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Olke Andringe: A Burgher Lineage in British Ceylon
Coreene Kennedy · I thought that I would share this abridged version of the story of my 4th great grandfather Olke Andringa; I do have the full document, all the references, research document details available if anyone wants them. Otherwise, … Continue reading →
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EA Hornell’s Photographs Revealed & Scrutinised
Antonia Laurence Allen EA Hornell The National Trust Sri Lanka is holding its 154th session of its Monthly Lecture Series on “Reversing cultural erasure: looking again at the photographs of E. A. Hornel” by Antonia Laurence Allen, ….. The lecture will be held via ZOOM this Wednesday … Continue reading →
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Leonard Woolf: Innocent Imperialist turned Pragmatic Internationalist
Jane Russell Leonard Woolf & Arthur C Clarke Foreword: “When I’m in the Strand or 42nd Street, or at NASA Headquarters or the Beverley Hills Hotel, my surroundings are liable to give a sudden tremor and I see through the … Continue reading →
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For Sri Lanka: Rajendra Theagarajah’s Exhortations to Canadian Tamils
Item in Lankareporter.com… https://lankareporter.com/blog/need-access-markets-not-handouts-expatriates-rajendra-theagarajahs-canada-speech/ Partner with us in Sri Lanka, not to build a social welfare state, but to build an entrepreneurially focused new Sri Lanka, was the message of Rajendra Theagarajah, Vice Chairman of Cargills Bank who was the guest … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Geoffrey Bawa amidst an Architectural Rift of Seismic Scale
David Robson ….. re-printing an old essay in The Daily News, 24 December 2013, in an article entitled “Remembering Bawa” In this article, originally published in Indian Architect & Builder, architect and writer David Robson pens an intimate and personal … Continue reading →
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Homemade Culinary Art in Surviving the Eelam Wars
Vidya Balachander, 9 October 2016, whose chosen title is. “Cookbook Tells The Story Of Sri Lanka’s Civil War Through Food.” ….…. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/09/496867198/cookbook-tells-the-story-of-sri-lanka-s-civil-war-through-food Even if you knew nothing about Vijaya, her haunting portrait would likely give you pause. She peers out … Continue reading →
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A Study of Contemporary Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka
Gerald H. Peiris Peiris addressing John Holt INTRODUCTION: Muslims in the Multi-ethnic Polity of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka shares with the other nation-states of South Asia the phenomenon of complex ethnic diversities based upon … Continue reading →
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About Ceylon: Arthur C. Clarke, Pablo Neruda & Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Jane Russell and Ruth Allaun** … Foreword to their essay on Leonard Woolf “When I’m in the Strand or 42nd Street, or at NASA Headquarters or the Beverley Hills Hotel, my surroundings are liable to give a sudden tremor and … Continue reading →
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Nationalism, the past and the present: The case of Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts This review article was drafted in 1991 and should therefore be assessed in the light of the literature available then. In those days it took at least two years for an article to be refereed and published. The … Continue reading →
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Nationalism, the Past and The Present: The Case of Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts This review article was drafted in 1991 and should therefore be assessed in the light of the literature available then. In those days it took at least two years for an article to be refereed and published. The … Continue reading →
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