August 26, 2025 · 3:00 pm
An Editor’s Apologetic Note, August 2025 I got to know Eardley because his anthropological fieldwork and dissertation in Uva in Sri Lanka came to m attention way back, maybe in the 1980s when I was teaching in Adelaide. I think … Continue reading →
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September 18, 2025 · 2:00 pm
ITEM sent by Keith Bennett, entitled “SRI LANKA’S BEACHES – The Ultimate Insider’s Guide” Here’s what makes Sri Lankan beaches absolutely unique – and why timing is everything. The seasonal secret, West/South Coast (Nov-Apr): Unawatuna, Mirissa, Bentota East Coast (May-Sep): Arugam … Continue reading →
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June 22, 2024 · 1:22 am
Michael Roberts While most cricketing fans may be focusing on the T20 World Cup matches in the Caribbean and USA, the female West Indian cricketers have been ‘holidaying’ in Sri Lanka. Or rather, thus far, they have faced the mighty … Continue reading →
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December 1, 2024 · 8:51 pm
BC aka Bunchy Rahuman: “Essay One – Galle Fort: Introductory Kick Off to start the ball rolling” I was born one morn when the sun didn’t shine: at one hour past midnight, how can the sun shine? yakku guss nagina … Continue reading →
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October 24, 2024 · 6:35 pm
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 23 October 2024, where the title reads “Hasaranga and Theekshana spin West Indies out and seal Sri Lanka series win” Rutherford and Motie put on a WI record ninth-wicket stand but it was in vain. … Continue reading →
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November 11, 2024 · 11:00 pm
Rex Clementine in The Island, 7 November 2024, The New Zealand cricket team took a breather, immersing themselves in the natural splendor of Minneriya, where they witnessed the breathtaking ‘Gathering’ — a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle where elephants congregate around the Minneriya … Continue reading →
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August 15, 2024 · 9:54 pm
Danny Byrne, whose chosen title reads “Test Match cricket returns to Guyana after 13 years. The days before the Second Test between West Indies and South Africa.” We left Georgetown at 03.30 am in an ordinary car packed full of … Continue reading →
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June 26, 2022 · 6:53 pm
David Graham, in Quora, …. https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-most-epic-last-stands-in-history/answer/David-Graham-149 On June 25, 1876, after a stumbling night march that exhausted men and horses, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Sitting Bull’s village on the banks of the Little … Continue reading →
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May 1, 2025 · 12:39 am
Sophie Brew in ???? where the title runs thus: “A Sri Lankan Feast on a Tropical Modernist Estate” …. NB: several striking pix of the food could not be uploaded The chef Cynthia Shanmugalingam cooked a meal that celebrated the … Continue reading →
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December 10, 2024 · 7:52 pm
Andrew McGlashan, in ESPNcricinfo, 10 December 2024 After Agar’s yorker on the last ball was jammed out by Meredith, he thought he hadn’t seized the moment and that it would be a draw. “It went from how have we managed … Continue reading →
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