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Escaping to Sri Lanka on Holiday
Mal Chenu in Sunday Mail, 15 April 2018 ….. where the title runs “Why Aussies love Sri Lanka Right Now” Venetian adventurer Marco Polo described Sri Lanka as “the finest island of its size in all the world”. Sure, that … Continue reading →
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Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka and Sinhalese Perspectives: Barriers to Accommodation
Michael Roberts …. reprinting an article drafted in Heidelberg in 1976 and published in the MODERN ASIAN STUDIES in 1978 … with the pessimistic forecast in its concluding paragraphs being informed by seminar discussions in SRi Lanka in the early … Continue reading →
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With A Few Choice Words: Appreciating FC de Saram’s Cricket Career
Eardley Lieversz, a reprint from the Royal Cricket Souvenir, 2005, where the title runs “With a few choice words, Royal cricket under F. C. de Saram’s Tutelage” Many distinguished old boys have coached Royal at cricket. Names such as “Chippy” … Continue reading →
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Alan Strathern on The Vijaya Story as A Variant of the Romulus Tale … and Stranger Kings
Alan Strathern of Brasenose College, Oxford, with emphasis in colour being an imposition by The Editor Thuppahi ABSTRACT: The story of Vijaya, has long been central to the Sinhalese idea of themselves as a distinct ethnic group of Aryan origin … Continue reading →
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Colombo’s Wetlands: IWMI”s Concerns and Explorations
Darshanie Ratnawalli, in Sunday Island, 4 February 2018, where the title runs “Understanding Colombo’s wetlands with IWMI According to historians the very position of Kotte in the middle of a marsh attests to peril. It was to arrest peril emanating … Continue reading →
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The Disappearing Wetlands of Colombo
Jordana Narin in Daily News, 2 February 2018, with title as “Colombo’s Wetlands at Risk” There is a breeze in Diyasuru Park that feels distinctly un-Colombo. The air is more lush, the birds more diverse, the grass more green. The park, … Continue reading →
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How the Railways Came to Batticaloa
Shirley W. Somanader, from The Island, 6 September 2014 … with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi, in April 2024 Travel Before the Trains: A measure of the efficiency of communication between a place and the outside world is the … Continue reading →
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D H Lawrence in Kandy 1922
Jane Russell D H Lawrence came to Ceylon with his wife Frieda in late February 1922. Lawrence once referred to the later years of his life, spent wandering from place to place across the world in search of relief from … Continue reading →
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Mattala Airport in China’s Game-Plan
Brook Larmer, courtesy of New York Times Magazine , 13 September 2017, where the title reads “What the World’s Emptiest International Airport Says About China’s Influence” The four-lane highway leading out of the Sri Lankan town of Hambantota gets so little … Continue reading →
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Galle Face Hotel in Australian Frontlines after Facelift
Phil Hawkes, in The Australian, 19 April 2017, with the title “Galle Face Hotel gracious reminder of foregone era” It’s 1982 and I’m in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at a travel conference. We rock up at the portico of the legendary … Continue reading →
