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Memories Of H. L. D. Mahindapala

By L. Murugapoopathy H. L. D. Mahindapala, former editor-in-chief of Sri Lanka’s Sunday Observer and a renowned writer, passed away on January 30 in Colombo. I was introduced to Mahindapala by Noel Nadesan, a...

Tamby

The story of Moddeley Tamby of Jaffna deserves a place in Tamil history because he challenged the might of the Dutch who dared to diminish the power of the Vellalas – the entrenched political...

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What happened on August 5, 2020?

Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain – Gerard Manly Hopkins   After zig-zagging under the pressures of multiple inimical forces, evolving history has once again returned to its traditional Centre...