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Ar Fernando ….  whose prefferred title is “The Ghosts of Mount Mary: A Forgotten Railway Lega,cy” Colombo’s history is not always found in grand landmarks. Sometimes, it exists quietly within the forgotten neighbourhoods—like Mount Mary in Dematagoda. Built during the … Continue reading →

News Item received From Firazath Hussain of Galle & Colombo in Sri Lanka, 22 April 2026,…. with the full title being “Diplomacy or Escalation? The Iran War at a Crossroads” …. the highlighting here being that of The Editor, Thuppahi … Continue reading →

Raj Sivanathan in GROUNDVIEWS, 21 October 2025, where the title reads thus “The Unhealed  Wounds: The Jaffna Hospital Tragedy 38  Years On” The soil of Jaffna still carries voices from the hospital wards of 1987. The question is whether the … Continue reading →

Jehan Perera, reviewing the new book by Professor  Pathmanathan … entitled Glimpses of an Ancient Civilisation: Society and Culture in Jaffna (300 BC to AD 500)  SSSR Investments Pty Ltd, Australia, 2026 ,,,, 370 pp…… In reflecting on the work … Continue reading →

Dash De Soysa The controversy at Panadura or the Panadura Vadaya, which had its beginnings in 1873, may be considered a cornerstone of the modern society in which we live today. It is not a symbol of fanaticism but a landmark in the social … Continue reading →

Devika Brendon, iin GROUNDVIEWS, August 2026 …. Photos courtesy of Nayanahari Abeynayake & Mudirshuni Kumar … with highlights being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi The title of the exhibition, The Endless Harvest, which was held at Haputale Town Hall is very … Continue reading →

Shyam Tekwani, whose chosen title in this article presented on 30 December 2025, runs thus: ‘India Out’: In South Asia, India Bears the Burden of Nearness Across South Asia, moments of protest framed as ‘India Out’ recur not as ideology, but … Continue reading →

Nira Wickramasinghe: “Cinnamon: A History of Taste and Empire,” The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankan peelers to colonial rule. For millennia, cinnamon has … Continue reading →