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Sri Lankan ‘Outposts’ on Thursday Island in Colonial Times
Á Booklet by Stanley J. Sparkes and Anna Shnukal entitled The Sri Lankan Settlers of Thursday Island …. presented by …………….. httpsy ://www.elanka.com.au/the-sri-lankan-settlers-of-thursday-island-by-stanley-j-sparkes-and-anna-shnukal/ … I regret that the pictorial illustrations with this text proved obdurate and refused replication; while the … Continue reading →
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Upali Wijewardene and the Birth Pangs of THE ISLAND
– Vijitha Yapa – who was the Founder Editor of THE ISLAND The person at the other end of the phone calling from Nallur was very angry. “Mr Editor, you have killed me in your paper today”. I did not ask him where … Continue reading →
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Subhas Chandra Bose: Indian Nationalist with Fascist Links
Wikipedia Account distilled & re-shaped by Capt. Kumar Kirinde, with this title: “Subhas Chandra Bose: Leader of the Indian Independence League (IIL) and Indian National Army (INA)” ….. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bos Subhas Chandra Bose (January 1897–18 … Continue reading →
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Vignettes in Assessment of Angela Merkel, A Scientist become World Leader Par Excellence
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer, in an article presented on 28 May 2019 entitled “German chancellor, Harvard’s Commencement speaker, explain her rise to longtime prominence” “Merkel advises graduates: Break the walls that hem you in”
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A Crunch Situation at Nandhikadal, April-May 2009: The Stark Realities of War
Michael Roberts, reprinting an article entitled “Realties of War” and drafted in late April or early May 2009 following an invitation from Muralidhar Reddy (the Frontline correspondent in Colombo).… and now retrieved for me by my old schoolmate KK De … Continue reading →
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Re-visiting the Case of Mark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle of 1937: A Landmark Judgment that upheld the Liberty of the Individual and that affirmed the Fairness of ‘ British Justice’
Prabhath de Silva, … an article that appeared initially in the Daily Mirror, 25/26 November 2022– with highlighting in this version imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Mark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle (also known as Price) was born in Chelsea, England in … Continue reading →
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David Paynter: Consummate Painter, A Ceylonese and A Trinitian
Rukshani Weerasooriya, in RoarMedia, 4 December 2016, where the title is “The Paynter Behind Some Of Sri Lanka’s Finest Art”** … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The Transfiguration. Image credit: shehansilva.wordpress.com The chapel at S. Thomas’ College Mount … Continue reading →
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The Sri Lankan Tamil Hands within USA’s Programme for Sri Lanka
Daya Gamage US Official Robert Blake with Reps of Tamil Diaspora EMAIL NOTE from Gamage, 1 July 2021: Cooperation between some U.S. State Department officials and members of the Tamil Diaspora has been truly extraordinary. The U.S. Embassy in Colombo … Continue reading →
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Richmond College and Its Principals … 1876-1994
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The “Fertiliser Mafia” debilitating Sri Lanka’s Agricultural Wellbeing?
Chandre Dharmawardana, writing from Canada (see below) Sri Lanka is heading towards an agricultural disaster similar to that created by Stalin who was guided by a so-called “Dialectical Materialist” version of agricultural science announced by Lysenko, a “party scientist”. Sri … Continue reading →
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