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Intricate Ivory Artefacts in Ancient and Medieval Lanka
Premila Thurairatnam, whose article in The CEYLANKAN May 2024 Issue is entitled ”Ceylon Ivory” In Ceylon, ivory was used in carving as early as the 2nd century CE or earlier1. Descriptions of Lanka in the epic Ramayana refer to ivory-embellished … Continue reading →
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A Zealot in USA targets Sri Lanka
Rohana R. Wasala, in The Island, 10 September 2025, with this title “The root of all evil” Professor Michael K. Jerryson of Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA, testified on the subject of ‘Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka’ before the … Continue reading →
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Is Prabakaran NOT a Hitler! …. Goodness Gracious Me!
Shenali D. Waduge, whose slashing sarcastic essay is entitled “Let’s Celebrate Prabakaran & the LTTE’s Glorious Achievements!” … with the highlighting being that in the original item A tribute to the world’s most misunderstood mass murderer and his liberation-through-terror campaign. … Continue reading →
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Face-to-Face in Sri Lanka: Elephants & Humans
Zinara Rathnayake, in an Item in the New Lines Magazine that is reprinted in The Island, 23 March 2025 In Makulpotha village, 89 miles northwest of Colombo, Punchibanda woke up to the trumpet of an elephant while he was sleeping … Continue reading →
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Left-wing Groupthink is strangling UK’s Universities
Matt Goodwin, in The Sunday Times, 1 September 2024 where the title reads “Left-wing groupthink is strangling universities, so count me out” Having watched free speech being marginalised by a narrow monoculture over two decades, Matt Goodwin is stepping down … Continue reading →
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Milestones: Chandrika at Eighty
Gamini Keerawella in The Island, 29 June 2025 where the title runs thus: “CBK at 80: A Trailblazer’s Legacy in Perspective” Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, … Continue reading →
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An Inspiring Sri Lankan Anthropologist: Gananath Obeysekere
Laleen Jayamanne & Nammika Raby, in The Island, February 2025 “People were nourished by stories….” (Kathandarawalinne minissu jeewathwune) Gananath “Man does not live by bread alone” Matthew 4:4 Dimuthu Saman Wettasinghe’s film Gananath Obeyesekere: In Search of Buddhist Conscienceopens with a … Continue reading →
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. Wikipedia
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōjima no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle … Continue reading →
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Switzerland’s Neutrality During World War Two
Compiled by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF [retd] The land locked country that maintained ‘nuetrality’ inspite of being surrounded by the Axis powers and Axis annexed / occupied territotries during the war Switzerland during WWII (1) Introduction During the war, … Continue reading →
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The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years
Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city” ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading →
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