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Pitch Invasion when South Australia Claim Sheffield Shield
Alex Malcolm in ESPNcricinfo, 29 March 025 South Australia 271 and 270 for 4 (Sangha 126*, Carey 105, Steketee 3-40) beat Queensland 95 and 445 (Wildermuth 111, Clayton 100, Labuschagne 61, Steketee 51, Doggett 5-109) by four wickets Stunning centuries from Alex Carey and Jason Sangha … Continue reading →
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Articles on the Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri Lanka, 2019: THOSE in April 2019
VARIED…. IMMEDIATE – APRIL 2019 Nirupama Subramaniam 2019 “Nirupama’s Incisive Appraisal identifies Islamic Jihadist Patterns in Easter Sunday Terror,” 22 April 2019, ….. https://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/nirupamas-incisive-appraisal-identifies-islamic-jihadist-patterns-in-palm-sunday-terror/
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Australia’s Deep Shit! New Zealand Shuns AUKUS
Raucous Aucous … with highlighting imposed by Thuppahi A: A Report from New Zealand: (see news headline in Appendix). They are not interested in Aukus or Quad and wish to keep right out of it which is ironic as the Philippines, … Continue reading →
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Sharika Thiranagama in Profound Q & A on Sri Lanka’s Traumatic Past
Kaniyan Pungundran – Editor-in-Chief of Jaffna Monitor ….September 2025 … ..where the title runs thus: “JVP Still Denies the Tamil Ethnic Question: Sharika Thiranagama Speaks to Jaffna Monitor” It feels like yesterday. As a student, I remember flipping through Amuthu, … Continue reading →
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Danger! Danger! Read All About IT !!! Ye Australians
A good friend of Malaysia and Indonesia currently on the Black Sea … with a title and highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi A: Paul Keating released this statement today saying the AUKUS arrangements represent “the worst international decision by … Continue reading →
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Migration Scams Rampant in Sri Lanka
Niruni de Mel in The Island, 16 February 2024 … where the title runs thus: “Scammed and Stranded: The Dark Side of Sri Lanka’s Migration Industry” A fisherman from the quiet town of Mannar sold his mother’s, sisters’, and sister-in-law’s … Continue reading →
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Back Flood Relief With Political Reconciliation
Jehan Perera in Colombo Telegraph …………………………. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-better-sri-lanka-for-all/ In the present post-cyclone phase when the international community is demonstrating enormous goodwill to Sri Lanka, the lessons learnt from their own experiences, and the encouraging support they are giving Sri Lanka at … Continue reading →
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Israeli Tourists and Investments in Arugam Bay Area Under Threat
ITEM in THE GUARDIAN, 29 October 2024 with this headlin The golden sands of Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay are usually carefree, a place for tourists to surf the famous break and relax on the beach. But last week, the slow … Continue reading →
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Chandra Schaffter in Q-and-A with Rex Clementine
Rex Clementine … article on 23rd October 2018 entitled ”Sri Lanka’s oldest living cricketer – Chandra Schaffter” … with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi Q: Who, in your opinion, is the Greatest Sri Lankan Batsman? “I tend to agree with … Continue reading →
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Introducing VISIONS OF TREASON by Kelly & Thiranagama
Traitors. Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State-Building …. .. ….. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.9783/9780812205893/html Chap I = Introduction: Specters of Treason …. (pp. 1-23) …. by Tobias Kelly and Sharika Thiranagama …. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fj4qf.3 The English novelist E. M. Forster once wrote that … Continue reading →
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