Highest Realms: Two Aficianados in Conversation
Somasiri Devendra, whose title in this item in The Ceylankan, 24/4: November 2022, is “A long, long way from the Bagpipes”…. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Last month, when I began a personal tribute to Barbara Sansoni, recalling … Continue reading →
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Travels & Travails: Cycling Along Australia’s Ocean Roads
An Editor’s Apologetic Note, August 2025 I got to know Eardley because his anthropological fieldwork and dissertation in Uva in Sri Lanka came to m attention way back, maybe in the 1980s when I was teaching in Adelaide. I think … Continue reading →
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Community Kitchens: New Charitable Avenue in Crisis Situation in Sri Lanka
News Item in Daily Mirror, 17 June 2022 Sri Lanka is seeing the first signs of some sections of the community thinking of whether the ‘neighbour’ had his or her meal. Just the other day ‘Sarvodaya’ together with ‘Singularity Sri … Continue reading →
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Imagine there’s no countries, nothing to kill or die for
Rohini Hensman …. An article composed at the end of the year 2003 for a conference in January 2004; and eventually published in 2012 (see below: fn 1) …. with the title being borrowed from ‘Imagine,’ by John Lennon …. … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Des Kelly: Many A Voice …. Quite A Chorus
ONE: Jude Goonewardane – “Appreciating Sri Lankan Musicians,” 28 April 2023 Rest in peace Des! It is with a heavy heart I announce the passing of my dear friend Des Kelly in Dandenong, Melbourne Australia. Desmond Kelly is a Ceylonese musician … Continue reading →
