African Wiild Life in John de Silva’s Lens-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis John De Silva is an Old Aloysian like the Editor Thuppahi. He resides now in Melbourne and is a key member of the small crew sustaining the Old Aloysian Magazine. A MEMO from KK de Silva in Sri Lanka, 31 January 2024 J. De Silva was a member of the College Photographic Society & trained under Fr. A. De Burra S. J. He was one of the most versatile students at SAC during our time. Not only did he participate in all outdoor & indoor sports activities, but he also was involved in Life Saving, First Aid etc. Above all, he was chosen to play a leading role in every stage play produced at SAC during his time. Some of these were : That Rascal Scapin, The Other Mr. Smith, Soap 13, Barber of Seville etc. Attached photo is from Mr. Hettiarachchi’s collection. young Johnnie ...
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UNMASKING THE EMPIRE in British Ceylon: The Post 1915 Riots Campaign-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Image Source:Thuppahis Unmasking the Empire: The campaign for justice following the 1915 Pogrom and the collaboration of British Christian humanitarians at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s struggle for Independence, …. Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya Social Scientists’ Association, No. 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, 2023, 312 pp, ISBN: 978-955-0762-47-7, Printers: Karunaratne & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., 65 C, Thalgahawila Road, Midellamulahena, Horana, Sri Lanka. EW Perera DB Jayatilaka CONTENTS Abbreviations vi Notes on Terminology vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xii Part I: Introduction Chapter One: British Christian Humanitarianism, the Ceylonese Temperance Movement, and Imperial Governance 3 Chapter Two: One Hundred Days: The 1915 Pogrom and Martial Law Reprisals (May–August 1915) 15 Part II: The Campaign for Justice in Britain (1915–1919) Chapter Three: Phase I: Battle for Credibility (July 1915–August 1916) 41 Chapter Four: Phase II: Battle for Due Process (September 1916 – ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Superlative Celebrations from Neophyte West Indian Cricketers in Australia-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The West Indian Touring Cricket Team has a new look to it especially in the bowling department. Their performance in the First Test in Adelaide was ordinary — to put it mildly. But some encouraging moments were displayed in Adelaide by two relative newcomers and these two –Shamar Joseph and Kelvin Sinclair shone again at Brisbane in the Second Test with support from Alzarri Joseph. Joshua Da Silva and the rest …to beat Australia in a pulsating Test Match. Among the ‘pulsations’ and ‘peaks’ were the celebratory acrobatics unfurled by Shamar and Kelvin when they picked a wicket or two. HEREWITH Tristan Lafayatte’s report from ESPNcricinfo: Shamar Joseph defied his injured toe and sprinted around the Gabba in jubilation after his remarkable seven-wicket haul powered West Indies to a monumental upset of Australia in a pulsating eight-run victory in ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Arrowheads directed at AUSTRALIA DAY…..Today-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Item in THE ADVERTISER Newspaper in Adelaide … web-reference gone walkabout … But see ………………………… https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-boss-nick-hockley-left-speechless-after-grilling-from-radio-host/news-story/199aa83d0e60b1da470ce4721b05b861 The issue that’s reaching boiling point today is the Australia Day debate. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has added his voice to calls to change the date from January 26: “My personal opinion INSERTION: photos of typical Australia Day displays in Sydney in 2023 as concurrent ceremnies occurred in all cities, town and villages Image Source:Thuppahis Air Force “Roulettes” in fly past in 2023 I absolutely love Australia and think it is the best country in the world by a mile. I think we should have an Australia Day, but I think we can probably find a more appropriate date to celebrate. Australia Day is meant to be a celebration of everything Australia in our history. I think we could choose a better date.’’ ...
Jan 26, 2024
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John De Silva: Aloysian, Sri Lankan, Australian-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis John was one of my class generation at St. Aloysius College, Galle and we represented the College in cricket, soccer, athletics and swimming. …. yes swimming ….. and were recipients of training in life-saving at the little harbour of Galle. He was “Johnny” not a “John” in our minds then. Alas, on one occasion a bad call for a run by me resulted in Johnny being run-out when he was batting well — in a match under my captaincy that we eventually lost. But in a previous year St. Aloysius had won all its matches under Mohammed Anwer’s astute captaincy and the quiet guidance of coach Marcus Jayasinghe. As John was a science student our ways parted after year 12 when I pursued an Arts degree at Peradeniya University and John took to Science in Colombo. But we met in ...
Jan 24, 2024
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The Culinary Cuisine & Crossoads Culture of Marseille-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Tristan Rutherford & Rebecca Marshall in AramcoWorld in March/April 2018 https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/March-2018/Marseille-s-Migrant-Cuisine Five hundred years later the Mediterranean became Rome’s nexus of trade and empire, and Marseille became one of its maritime centers. Now, mucem exhibits olive-oil amphorae from Anatolia, soapmaking paraphernalia from Syria, and sailing charts that show how to navigate from Algiers without running aground on the island of Mallorca. Image Source:Thuppahis Culinary historian Emmanuel Perrodin says the city’s cultures, traditions and foods influenced by centuries of trade and migration throughout the Mediterranean make Marseille unique. Atop the museum, Emmanuel Perrodin, Marseille’s leading culinary historian, sips black coffee. The panorama over France’s third-largest city takes in the seemingly limitless sea, ramparts of 17th-century forts and a few cereal silos from the 1920s. Passenger ferries chug to and from the modern successors of the Roman trading ports of Béjaïa and Annaba in ...
Jan 20, 2024
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Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Assassination-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Image Source:Thuppahis Posters being pasted in Colombo and suburbs yesterday to mark the 15 years since the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge which falls today. Today marks 15 years since the brutal murder of iconic journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge with none brought to justice. To mark the occasion Lasantha’s kids Avinash, Ahimsa and Aadesh issued the following statement which will be read out today at Lasantha’s graveside memorial at the General Cemetery Kanatte. Image Source:Thuppahis “Fifteen years ago today, our father Lasantha Wickrematunge was assassinated in cold blood in a defining moment of loss that shook the spirit of Sri Lanka and broke the hearts of all those who love and value peace and democracy. ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Remembering Ian Goonetileke: A Doyen of The Arts & Sri Lankan Publications-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Gamini Seneviratne, in a set of profound reflections entitled “Ian Goonatileke, A Memory” and presented previously …. but now subject to a change of title and highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Image Source:Thuppahis Browsing through various writings that had to do with Ian, I came upon the following paragraphs that seem to merit a fresh airing in the light of the literary awards recently made under the Gratiaen Trust. Regardless of his spell of scepticism (as mentioned below) that made him turn away from his commitment to advancing his friend Michael Ondaatje’s hopes and intent in funding that Trust it came to establish another award in Ian’s name, one for translation. Image Source:Thuppahis “I came to associate with him only in the last quarter century of his life, that is, after he had resigned from ...
Jan 10, 2024
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When St. Peters of Adelaide toured Ceylon in January 1928-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis St. Peters College in Adelaide is an elite boys public school that has produced several Prime Ministers of South Australia and schooled many prominent figures in Australian life. The school’s cricket team chose to tour Ceylon in the month of January 1928 and played matches against Royal College, S. Thomas’ College and Trinity; and also against a team of planters at the grounds in Darrawella in the hill country. Image Source:Thuppahis The scoring book is part of the school archives and so too a photograph of the whole squad intermingled with the Thomian squad. This picture can be considered a “treasure” because of the personnel embraced therein: notably Canon de Saram (then Vice-Principal of S. Thomas); one Dudley S. Senanayake (who became one Ceylon’s Prime Ministers); Richard Hermon (captaining S. Thomas); Robert Senanayake (later a President of the Board of Control for Ceylon Cricket in the 1950s ...
Jan 7, 2024
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Reviewing Chatterjee’s Book on Anti-Muslim Riots in Gujarat in 2002-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nishkula Suntharalingam, presenting a book review in Asian Affairs 2023 ….. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raaf20 …. of the book by Moyukh Chatterjee. Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities. Duke University Press, Durham, 2023. pp. 166. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Ackmts. Hb. $94.95. ISBN 9781478017028. Sb. ………….$24.95. ISBN 9781478019664 Moyukh Chatterjee was an eyewitness to the aftermath of the 2002 riots in the west Indian state of Gujarat; three days of communal violence during which Hindu mobs attacked Muslims, their businesses and homes, leaving over a thousand people dead. This book focuses on how and why, in multi-ethnic, democratic states like India, targeted violence and anti-minority politics persist. In doing so, the author suggests an alternate approach to understanding violence against minorities while raising disquieting questions about the formation of modern states and the ways that ideas ...
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