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May 28, 2025 · 5:30 pm

Chickungya Rampant in Sri Lanka NOW…

Dr Sarath Gamani De Silva, a Richmondite friend of mine in Colombo, confirmed this fact  and provided this basic NOTE drawn from Wikipedia. Chikungunya fever is now rampant in Sri Lanka. It is caused by a mosquito bite. Same species … Continue reading →

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April 24, 2026 · 6:24 pm

Deconstructing the Australian Bias in the Hartcher-Selinger-Morris Analysis

Cameleer, reviewing the YOU TUBE propaganda video https://youtu.be/vEaIo190GmI?si=DEj4kgipnJcd0Xj- ….. with Highlights being the intervention of the Thuppahi hand The recent analysis provided by Peter Hartcher and Samantha Selinger-Morris regarding West Asia and the conflict in Ukraine is less a balanced … Continue reading →

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June 27, 2026 · 9:22 pm

Some Exemplary Sri Lankan Legal Luminaries in the Recent Past

Dr. Chamila S. Talagala For the lawyers who took their oath last week, and for everyone who still believes this profession is worth saving. There is a courtroom complex in Colombo that lawyers still call by its old name, Hulftsdorp, long after … Continue reading →

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May 11, 2026 · 9:08 pm

Gunaratna’s Conservative, Pro-American Reading of Today’s Political Confrontations

Rohan Gunaratna, whose chosen title is “The New Global Wave of Terrorism” … Introduction Today, the world is influenced by the heightened threat environment in the Middle East. In the past, the global terrorism environment was largely influenced and shaped … Continue reading →

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January 17, 2024 · 12:53 am

The Geopolitics underlying the Strengthening of Maldivian Links with China

Timur Fomenko in rtcom.news, 15 January 2024, where the title reads  as “How a tiny tourist paradise has become a political flashpoint between India and China” ….. with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi and pertinents Thoughts sent by “Skindiver” … Continue reading →

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July 7, 2020 · 1:18 pm

Passing the Covid with the Cricket Ball?

Simon Kolstoe, in The Conversation, 6 July 2020, where the title reads “Do cricket balls really spread coronavirus Cricket is now back on in England, despite Boris Johnson declaring cricket balls a “natural vector of disease”. His statement has frustrated cricket fans and players, but … Continue reading →

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October 14, 2020 · 2:30 am

Air Ceylon’s First Flight to Jeddah in 1950

Elmo Jayawardena This is an ancient story, most records are lost, buried or moth-eaten. Still, there is a lot remaining in the minds of men who heard how things happened and what was commercial flying like in its infant days … Continue reading →

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October 10, 2016 · 2:53 pm

Debilitating Political Ignorance in Sri Lanka’s Populace?

Sanjana Hattotuwa,  from The Island, 8 October 2016, where the title is “The new constitution that may never be”. .. Emphasis below via highlighting is an imposition by the Editor, Thuppahi. Gramsci spoke of the pessimism of intellect and the … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2016 · 4:40 am

Sri Lanka leads World in Path to Eliminate Malaria

Sarah Boseley, in The Guardian Weekly, 22 September 2016, where the title reads “Beginning of the End for Malaria,” … https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/09/malaria-sri-lanka-china-iran-malaysia-end-for-disease  Hopes of eliminating malaria from more than 30 countries with a total population of 2 billion have risen following the … Continue reading →

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October 2, 2016 · 3:22 pm

Chaotic Pluralism in Sri Lanka’s Polity Today

Sanjana Hattotuwa, courtesy of The Island, 1 October 2016, where the title is “Factions & Fractions. Chaos in Sri Lanka’s Polity”  … emphasis has been added by The Editor, Thuppahi. My conversations with individuals and institutions over the course of … Continue reading →

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