Michael Roberts

Celebrating 25 Years of Multi-Ethnic Conviviality: Old School Sri Lankans in Australia-By Michael Roberts Adam Raffel, whose chosen title reads “The...

Viva! The CEYLANKAN reaches Twenty-Five-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Ceylon Society of Australia was launched in Sydney in the late 1990s...

Leslie de Saram and Aubrey Martensz: Straddling Ceylon & the British Empir-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Hugh Karunanayake, in The Ceylankan, Journal of...

Location! Location! …. and Now Renovation! The DBU in Colombo-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Dutch Burgher Union’s ‘home’ with a...

The Suriya Mal Campaign of the 1930s and Doreen Wickremasinghe nee Young-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Doreen Wickremasinghe was a British...

Reaching Out for Sri Lanka: A Melbourne Gathering - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Dear Sri Lankan diaspora friends and...

The Bharathas of Sri Lanka: Roots and Tales-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis India and Sri Lanka are geographically very near, but...

The Kaffir in Sri Lanka: A Partial Bibliography from Thuppahi-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis  The first two photographs provide just a...

A Film that charts New Vistas for Sri Lanka: Malwatu Oya Soyaa-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Uditha Devapriya, in Newswire, 19...

Sri Lanka at the T20 World Cup Preliminary Matches -by Michael Roberts In forecast to myself I thought that the...

A Film that charts New Vistas for Sri Lanka: Malwatu Oya Soyaa-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Uditha Devapriya, in Newswire, 19...

Fighting & Dying FOR Britain during the Two World Wars - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis A New Book on  The...

Shehan Karunatilaka lands on the BOOKER ‘Moon’-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Sarah Shaffi & Lucy Knight, in The Guardian, 18 October...

The Red Crabs: Amazing Phenomenon on Christmas Island-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Christabel, Fiona, Cat and Connor in November 2021 …...

Carlyle Perera: Captain Marvellous … Led University to Sara Trophy Triumph in 1962/63-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Merril Gunaratne, in The...

Introducing ECSAT and the World of Disabled People around Galle-by Michael Roberts ECSAT staff in 2020 Source:Thuppahis In late 2018...

Cricketing Amity, September 2002: Janashakthi XI vs Jaffna District Cricket XI-by Michael Roberts During the ceasefire period after Eelam War...

Film on Malwatu Oya secures Award …. with A Screening due on 28th October-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis “In Search of...

Gustave Eiffel’s Unique EIFFEL TOWER-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Visit https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/torre-eiffel-construccion-coloso_11345 for the full version of “ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE. THE EIFFEL TOWER: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A...

Why Thuppahi – BY Michael Roberts Because I am quintessentially thuppahi, that is, of mixed ethnic-stock, thus low, inferior, mongrel, pariah in the Asian...

Thoughts on Planter Lifeways in Ceylon evoked by the Braine Biography - By  Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Camellia sinensis is a...

The Measured Funeral March: Poignant Power-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis At 9.00 pm this day of 18th September 2022 I ventured...

Queen Elizabeth at Trinity in 1954-by Michael Roberts Picture: “The Mayor of Kandy welcoming the Queen at  the Trinity College...

Queen Elizabeth in Ceylon in 1954 in Pictures-by Michael Roberts The Mayor of Kandy, Mr. E.L. Senanayake escorting the Queen...

Lord Soulbury, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Peradeniya University-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis This striking and rare photograph from 20th...

For Australia: Sri Lanka’s Cricket Squad for T20 World Cup-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Island, 17 September 2022, where the...

Amputation Surgery from 24,000 Years Back !!! -by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis ONE: Sara Hussein: “Missing foot kicks surgery back thousands...

Riaz Hassan: Straddling the World …. An Ecumenical Scholar for All Ages-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis I met Riaz Hassan for...

Siri Gunasinghe’s Sinhala Poems in English — Just Three-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere, in The Island, 25 February...

Decisive Cricket Secures Asia Cup for Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Danyal Rasool, in ESPNcricinfo, 11 September 2022, where the title runs...

The Captivating “Story of Sri Lankan Cricket” by Nicholas Brookes-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Martin Chandler:…. in CricketWeb, 14 August 2022, reviewing Nicholas...

Gala Dinner in Sydney Gathers ‘Gold Dust’ for Children in Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Kumudini Hettiarachchi in Sunday Times, 28 August...

Stalag Luft III and Its “Great Escape” Tunnel: An Archaelogical Treasure-by Michael Roberts The Great Escape Tunnel Source:Thuppahis Untouched for...

Diplomatic Triumph for China in Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Zhang Huyi, in Global Times, 15 August 2022, where the title reads …. “Exclusive:...

From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Earl Forbes, whose chosen title in The Ceylankan is “Ceylon/Sri Lanka to Australia:...

The Seenigama FOG’s Widespread Sports Outreach-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Rex Clementine in Seenigama, Island, 16 August 2022, where the title is  “Olympic gold...

Three News Items on Sri Lanka’s Crisis in The Economist-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis ONE = From The ECONOMIST magazine, Summer Issue, 30...

From Ceylon to Australia: Migrant Journeys, 1860s-to-2010s - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Earl Forbes, whose chosen title in The Ceylankan is “Ceylon/Sri...

In Appreciation of Anoma C. Abeyewardene, 1951-2022 - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Give sorrow words: the grief that does...

Roads and Bridges in Ancient Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Introduction by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde [retd], SLAF … &...