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September 18, 2014 · 10:18 am

Wild Life Reserves of Sri Lanka

Marcel Bandaranaike, courtesy of The Aloysian, April and August issues, 2014 Mihintale, in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura located in the North Central province of Sri Lanka is said to be the world’s first recorded (247 BC) wild life & … Continue reading →

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December 27, 2014 · 8:18 am

From within the Heart from within Lanka: Two Poignant Tales in Poem & Prose

I. Chandra Wickramsasinghe: “Death of a Son – A Tsunami story” As the gigantic wave hit the train, Things seemed to roll over violently And I found myself in deep water, Being swept away So fast, that I could only … Continue reading →

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February 24, 2015 · 1:43 pm

Archaeologists in Secret Underground War with ISIS

Joe Parkinson, Ayla Albayrak and Duncan Mavin, 17 February 2015, Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal and The Australian, where the title reads “The Secret War against Islamic State waged by Academics“ IN a hotel basement on the Turkish side … Continue reading →

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November 5, 2014 · 2:26 am

Brits on Christmas Breaks 2013: short stories in competition

Sri Lanka tops exotic Christmas breaks contest Telegraph, UK readers share their thoughts on recently published stories (October 11-19, 2014) The winning entry: SRI LANKA  Sigiriya Sri Lanka: The children woke to the screeches of wild peacocks to find that … Continue reading →

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November 23, 2014 · 1:37 pm

Meaningful Violence: Reflections on the Dynamic of Human Sacrifice

William Harman, reprint from Soundings An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 119-35…. Note year of presentation, viz. 2000….. so that, clearly, this essay is not informed by any writings on the topic after 1999. See Addendum at end. … Continue reading →

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December 24, 2014 · 9:53 am

Primordialist Strands in Contemporary Sinhalese Nationalism: Urumaya as Ur

  Michael Roberts* This article was composed in 2001 and appeared in the Marga booklet series on A History of the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. It is reproduced here without changes, but has also been embellished with hyperlinks to pertinent … Continue reading →

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June 10, 2014 · 2:37 pm

Remembering a Renaissance Man, Ediriweera Sarachchandra

Ranjini Obeyesekere Born at the cusp of the 20th century, at a moment when the cross influences of colonialism, nationalism, and Buddhist revivalism had a powerful impact on the psyche of Sri Lankan intellectuals, — generative as well as conflictual … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2014 · 1:26 pm

Editorials of English-media newspapers criticise the BBS vehemently

I. Editorial in The Island, 20 June 2014 entitled “Unstoppable psychos” Prabhakaran is long dead and his mindless violence is a thing of the past. But, the country is not yet free from terrorism as has been seen from Sunday’s … Continue reading →

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August 15, 2010 · 4:05 am

Ethnic Identity in Sri Lanka’s Pre-capitalist Past: Shanie, Darshanie and Roberts

Michael Roberts When Darshanie Ratnawalli penned a blog comment on one of the articles reproduced in the thuppahi site, I jumped to the erroneous conclusion that it was a response to one of my articles on myth and history.[1] In … Continue reading →

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September 12, 2011 · 1:42 am

A Verbal Joust between a Tamil Nationalist and a Thuppahi Mongrel

Michael Roberts Early in September 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 of Tamil people being re-settled in the … Continue reading →

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