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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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Vale: Angela Hobart …. Scholar Philanthropist
Maya Hobart, in The Guardian newspaper, 9 October 2025 “Angela Hobart obituary” … with the highlights being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi My mother, Angela Hobart, who has died aged 86, was a social anthropologist who specialised in the study … Continue reading →
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Fox Hill & the Boer POWs in Diyatalawa
Harold Gunatillake, with item subject to a change of ttle and the imposition of highlights by The Editor, Thuppahi Fox Hill in Diyatalawa has an interesting story behind its name. It’s a place filled with history and charm, where each … 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 →
