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Sri Lanka Down Aussies in ODI at Colombo, 12-2-2025
Tristan Lavalette in ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2025 … where the title reads “Asalanka’s stunning hundred, Theekshana’s four wickets turn tables on Australia” On a surface that aided pace and spin, Sri Lanka’s captain rescued his side with the bat before … Continue reading →
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Early Writing: The Evidence from Sri Lanka
Darshanie Ratnawalli, here reproducing an article presented in the Colombo Telegraph and The Island in June 2016, where the title runs “Sri Lanka’s role in South Asia’s earliest writing controversy” A few years ago someone came up with the campaign … Continue reading →
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Resisting Racist Oppression: Measures Symbolic & Minute ….. Yet Meaningful
Channa Wickremasekera in Facebook, … [where items disappear into the depths] … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi A close friend recently sent me the link to Louis Theroux’s documentary ‘The Settlers’. He was moved by it, he said. … Continue reading →
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The Pros & Cons of T20 Cricket Today …. Six-hitting Sleepiness?
Ian Chappell, in ESPNcricinfo, 5 May 2024 where the title reads “Will T20 get to the point where it becomes wearisome?” Over the years I’ve learnt that for every upside in an idea – no matter how good – it’s … Continue reading →
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Where have All the Windies Cricketers Gone ….
Where have All the Flowers Gone, Long Time Passing …. Where have All the Windies Cricketers Gone, Caribbean Death-knell Looming …………………. A Ditty from One Thuppahi …. Pete Seeger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Have_All_the_Flowers_Gone%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger The West Indies in their heyday of the … Continue reading →
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A Rollicking Return to ODI Cricket by Vandersay
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 5 August 2024 –– where the title is “Vandersay brings the vibes back for Sri Lanka” …. with highlighting imposed by The editor, Thuppahi The legspinner Vandersay has had a stop-start international career but produced … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Tourism Industry: A Slashing Review
C. A. Saliya in The Island, February 2025, where the title reads “The hollow recovery: A stagnant industry – Part I” …. with pictorial illustrations now inserted because of the wizardry of my old Aloysian comrade KK de Silva The headlines … Continue reading →
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Pursuing World-Class Creative Writing in Sri Lanka
Dr Sasanka Perera, in The Island, 15 September 2025, with this title “Writing with passion and conviction” My intention [here] is to reflect on writing with passion at a time Sri Lanka is producing writing, at least in the Sinhala … Continue reading →
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Mass NUDE Assembly at River in Aid of Cancer Project
Tayla Coucaud in The Australian, 11 October 2023 A New York-based artist has put out a call to thousands of Queenslanders to strip down and possibly enter the Brisbane city river for a series of nude images. American photographer Spencer … Continue reading →
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Political Complexities in Jaffna & the Killing of Rajani Thiranagama
BEING Chapter 3 of Palmyra Fallen, from Rajani to War’s End, by Rajan Hoole ….. Published 2015 …. a book printed and bound by Global Printing Works, 5 Stork Place, Colombo 10 …. a chapter entitled “Some Crucial Pieces of the … Continue reading →
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