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Ashton Agar in Freelance Rejuvenation?
Alex Malcolm, in ESPNcricinfo … where the title of the essay runs thus …. ” ‘It gives me flexibility’ – Agar opts for freelance life while still committing to Australia” Ashton Agar has become the latest Australian player to make … Continue reading →
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India’s Looming Interventions in Sri Lanka
Dr. Asoka Bandarage, in The Island, 31 March 2025 ……. where the title runs as “Indian colonialism in Sri Lanka” with highlighting being interventions by the Editor, Thuppahi Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders … Continue reading →
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THAT Monday 25th July 1983 in Colombo: Organized Violence within the Pogrom
Sugath Kulatunga .…. in item entitled “Black July Monday 25th” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi In my last post on the 4th of March, I mentioned that the time I served under Lalith [Athulathmudali] was the golden … Continue reading →
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St. Anthony’s College in Kandy: Its Heritage
Bernard VanCuylenburg and Sisira Weragoda … whose title reads “From Little Things Big Things Grow – Antonians Who Excelled Beyond Excellence” Prologue As an introduction to the subject of this article I had to choose a title which nails it all … Continue reading →
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The CEYLON JOURNAL 2/2 Brightens the Year 2025
Professor Walter Perera, revewing The Ceylon Journal Volume 2 Number 2 in The Island, 4 January 2025, where the title reads ““New Year Dawns with more stories of Sri Lanka” …. with highlights being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi In 2024, I … Continue reading →
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Resisting the British Imperial Forces: Tales Today in Uva Wellassa
Chandani Kirinde, in Sunday Times, March 2023. where the title runs thus: “Pride and tears of Uva Wellassa” 200 years after what is considered one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of colonial rule here, Chandani Kirinde visits the … Continue reading →
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China Now Has The Capacity to Challenge USA
Andre Benoit in https://www.rt.com/news/625708-new-cold-war-front-line/ …. where the title reads “Contained no more: China has a plan to break America’s chokehold” Washington’s warships guard the chokepoints. Beijing digs for exits on land. The clash is just beginning. © This image was … Continue reading →
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Two Reviews in 2010 of Copeman’s Book on Blood Donations in India
https://sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/jacob-copeman_veins-of-devotion/ ONE …. REVIEW OF Jacob Copeman: Veins of Devotion: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009, 233 pp)………….by Ron Barrett of Macalester College …. Taken from the American Ethnologist May 2010, vol. 37/2, … Continue reading →
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Facing NW Goonewardena’s Racist Comments
NW Goonewardena= Comment in Thuppahi at THIS ITEM ……………………………. https://thuppahis.com/2018/09/13/anagarika-dharmapala-in-search-of-a-rounded-evaluation/ GET LOST YOU SOB, MICHAEL ROBERTS, THE PRODUCT OF A ONE NIGHT STAND BETWEEN A AFRICAN SOLDIER STATIONED IN SRI LANKA, AND A SRI LANKAN HARLET. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE … Continue reading →
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French beat Kiwis in Opening the Rugby world Cup in France
Robert Kitson, in The Guardian, 9 September 2023, whee the title reads “Penaud inspires France to winning start at Rugby World Cup against All Blacks” Rugby World Cups are not won or lost on the tournament’s first night but the … Continue reading →
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