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Mathematics: Islamic Mainsprings Magnifique
Adrienne Bernhard, in BBC.Com, 7 December 2020, where the title reads thus: “How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library” Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical … Continue reading →
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Sinhalaness in Pre-British Ceylon: Issues and Pathways
A Review Essay by Alan Strathern** dissecting a Book by Michael Roberts published in 2004 This item was located by Thuppahi in the web-site Colombo Telegraph on 26 December 2012 (see https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-royal-we-sinhala-identity-in-the-dynastic-state/). However, it appeared initially in 2005 in the … Continue reading →
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Ceylon’s First General Election in 1947: Reflections … with An Eye on Today’s Situation
Gerald. H. Peiris, presenting here a more complete article than that featured in The Island of 16th June 2020 under the title “A National Election in a ‘Time of Troubles’. ” The phrase ‘Time of Troubles’ is borrowed from the … Continue reading →
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The Religious Threads and Corporate Institutions behind Our World Wars?
Brian Victoria, presenting an article that has appeared in Countercurrents on 19 October 2021 with this title “Something Worse than Slavery?” With the advent of the Black Lives Matter movement, together with the emergence of Critical Race Theory, the spotlight … Continue reading →
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A Scathing Dissection of TNA and Tamil Party Programmes Today by Tissa Vitharana
Tissa Vitarana, in Island, 29 July 2020, where the title runs “TNA has failed to come up with a realistic plan to address problems of the North-East people” The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has come out with its manifesto for … Continue reading →
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In Search of Archaic Practices & Features in Ancient and Medieval Lanka
Two foreign personnel, one a British man and the other a Taiwanese Chinese lady, have developed a deep interest in Sri Lanka and a considerable äcquaintance”, so to speak. with the land and its peAnswer: perhaps Sigiriya?oples, and have recently … Continue reading →
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The “Colombo Bharathas”: A Merchant Community
Joe “Malli” Vaz *** The ghosts of forgotten family histories haunt the children of immigrants, pressing us to take on the role of scribes to recover and record those enduring tales implanted deep within our childhood memories. Iruthamma De Votta … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrs’: Regenerating Divine Potency?
This article from my pen was probably drafted in 2004. It appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism vol. 28 in 2005 after the usual refereeing process. Some of the details and arguments have, in fact, been obliterated within my … Continue reading →
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A Refreshing New Study of the Anagarika Dharmapala’s Endeavours
Nandi Jasentuliyana, former Deputy Director-General, the United Nations. reviewing Bhadrajee Hewage’s new book, viz., A Name for Every Chapter: Anagarika Dharmapala and Ceylonese Buddhist Revivalism, in the Sunday Times, 20 December 2020 where the title is different. The unexamined life … Continue reading →
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The Cannonball Tree … How a Mistaken Identification jinxed the 2002 Peace Talks?
Malaka Rodrigo, in Mongabay.com, 27 July 2020, with this title “In Sri Lanka, a South American flower usurps a tree sacred to Buddhists and Hindus” The cannonball tree, with its red, pink and yellow flowers with a soft fragrance, is … Continue reading →
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