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Murugappan Asylum-Seeker Family on Verge of Legal Victory and A Return to Biloela
Nick Pearson in 9news, 16 February 2021, where the title reads “Biloela family spared deportation for now, but remain on Christmas Island” The Federal Court has stopped the deportation of a family from the Queensland town of Biloela, upholding a decision … Continue reading →
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Jaffna Fort in Ruins: Evoking Its Chequered History
Dishan Joseph, in Daily News, 4 Septmber 2021, where the title is “Jaffna Fort: Reflections of Dutch History” … reproduced here with highlighting inserted by The Editor, Thuppahi The Northern Province is embellished with history and culture. It is a land … Continue reading →
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Island Lanka as “Last Gasp” Saviour?
Amanda Hodge in The Australian, 28 April 2021, where the titleruns thus: “India Covid crisis: Aussie family’s last-gasp sanctuary” With a second wave of COVID-19 ravaging India and all escape routes to Australia closed for his Hyderabad-based family of four, Melbourne-born … Continue reading →
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An Exemplary Teacher at Ussangoda: Philanthopy topped with Genius
Siri Ipalawatte of Canberra writing in The Island, 23 October 2021, where the title reads “An amazing Sri Lankan – ‘the power of one’ From Tidbinbilla to rain forests, red wines to thelijja, cappaccino to kurumba, five-stars to homestay…. Just when I thought … Continue reading →
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Applauding Professor Trevor Wilson, Historian …. His Memorial Service
Trevor Wilson Eulogies, 24 June 2022 Jenny Wilson [00:00:24] Emeritus Professor Trevor Gordon Wilson, AM. Known as Trevor to Mum and his colleagues, as Gordon to his daughters and granddaughters, as ‘Trevors’ to his grandson Ben, was born on Christmas … Continue reading →
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Under Scrutiny: Edmund Leach’s PUL ELIYA
Michael Roberts In late 1965 I set out on an oral history exercise interviewing retired British public servants[1] about their experiences in Ceylon. This work has been clarified earlier in two Thuppahi Items.[2] Because of my strong interest in colonial … Continue reading →
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In Appreciation of Stanley Jayaweera: A Son’s Thoughts
Sanjeewa Jayaweera, in The Island, 6 February 2022, where the title runs thus “Remembering my father – Stanley Jayaweera” …. with highlighting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi My parents in conversation with Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria and former Secretary General … Continue reading →
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Roger Byard at the Cutting Edge in Forensic Pathology
University of Adelaide Newsroom, October 2021, where the title runs “GUARDIANS OF THE DEAD PODCAST: TRUE STORIES AND FASCINATING CASES FROM A WORKING FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST” Professor Roger Byard has opened up his case files and trawled back through his personal … Continue reading →
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Dutch Burghers and Portuguese Mechanics: Eurasian Ethnicity in Sri Lanka
Dennis B. McGilvray, reproducing an essay presented in April 1982 within Comparative Studies in Society and History 24 (2): 235-263 –– an article that is wide-ranging and draws on ethnographic work as well as historical manuscripts. Note that the highlighting … Continue reading →
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Ukridge of Uxbridge, Ukridge of Ukraine
Michael Patrick O’Leary, aka Padraig Colman, presenting an essay that did not make the top grade To help me through these troubled times, this sordid age, I have been bingeing on the oeuvre of the Divine Plum, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. … Continue reading →
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