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The Spy Thriller: John le Carre leaves us ….
Jason Steger, in Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 2020, where the title runs thus: “A sit-down with a spy novelist: what John le Carre learnt from the secret service” “When you enter the secret world and you are engaged in the … Continue reading →
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Turbulent Waters around Pompeo’s Visit
SUGGGESTIONS from An ASIA WATCHER ·* it would be good if someone not so high in the government dealt with him, rather than the top leadership ·* That technique i described above is called “The Shanghai Treatment” and is well … Continue reading →
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Momentous Changes in Ceylon instituted by the Donoughmore Commisison
Leelananda de Silva, in Sunday Times, 5 July 2020 The Donoughmore Commission which came to Sri Lanka in the late 1920s made far reaching and far seeing recommendations, which changed the political, economic and social landscape of Ceylon. The present … Continue reading →
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Lanka’s Measured Diplomatic Appointments in Key Capitals
Daya Gamage, in Asian Tribune US Bureau Diplomatic Note, Septmber 2020, with this title “Sri Lanka enters into rational foreign policy with key dip. appointments” Sri Lanka administration under the Rajapaksa brothers has given a strong indication that it is moving … Continue reading →
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Lionel Rose: Aboriginal Boxer who united Australia
Will Swanton, in The Weekend Australian, 3-4 July 2021, where the title runs “Lionel Rose: battler who united Australia” Lionel Rose unified the nation more powerfully than Bradman, if more briefly — Bradman never had 250,000 cheering him through the streets. … Continue reading →
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Today’s Geneva Vote in Historical Overview: Dias and Peiris
ONE -A: Jeewaka Dias, 23 March 2021 …. with coloured emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi, whereas ‘black’ is the authors Cuba is one of the most admired countries in the Global South. Cuba stood up for Sri Lanka at … Continue reading →
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Today’s Strongmen cast in the Shadow of Yesterday’s Fascists
Olivia B Waxman, in TIME, interviewing Ruth Ben-Giat …. https://time.com/5908244/strongman-fascism-history/ Critics of President Donald Trump have been calling him a fascist ever since he was running for President in 2016, and those characterizations continued in the aftermath of Election Day, as … Continue reading →
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Thiruketheeswaram: the Site of a Temple from Pre-Historic Times
Thiru Arumugam, being an article presented recently in The CEYLANKAN, Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia. No. 3, August 2021 Thiruketheeswaram is located about eight km north of Mannar Town. It is on the coastal mainland of Ceylon, near … Continue reading →
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Thiru Nadesan & Nirupama Rajapaksa’s Shady Dealings?
Scilla Alecci, in Pandora Papers, where the title is longggggggggggggg …… https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-family-offshore-wealth-power/ In early 2018, workers in a London warehouse carefully loaded an oil painting of Lakshmi, the Hindu deity of wealth, onto a van bound for Switzerland. The painting, … Continue reading →
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FRONTLINE — Focus on Sri Lanka’s Woes
COVER STORY: Sri Lanka: The siege within …..Print edition : May 06, 2022……. [noting that the Editor was not able tomatch PHOTO and its subheading in some places] .R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN People, cutting across communities, are paying the price for the rulers’ … Continue reading →
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