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The Historian’s Craft via Lakshman Perera’s Deciphering of Lanka’s Ancient Inscriptions
Sudharshan Seneviratne, reviewing Lakshman S. Perera: The Institutions of Ancient Ceylon from Inscriptions, (from 3rd Century BC to 830 AD) Volume I ….. with Introduction and supplementary notes by Sirima Kiribamunne and Piyatissa Senanayake, ICES, Kandy 2001, … 322 pages … reviewed … Continue reading →
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Chaotic Pluralism in Sri Lanka’s Polity Today
Sanjana Hattotuwa, courtesy of The Island, 1 October 2016, where the title is “Factions & Fractions. Chaos in Sri Lanka’s Polity” … emphasis has been added by The Editor, Thuppahi. My conversations with individuals and institutions over the course of … Continue reading →
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Amnesty International Agitation: Bowling Googlies for the LTTE?
Shamindra Ferdinando, in The Island, 19 April 2017, where the title reads “AI’s longstanding ‘alliance’ with the LTTE” Publicly declining to testify before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) that has been tasked by the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa to … Continue reading →
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Face Our Future: Jihadist Offshoots and Continuing Maelstrom in Middle East
David Kilcullen Contributing Editor for Military Affairs courrtey of The Weekend Australian, 1/2 April 2017, where the title is ‘There’s something worse in store once the ‘caliphate’ goes” … note 70 comments already on line On a cold rainy evening … Continue reading →
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House of Lords Debate Sri Lanka and Michael Naseby stands steadfast
LISTEN TO LORD MICHAEL NASEBY + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYerAzq7t1Q Item in several web sites: “West must remove war crime threats on SL: Lord Naseby” The West, particularly the US and the UK, must remove the threat of war crimes and foreign judges … Continue reading →
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The Last Years of Mahinda Rajapaksa: Bouquets and Brickbats
Rajiva Wijesinha, in Ceylon Today October 2016, and his own web site 7 November 2016, where the title is “Endgame: Meditations on a House, a Country, a Career – 18 Continuing Advocacy” In retrospect it is clear that there was no hope … Continue reading →
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A Requiem for Stanley J. Tambiah
Sachi Sri Kantha, in Ilankai Tamil Sangam, 9 February 2014, … http://sangam.org/stanley-jeyaraja-tambiah-1929-2014/ “In 1958, while I was leading a research team composed of university undergraduates, all of whom were Sinhalese, that were engaged in a sociological study of peasant colonization in Gal Oya, … Continue reading →
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Sins And Kills: The Rajapaksa Clan And Their Messy Cupboard
Greg Bearup in The Weekend Australian, 26/27 November 2016, where the title is “Phantoms of Sri Lanka’s Reign of Terror” Mahinda Rajapaksa sits at a desk in his party office beneath a photo of himself. He’s not especially tall but … Continue reading →
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Murali Dissected …. and Admired: Shehan Karunatilaka’s Conversion
Shehan Karunatilaka, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo and http://shehanwriter.com/sport/Murali_Sceptic.html where the title is “Confessions of a Murali Sceptic” A dangerous confession: I have been a Murali-sceptic for some time. This is not something that should be admitted, in public or otherwise, if you … Continue reading →
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World’s End at Horton Plains: A Fatal Attraction
Juliette Coombe in The Daily News, 14 October 2016, where the title is “Fatal Attraction to World’s End” I got stuck into walking the boggy and grassy marshes and wild moors of Horton Plains, which is like the depressing misty … Continue reading →
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