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Cricketing Stalwarts farewell Vijaya Malalasekera
Item in The Island, 8 February 2022 …. https://island.lk/crickets-greats-bid-farewell-to-vijaya-malalasekara/ A large gathering was present yesterday at Kanatta to bid farewell to former Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Vijaya Malalasekara. Malalasekara represented Royal College and then Cambridge in cricket. He opened batting … Continue reading →
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Bertie Wijesinghe: An Appreciation in 2015
Mevan Pieris, an essay presented in The Sunday Times on 24 May 2015 with this title: “Bertie Wijesinghe: 95 Not Out” R.B. Wijesinghe, son of former Trinity cricketer Alexander Wijesinghe and of his wife Beatrice Gunasekera, is the oldest living … Continue reading →
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Remembering Pat Williams: Gallian Virtuoso in Many Fields
Johnny de Silva et al Pat Williama: Was there no end to his involvement in sports?
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The Charming Cricket Setting in Galle
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 2 February 2023, with this title “Galle’s splendour charms everyone in cricket” A mouth-watering contest began this week at the Galle International Stadium between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and England Lions and the future stars will … Continue reading →
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US Establishment in NY Under Threat from Underclass Forces
Mayura Botejue Aristocrats in fear as “Muslim Immigrant Communist” leads proletariat revolution in New York City. Zohran Mamdani will be the new Mayor of New York City. He promised to take on the billionaires and better the lives of working-class … Continue reading →
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The Potency Borne by Pictures
Michael Roberts This little presentation is a DEDICATION. It illustrates the potency and power of friends in producing an academic booklet in 2011. As it happens, the booklet bears the title Potency, Power & People in Groups and was financed … Continue reading →
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Life As A Weapon: Tamil Tigers and Jihadists
Michael Roberts: A recent invitation to present a Zoom Lecture from Dr. Geethika Dharmasinghe of Colgate University in USA found me stumbling upon one of my unpublished Notes from yesteryear: a “Note” which seems worthy of resuscitation for public consumption … Continue reading →
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The Madugalle Genealogy from Way Back
Item from “Sri Lanka Kandyan Sinhala Family Genealogy” MADUGALLE – Family #3116 The village or Wasagama of Madugalle is in Gampaha Korale East of Upper Dumbara and is bounded by Gandeke Korale in the North and Kanpala KJorale in the … Continue reading →
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Defections from Lanka: Commonwealth Games Athletes and SL Navymen in USA
Item in Sunday Times, 7 August 2022 …/ taken from AFP and sent to me by Jayantha Somasundaram of Canbera It is no secret that these days Sri Lankans are trying all sorts of ways to leave the country whether … Continue reading →
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Two Sri Lankans in Victoria’s Cricket XI …Hallelujah!
Michael Roberts Two players of Sri Lankan parentage are presently playing for Victoria in their Sheffield Shield game. The 31 year-old medium-pace bowler Ruwantha Prasad Kellepotha has joined Chandrasinghe in the Victorian Eleven Kellepotha is aged 31 years and was … Continue reading →
