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Sri Lanka Overwhelm Netherlands in Final T20 Match
Madushka Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo.com, 17 June 2024 , where the title reads “Netherlands knocked out after Bangladesh beat Nepal; SL sign off with win” Netherlands folded for 118 in their chase of 202 as SL’s varied attack proved too tough … Continue reading →
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Joachim’s Letter to AKD in Sri Lanka: An Earnest Appeal
Your chance to re-write history Mr. President! A second letter to AKD……. – by Aubrey Joachim** Dear Mr. President, Your victories have been stunning to say the least. Winning the top job was good enough. Your virtual clean sweep of … Continue reading →
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Lanka’s Independence Day Gathering in Adelaide in Pictures
Bandula Alahakoon has professionally captured the Independence Day Celebrations held at a Community Centre in Hectorville, Adelaide on Saturday 4th February with Dr Charitha Perera (Hony Consul), Nayan Perera (servingas compere) and such personnel as Nazli Farook and Mano Ransoma … Continue reading →
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Bloody Lawyers! Our Necessary Curse! …. Apoyi….Apoyi
Chamila Talagala in Facebook They say Sri Lankans hate lawyers. But that hatred is not simple. It is older than the island’s courts, older even than the black coats and the Latin phrases. It is the bitterness people feel toward … Continue reading →
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Devastating Israeli Assaults on Rafah
Observer in a Black Sea Town … writing on 7/8th May 2024 after Israel’s devastating assault began the day before. Israel has just launched its devastating attack on the densely populated city of Rafah promising to use extreme force … Continue reading →
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Horrors Faced by Lankan Female Labour in Middle East
Aanya Wipulasena in Ceylon Today, August 2025 The decision to work overseas wasn’t easy. Burdened by debt, 25-year-old Nelum Niroshani, a mother of one from Anuradhapura, felt she had no choice. Her plan was simple: Take a job as a domestic … Continue reading →
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Rambanctious Middle-Class Ceylonese of Yesteryear
A NOTE from the THUPPAHIYAA, 25 February 2025 This email memo from a ‘middle class’ Sri Lankan born before World War Two and nurtured in an elite college whci addresses mates nourished in the same schools and planter/military circles is … Continue reading →
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Appraising Belfast Before a Historic Cricketing Tussle
Danny Byrne Circular Report …. with title imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Arriving in Belfast for the Ireland vs Zimbabwe Test Match ………. If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dream Where immobile steel rims crack … Continue reading →
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Indian Cricketing Machismo SPEWS OUT in the Field at Khetharama … As They Lose Comprehensively
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcicinfo, 8 August 2024, where the title runs “Is this for real? Sri Lanka’s rare glory leaves India shaken” ….. while his report here has had highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The visitors were left … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka in Bottomless Shaft of Debt …. Debt …. Debt
VERITE Research Debt Update …. mid-March 2023 Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a financial crisis on an unprecedent scale. In May 2022, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt servicing obligations for the first time in its history since independence. Against … Continue reading →
