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With the Samasamajists out in the Cold, Tissa Vitharana surveys the Scene in...
Courtesy of The Island, 17 September 2015, under the title “We warned Mahinda of international regime change conspiracy – Prof. Vitarana” When it came to the presidential elections, we warned Mahinda...
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The Borulagoda Gunawadenas via A Requiem for Indika Gunawardena
Senaka Weeraratne: “A Very Personal Memoir” I came to know Indika in 1960 when I entered Royal College as a student of ‘1B’ class under Mr. Lennie de Silva (Class Master). Dinesh Gunawardena, Malik...
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One-Eyed Zealousness: Extremist Australians For and Against the Tamil Cause...
Michael Roberts The 60 year-old Tasmanian lady, Dianah Paramour’s campaign (Fig. 01) against specific activities of personnel in Australia, both Tamil Australian and Anglo-Australian, who have been...
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DEW Gunasekera in Profound Q and A with Chandraprema
Courtesy of The Island, 5 February 2015, where the title is “Chandrika said only Mahinda can win” Communist Party leader and opposition parliamentarian D. E. W. Gunasekera speaks to C. A. Chandraprema...
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Uyan and Jehan: The Tasks and Problems Ahead in Sri Lanka
I. Jayadeva Uyangoda: “Rebuilding Institutions in the Transition from Soft Authoritarianism,” Island, 9 February 2015, A political goal that warrants sustained attention of the new Sri Lankan...
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The Passage of the Amended 19A has 4 Winners and Two Losers, says Dayan
Dayan Jayatilleka, in The Island, 30 April 2015 , where the title runs “19A Minus: A Middle Path” There were four main winners in the battle over 19A. Of them, the second biggest winner was President...
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Palmyrah Fallen. Reflections on Rajani Thiranagama’s Legacy
N. Sivapalan, courtesy of The Island, 6 May 20145, where the title reads “What went wrong with the Tamil Struggle?” … in reviewing Palmyra Fallen Colombo, Globe Printing for UTHR & Rajan Hoole,...
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An Aussie Bloke’s Reflections on the Warring Mentality of Humankind, 1914 -2015
Walter Steensby Hello Michael, At last I’ve read the entire paper.[1] Good analysis. Some comments follow, in no particular order. Regarding Monis, recent reports of his mental health paint the picture...
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Recalling the Assassination of Trotsky aka Leo Bernstein
Richard Cavendish, courtesy of History Today, Vol 65/9, September 2015, where the title reads: “Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico” The man born Lev Bronstein was attacked on August 20th, 1940. He...
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Brainstorming on Constitutional Reform and Citizenship — in Colombo Soon
Curator’s Note: “Corridors of power: Drawing and modelling Sri Lanka’s tryst with democracy What is a constitution? What place and relevance, if any, does it have in the popular imagination? Do...
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With the Samasamajists out in the Cold, Tissa Vitharana surveys the Scene in...
Courtesy of The Island, 17 September 2015, under the title “We warned Mahinda of international regime change conspiracy – Prof. Vitarana” When it came to the presidential elections, we warned Mahinda...
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The Borulagoda Gunawadenas via A Requiem for Indika Gunawardena
Senaka Weeraratne: “A Very Personal Memoir” I came to know Indika in 1960 when I entered Royal College as a student of ‘1B’ class under Mr. Lennie de Silva (Class Master). Dinesh Gunawardena, Malik...
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One-Eyed Zealousness: Extremist Australians For and Against the Tamil Cause...
Michael Roberts The 60 year-old Tasmanian lady, Dianah Paramour’s campaign (Fig. 01) against specific activities of personnel in Australia, both Tamil Australian and Anglo-Australian, who have been...
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No Sermons from the Ludicrous UNHCR please
Greg Sheridan, in The Australian, 12 November 2015, where the title is “Turnbull won’t fall for the Human Rights Hogwash” HQ of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva * “The UN is...
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American Trojan Horses penetrating Sri Lanka Now?
Michael Roberts George Soros –Pic by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg George Soros and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz will be visiting Sri Lanka in the next few days for discussions on economic and political paths at...
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Che Guevera in Ceylon in 1959
Che Guevera, Fidel Castro’s right hand man during the revolution in Cuba to oust Batista and who is now a legend, visited Ceylon in August 1959. Castro sent him to the many countries that used to...
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Was the “Federal” Party a separatist party from the outset, or NOT?
Chandre Dharmawardana “Those in the forefront of the Tamils’ agitation for devolution of power have always been vague, deliberately or unconsciously, in the terminology used in their arguments, and...
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Soulbury to Suntha on Sinhala Stupidity in April 1964
With thanks to COLOMBO TELEGRAPH, May 2013 … yes 2013, https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sinhala-stupidity-i-feel-sorry-for-the-tamil-community/ … note lively body of blog comments in that...
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Antony Jesuthasan as “Dheepan” and Shobasakthi
Among the films being shown in Australian cities by the Alliance Francais Film Festival is that entitled DHEEPAN. The Tamil migrant and ex-Tiger fighter who inspired this tale and appears as the...
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Some Political Explorations of the Lankan Scene in the 1970s: Jupp and...
JuppPerinbanayagam Chadda ONE: James Jupp’s Sri Lanka: Third World Democracy (1978, London, Frank Cass) reviewed by Michael Roberts at http://www.ozlanka.com/reviews/3rdWorld.htm This book eschews...
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