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A Populist Strongman in the Wings in Sri Lanka
M. R. Bhadrakumar in Indian Punchline, 12 August 2019, where the title runs “The return of the strongman in Sri Lanka”The announcement in Colombo on Sunday by former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa that his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be his party … Continue reading →
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Revitalizing the Oceans: COVID paves the Way
Palitha Kohona, at IndepthNews, May 2020, where the title is “COVID-19 Pandemic Provides Opportunity to Revive the Oceans” COLOMBO (IDN) – The well-being of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region is edging closer to a tipping point due to the unprecedented pace of … Continue reading →
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Devanee Jayathilaka stands firm … and the Video Tale goes viral
Malinda Seneviratne, in Daily Mirror, 13 February 2020, with this title “Devanee vs Sanath: who do you want to back, Citizen?” A YouTube video going viral on social media has a state official going one-on-one with a politician. Well, not exactly … Continue reading →
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Chandraprema to beard the UNHRC Den in Geneva
Item in NewsInAsia, 19 January 2020, where the title is “Veteran columnist C.A.Chandraprema appointed as Lankan envoy at the UN in Geneva” Veteran Sunday Island columnist, C.A.Chandraprema, has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations in Geneva, … Continue reading →
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Skandakumar introduces Anura Tennekoon’s Cricketing Autobiography to the World
Island News Item, 27 February 2020, entitled “A Tribute to Anura Tennekoon” Former Sri Lanka captain Anura Tennekoon’s autobiography – Passionately Cricket – was launched at Sinhalese Sports Club Wednesday evening. Tennekoon, who captained S. Thomas’ and SSC was Sri … Continue reading →
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The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka Today
Prabath De Silva, in Daily Mirror, 21 January 2021, with this title “The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka” “We are a vanishing tribe in Sri Lanka. The first paternal ancestor of my father’s family who arrived in Sri Lanka in … Continue reading →
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Yamuna Sangarasivam: Teaching Dance and Her Dance with Michael Jackson
Julia Smith: “Michael Jackson and the Anthropology of Dance,” …… https://www2.naz.edu/dept/sociology-anthropology/faculty-and-staff/yamuna-sangarasivam/ Yamuna on right with a student How did Yamuna Sangarasivam get a chance to dance with Michael Jackson in his iconic “Black or White” video — which premiered in … Continue reading →
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Kieran de Zoysa’s Last Hurrah: “I am so Sri Lankan …. A Real Achchaaru”
Kieren Shafritz De Zoysa’s Essay “Sri Lanka: My Cultural Connections” … submitted for the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition … written just before he was among those killed by a Muslim bomber at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on Easter Sunday 21/4/2019** … Continue reading →
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Raina, A Lass From Lanka, at Sydney’s Pandemic Frontline
Helen Pitt, in Sydney Morning Herald, May 2020, where the title runs “Professor of Lankan descent now one of world’s top infectious disease specialists” Professor Raina MacIntyre, one of the world’s leading emerging infectious diseases experts, has barely budged from … Continue reading →
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Sustaining Memory as a Central Facet of Transitional Justice
Gehan Gunatilleke: “The Right to Memory: The Forgotten Facet of Transitional Justice* with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting — Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter … Continue reading →
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