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Today’s Far Right League of Nations
Eviane Leidig, in Foreign Policy, 20 January 2020, where the title reads “The Far-Right Is Going Global” An unofficial visit by nationalist European leaders to Kashmir highlights the solidarity of far-right movements across the globe. In October 2019, 23 members … Continue reading →
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The Benefits from the Hambantota Port Project: Mathews faces Perera Head-On
An Email Memo from Gus Mathews addressing His Schoolmate Prithi Perera,[1] 22 September 2021 … with highlighting and End Notes being impositions of The Editor, Thuppahi Prithi, we will not concur on this debate about Hambantota and I wish to … Continue reading →
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The “China Research Group” in UK: Frontal Picture …. and Possible Underground Chambers?
The Frontispiece on Google The China Research Group was set up by a group of Conservative MPs in the UK to promote debate and fresh thinking about how Britain should respond to the rise of China. The group’s work looks … Continue reading →
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An Appraisal of Sri Lanka’s Industrialization Strategy
Prema-chandra Athukorala The history of industrialization strategy in Sri Lanka is characterized by abrupt episodes of substantial changes associated with political regime shifts without settling to a stable path required for self-sustained growth. During the first decade after independence in … Continue reading →
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DS Senanayake’s Endeavours in Peasant Agriculture
From KM. De Silva: DS. The Life of DS Senanayake, (1884-1952) A NOTE from Thuppahi: printed in 2016 this book of 135 pages is clearly meant to provide a distilled assessment of DS Senanayake’s career. Our readings of this work … Continue reading →
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Melathi Saldin’s Essay ….. and a Sharp Denunciation ….
A NOTE: The engine ACADEMIA sends me copies of articles relating to my Sri Lankan interests. The item presented below is a new phenomenon seeking to stimulate discussion directed towards cross-ethnic harmony. Whether such objectives can be served in the … Continue reading →
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Sir John Kotelawela in Australia and New Zealand in 1955
Earlson Forbes,** Courtesy of The Ceylankan, XXIII: 3, August 2020, where the title differs a mite Ceylon’s third Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawela, was known as an outspoken, strong and, as some would say, a flamboyant leader. He had a chance … Continue reading →
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The Murder of Lional Silva by the JVP in 1984
Sanjeewa Karunaratne, whose favoured title is “Stories from Sri Lanka’s Civil War – Lional Silva“ During 1984-89, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (“JVP”) or People’s Liberation Front launched a clandestine attack against the Government of Sri Lanka. Since its fighters were … Continue reading →
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Out Out British Spot: Gladstone Expelled from Sri Lanka
Chandani Kirinde, in Financial Times, 30 June 2021, where the title is “The Gladstone Affair: ‘A Sri Lankan Tempest’,” Just 18 hours after landing in the country in June 1987, David Gladstone had an audience with President J.R. Jayewardene. All too … Continue reading →
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How Anthropologists Think: Configurations of the Exotic
Bruce Kapferer, … being the Huxley Lecture: British Museum, 16 December 2011, subsequently published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 9, 8–86 ..in 2013 … [with the numerals in the publication date references subject to distortion … Continue reading →
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