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Dr RL Spittel: A Learned Man for the Väddās and the Wild
Richard Boyle. in Serendib, October 2013 where the title runs thus “Dr. R. L. Spittel: City Surgeon, Jungle Doctor, Wildlife Crusader” In the late 1880s, a boy with the ambition to become a leading physician stood in a jungle clearing … Continue reading →
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The Galoya Valley Scheme & the People who made it a Reality
KK De Silva, who was an employee of the RVDB from 1967-1979 Introduction Sir James Emerson Tennent, Colonial Secretary from 1845 to 1850, at page 432 of his book, Account of the Island of Ceylon ….. … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka enters CNN List of Best Travel Destinations for 2020
VISIT https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/places-to-visit-2020/index.html The South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka is as ancient as it is beautiful; as complex a civilization now as at any time in its 2,000-year history. Despite recent tumult (the horrific terror attacks last Easter), Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
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The British in Ceylon: The Camera as Power
In 2011 Godfrey and Amar Gunatilleke sponsored the presentation of a pictorial history entitled Potency. Power & People in Groups, (Colombo, Marga Institute, 2011, ISBN 978-955-582 129-2. Kotahena Riots 1883 This work was, albeit partially, the presentation of items gathered … Continue reading →
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Argentina by the Balls! In The Tight Grip of USA & IMF
Esteban Almiron: “How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history” .… 19 December 2022, https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/18/argentina-neocolonial-debt-history/ Argentina has constantly been trapped over two centuries in unpayable external debt owed to foreign imperial powers. This affects … Continue reading →
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A Joust between a Tamil Nationalist and a Thuppahi Mongrel
Michael Roberts, in Sri Lanka Guardian, 12 September 2011 Early in September [2011] I circulated an item describing efforts mounted by private enterprise in cooperation with the Sri Lankan state (military as well as government agents) to alleviate the life world … Continue reading →
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How Robert Knox’s Opus took shape in 1681
Anna Winterbottom, in The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 42, Issue 4., December 2009 , pp. 515-538 where the title is “Producing and using the Historical Relation of Ceylon: Robert Knox, the East India Company and the Royal Society” Abstract: … Continue reading →
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Mike Pompeo laid Bare
George Koo & K J Noh in ASIA TIMES, 19 October 2020 … https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/pompeos-record-a-litany-of-failure/ Mike Pompeo, otherwise known as the international man of catastrophe, by wide acclaim, has earned a label as the worst secretary of state in the history of … Continue reading →
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Outdated Colonial Political Demarcations are No Foundation for Governance
Gerald H. Peiris, in The Island, 16 & 17 December 2020, where the title runs thus: “Province-based Devolution in Sri Lanka: a Critique” …. https://island.lk/province-based-devolution-in-sri-lanka-a-critique-2/ Preamble: This article is prompted by the recent announcement that the Cabinet will soon consider … Continue reading →
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Lush Travel Destinations: Some of CNN’s Top Twenty for 2020
Katia Hetter and the CNN Travel Team, CNN • Updated 7th January 2020 CNN Travel’s 20 best places to visit in 2020 = https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/places-to-visit-2020/index.html
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