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Past and Present India -Sri Lanka Relations ; 1987 Rajiv-JR Accord and the 2024 Modi-AKD Meeting.
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has successfully concluded his first state visit to India from December 15 to 17. The optics of the three day visit to New Delhi has been ...
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Chabad House is a religious space belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Movement which is deeply aligned with Israel’s ultra-right and the IDF.
“Israel today is dynamiting the edifice of the global norms built after 1945.” Pankaj Mishra (The Shoah after Gaza – London Review of Books – 21.3.2014) In the second decade of the 21st Century, ...
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The Speakers of Sri Lanka from 1931 to 2024 Served as the “Honourable ” Guardians of Parliamentary Supremacy.
Season’s greetings to all readers! Let me begin the second part of this article on the speakers of Sri Lanka with a reference to former speaker Asoka Ranwala. A source who is usually well-informed ...
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Is “ the Writing on the Wall” for the Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment?
“ The Writing on the Wall’is a figurative expression derived from the story of Daniel in the old testament of the Bible. Chapter five of the book of Daniel relates how the then monarch of the ...
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From Francis Molamure in 1931 to Asoka Ranwala in 2024 : An Overview of Sri Lanka’s Speakers.
Ranwala Arachchige Asoka Sapumal Ranwala blazed across the parliamentary skies of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for a brief period .The National People’s Power(NPP) Gampaha district ...
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Kandy-born MG Ramachandran (MGR) was Uncrowned King of Tamil Cinema and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran known popularly as MGR ruled Tamil movidom for three decades until becoming Chief Minister of India’s Tamil Nadu State in 1977. MGR served as chief minister (CM) for ten ...
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Five of my Favourite Christmas Carols – How they Originated and Became Widely Popular
It’s Christmas season again! An integral part of Christmas is the singing of Christmas carols in churches as well as at events celebrating Christmas. The Many Faces of Christmas – Shaped Wooden Puzzle ...
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Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...
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“Jehovah, Thou hast promised,,The isles shall wait for Thee,” – A Hymn for Ceylon- By Rev.W.S. Senior
Compliments of the Season everyone and best wishes for a bright and blessed 2025. I am beginning the new year by re-posting “The Hymn of Ceylon” on my Blog. The “hymn of Ceylon” was written by by Rev.
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Shanmuganathan Ravishankar alias “Col” Charles was a Low Profile Tiger who Masterminded High Profile Attacks Outside North and East.
The Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP ) was a specialized military intelligence unit of the Sri Lankan army that was deployed by the state against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) ...
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Army -Tiger Prisoner Exchange: How “Col” Kittu Disappointed Vijaya Kumaratunga and Deceived Lalith Athulathmudali
In the first part of this article on Sathasivampillai Krishnakumar alias “Col”Kittu published last week in the “Daily Mirror”, I had written about my interviewing the LTTE Jaffna district commander ...