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June 15, 2015 · 2:49 am

In appreciation of a Oriental Scholar, P. B. Sannasgala

K. N. O. Dharmadasa, in The Island, 15 June 2015 … honouring the birth centenary of a great scholar Professor PB Sannasgala (1915-1997) represented a generation of our scholars steeped in what was termed Oriental learning – Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala and … Continue reading →

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October 19, 2015 · 3:44 pm

Ian Goonetileke’s Critical Review of Facets of Modern Ceylon History through the Letters of Jeronis Pieris

H. A. I. Goonetileke, a “renaissance man” if ever there was one in Sri Lanka, serves up a critical review in 1976 of a study drafted in 1969/70 …. addressing Michael Roberts, Facets of Modern Ceylon History through the Letters of … Continue reading →

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August 25, 2015 · 1:53 am

Kumar Sangakkara’s Reflections on Cricket and Life in Q and A with Rex

Rex Clementine, in The Island, 24 August 2015 ….http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=130535 Many have enjoyed Kumar Sangakkara’s elegant batting that fetched him 38 Test hundreds. He had been equally impressive at press conferences talking eloquently on several subjects. Sangakkara spoke to journalists one … Continue reading →

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March 2, 2015 · 3:09 pm

Siri Gunasinghe’s Sinhala Poems in English — Just Three

Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere, in The Island, 25 February 2015 The Water Buffalo My beard on fire in haste, I was running, running down in the dawn, bearing the burdens of life all on my back; at the edge of … Continue reading →

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May 12, 2015 · 5:52 pm

“Jihad,” “Martyrdom Operations” and Mohammed Atta’s Injunctions in the “Last Night” before 9/11

See David Cook, “Suicide Attacks or Martyrdom Operations in Contemporary Jihad Literature,” Nova Religio 6 (2002), pp. 7-44… …….  AT http://www.ozlanka.com/commentary/jihad.htm  Pic from pixshark.com TRANSLATION OF “THE LAST NIGHT” [88] The Last Night [89]   He said: one of the Companions said: the Messenger of God ordered … Continue reading →

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December 19, 2014 · 10:16 am

Christina of Bunnik Tours in Raptures over Lanka’s Sights and Sites

Christina Pfeiffer, 18 December 2014 Women sashay past, saris fluttering and hips swaying rhythmically to the thumping drums. The high-pitched whining of a wind instrument draws me like the call of the Pied Piper. I’m swept along by the crowd … Continue reading →

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December 29, 2014 · 3:41 am

Count de Mauny’s Island as “Taprobane” today in Lanka — itself “Taprobane” in Ancient Times

Michelle Green in The New York Times,  26 December 2014, where the title reads “In Sri Lanka, an Island of Detachment and Desire ** Bare-chested fishermen idled on the rocks one afternoon and argued mellifluously. Bony children bobbed in the … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2014 · 12:54 pm

C.V.Wigneswaran’s KG Kannabiran Memorial Lecture at Chennai, 9 November 2009: Extracts

Courtesy of Iqbal … See note ** at end  Justice CV Wigneswaran, Chief Minister Northern Province — Pic from AP * In Sri Lanka, when the Presidential elections were announced in late 2009, shortly after the Attorney General’s officers waxed … Continue reading →

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May 7, 2014 · 3:38 pm

Sri Lanka’s Politicians as a Scourge

Footprints In The Sands … by Derrick Mendis. s.j.   Politics in Lanka is a dirty game Sans sense of honesty, honour or shame. On election-campaigns that squander millions, When in power, make illicit billions.   Full of corruption, nepotism, … Continue reading →

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May 31, 2014 · 1:12 pm

The Modi Phenomenon in Sri Lankan Eyes: Some Selections

A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY from May 2014 Sunday Leader: “Mixed Reactions To Modi,” in May Sunday Leader Editorial: “Modi’s First Hurdle Over Sri Lanka,” Sunday Leader, 25 May 2014. Malinda Seneviratne: “Modi as gonibilla and maverick’s plaything,” Nation, 25 May 2014. … Continue reading →

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