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June 20, 2024 · 7:39 pm

Reaching Out with Digital Education–Vanni Hope in Sri Lanka

Thuppahi has consitently supported the charitable outreach that has been pursued by Ranjan Sivagnanasundaram and his VANNI HOPE projects and has no hesitation in backing this line of charitable aid.  “Enhancing Access to Digital Education for Disadvantaged Students/Children in the … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2025 · 4:11 pm

AI Looms Over Our Future …. Look-Out!

ITEM in LUMEN, Adelaide University Magazine, September 2025 or so … no date specified clearly & bearing this title: “The  Future and  AI” …. Authorship unclear: maybe Carolyn Semmler, maybe Isaac Freeman Whether we like it, or not, artificial intelligence … Continue reading →

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August 26, 2025 · 7:43 pm

The Insidious Power-Brokers Aligned behind Israel in Today’s World

APOYI-APOYI  The title and the highlights in this presentation have been  imposed by the Editor of Thuppahi –who receives The AUSTRALIAN and is aware of its heavy bias. Apoyi-Apoyi, incidentally, is a  White man SEE …. https://youtu.be/dpkD0uGAE90?si=HroPfWPxaM3K1-1t…… Here, Malaysia’s PM … Continue reading →

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March 22, 2026 · 1:35 pm

Diana Hyland & John Travolta …. Enduring Love

Helga desilva Blow Perera…… in Facebook  On March 27, 1977, Diana Hyland died in John Travolta’s arms at just 41 years old. That night, he held her close and whispered that he loved her, hoping she could still hear him. … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2026 · 8:11 pm

Kamindu Mendis Steps Up …..

 Andrew Fidel Fernando = “Versatile Kamindu hints at finding his T20 home” … in ESPNcricinfo, 9 Feb 2026 The allrounder has long seemed a ready-made T20 cricketer and this innings may be the performance he needed. Sometimes you can be a … Continue reading →

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July 8, 2025 · 7:17 pm

In-Your-Face: Reflection on Political Confrontation in Sri Lanka in the 1970s

John Rogers to Michael Roberts, date uncertain, maybe circa 2018 … responding to items in this website, maybe circa 2018, which retailed debates in the early 1970s  within Peradeniya University and Lanka in circles associated with  — and against — the activities … Continue reading →

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March 16, 2025 · 12:58 pm

Trimming the Teams & Sharpening Skills: Lanka Cricket

Rex Clementine, in The Island, 16 March 2025, where the title reads “Chandraguptha in the running for a Test spot” We have just witnessed a fiercely contested First-Class season culminate in Bloomfield being crowned champions – a long-awaited triumph after … Continue reading →

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July 19, 2024 · 5:19 pm

Underlining BLACK JULY in 1958: Poignant Reflections

Daya Wickramatunga to Jayantha Somasundaram, 14 July 2024, in Response to Jayantha’s Circulation of the DAILY MIRROR Item on the 1958 Riots: viz. …………………………. https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Black-July-facing-the-moment-of-truth/231-287106 The ‘Sinhala Only Bill’ by SWRD was ridiculous. SWRD could hardly speak Sinhala when he … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2026 · 7:02 pm

Trump’s Gross Misreading of IRAN …….

Janan Ganesh, FT … in an article bearing this Title: “Trump learns that not everyone has a price” Who is the anti-Trump? The human opposite of him? Robert Mueller, who once investigated the US president, had a strong claim. He … Continue reading →

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March 4, 2026 · 9:34 pm

Trincomalee and the Cold War Calculus of 1987: India’s Disastrous Intervention in Sri Lanka

KKS Perera …. responding to a circular request from The Editor, TPS, for “Thoughts and/or Lessons for the World from the Consequences of the Indian Government’s Military Intervention in Sri Lanka in 1987″  … ………with highlights and photographs being the … Continue reading →

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