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Switzerland Surrenders …. While the Machinations of a Cabal appear in the Deep Seas
Political Editor of the Sunday Times, 5 January 2019, where the title runs “UNP leadership: Parliamentary group to decide next week” Switzerland has publicly expressed regrets for challenging Sri Lankan “authorities’ commitment to due process” and for calling that “into … Continue reading →
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Swiss Power Plays: A Violation of Sovereignty
Tamara Kunanayakam, Island, 12 December 2019, where the title runs “The Swiss Affair – ‘exfiltration’ of a top Intelligence Chief and a tale of ‘abduction’,” Kunanayakam is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the U.N. at Geneva … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrs’: Regenerating Divine Potency?
This article from my pen was probably drafted in 2004. It appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism vol. 28 in 2005 after the usual refereeing process. Some of the details and arguments have, in fact, been obliterated within my … Continue reading →
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Cumulus Clouds shroud the Death Penalty in Sri Lanka
Gerald H Peiris, in Island, 8 July 2019, where the title is “To Hang or Not to Hang?: Our Heads in Shame” Our press coverage of the ‘Capital Punishment’ debate that followed President Sirisena’s announcement on 26 June of his … Continue reading →
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The ‘Devonshire’ reaches Queensland with 500 ‘Cingalese’ Coolies in 1882
Thiru Arumugam. courtesy of THE CEYLANKAN, vol XXI: 4, November 2019, where the title is “How 500 Ceylonese arrived in Queensland in 1882 in the s.s. Devonshire to work in the cane fields” In 1882 about 500 Ceylonese were recruited … Continue reading →
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“Putting The World To Write” …. in Galle
An INVITATION to a Writing Event with a Title that is Right Talk, Tea & Book Launch Wednesday January 16th …. 3- 5 pm Jetwing Lighthouse The first Galle Literary Festival was launched in 2007 amid the chaos of the … Continue reading →
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Economising via Gleaning. Ancient Practices for Today’s World
Item in THE ECONOMIST, Christmas Special, entitled “Gleaning. The return of gleaning in the modern world. How much can an ancient practice do to alleviate hunger?” AT THE SALON in Paris in 1857, Jean-François Millet exhibited a painting called “Des … Continue reading →
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Our Wonderful World: The Mammals of Ceylon Brought to Life
Burton K Lim in © 2015 American Society of Mammalogists, http://www.mammalogy.org …… …. reviewing A. Yapa, A. and G. Ratnavira 2013. The Mammals of Sri Lanka. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo, Colombo 3, … Continue reading →
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Yellow Jacket Protests in France: The Power of Social Media and Populism
Jeremy Harding, review essay in London Review of Books, March 2019, with this title “Among the Gilets Jaunes” When they gathered at roads and roundabouts at the end of last year, the French government was caught off guard. Within a week … Continue reading →
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Brits and Romanians in Ardent Heritage Work in Romania: The Mihai Eminescu Trust
THE ORIGINS OF THE TRUST …. http://www.mihaieminescutrust.org/home The past and the future Are two sides of one page; He who learns them will discover A beginning’s found at the end of an age. Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) The Mihai Eminescu Trust … Continue reading →
