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Remembering Julia Margaret Cameron
A Julia Margaret Cameron Bibliography At different moments Thuppahi has presented photographs from that remarkable 19th century cameraperson Julia Margaret Cameron (maiden name “Pattle”) who was intimately linked to British Ceylon because her father [error … her husband] was … Continue reading →
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The 1956 Generations: After and Before
Michael Roberts, reproducing the GC Mendis Memorial Lecture in 1981** in his collection of essays within Exploring Confrontation as chapter 12, pp 297-314. ABSTRACT of the Article: The electoral victory of the Mahajana Eksat Peramuna (MEP) led by the SLFP … Continue reading →
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Hayden for Pakistan: Hayden’s Post-Match Speech goes Viral
Andrew McMurtry in Foxsports.com ….. … https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/t20-world-cup-2021/matthew-haydens-pakistan-speech-goes-viral-after-world-cup-miracle/new Aussie cricket legend Matthew Hayden’s inspirational dressing room speech after Pakistan made the T20 World Cup semi-finals has gone viral. The former Aussie opener was the batting coach for Pakistan at the last … Continue reading →
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Michael Tissera’s Multi-Faceted Cricketing Career
Ravi Rudra, presenting a Q and A with Michael Tissera in mid-December 2023, entitled “The Michael Tissera Interview – with Ravi Rudra“ *Tissera Brothers – Michael with older brother Vernon at the Thomian (Over 65) Fellowship at SSC on 17 … Continue reading →
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Sin-Bin for Verbal Intimidation in Cricket
Michael Roberts This essay was drafted on 25 April 2001 and appeared in print-form in Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Sri Lanka and Beyond, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publishers, 2006, pp. 98-102. The highlighting here is additional emphasis in 2023 by Roberts as … Continue reading →
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Gamini Goonesena as a Legend
Hugh Karunanayake, presenting an old article from 2012 once again, with this title “Farewell to a Legend of Our Times” … with “Times” standing for the past inhabited by us octogenerians … & ….. the highlighting here being the intervention … Continue reading →
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Face-to-Face in the Solomon Islands: Two Global Giants
Scott Ritter, in Global Times, 27 May 2022, where the title reads “Chinese diplomacy in South Pacific upends US-Australian security plans” The visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Solomon Islands on May 26, part of a 10-day … Continue reading →
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Michael Tissera: Outstanding Cricketer & Gentleman
Ravi Rudra, whose preferred title is/was “Michael Tissera 85. The Finest Gentleman Cricketer” … an item with a host of interesting photographs that are not simple to place within one site. As a compromise there I have relied on aid … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Wildcats: In the Depths of the Jungle
Uditha Devapriya, in The Island, 18 December 2021, …. Review of Phantoms of the Night: Wildcats of Sri Lanka, by Thilak Jayaratne, Janaka Gallangoda, Nadika Hapuarachchi, and Madura de Silva ….. Chaya Publishers, 2022,… 160 pp…. with highlighting imposed by the … Continue reading →
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St. Josephs College in Colombo: Its Multi-faceted Achievements over 125 Years
Lynn Ockersz, in The Island, 13 June 2022, where the title runs thus “St. Joseph’s College, Colombo – a dignified 125 years” One hundred and twenty-five years into its existence, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo remains dignified and spiritually-focused in the Sri … Continue reading →
