‘Operation Colombo’ was followed by ‘Operation Condor’ in Chile and Argentina. Meanwhile, a colonial model and pattern of dependent economic development and under-development was cultivated with the ...

the decades-long civil war of Sri Lanka can arguably be traced back to the British favouritism of the minority Tamil population of British Ceylon. Although there were extensive Tamil settlements ...

That was three years ago in 2022 on the eve of its purported 75 th Independence Day celebration. This year, February 4 th Independence day, would be marked with great pomp. 80 million rupees have been ...

Dissanayake’s speech paying glowing tribute to sham independence and demanding that class interests of workers and the ...

164. The Fauna of British India: including Ceylon and Burma (Published under the patronage of the Secretary of State for India.) Edited by Lt.-Col. R. B. S. Sewell. Mammalia, Vol. 2: Carnivora ...

On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule, following foreign domination of some four and a half centuries, the focus may well be on liberty from oppression or tyranny, and ...

Sri Lanka acquired its dominion status exactly 77 years ago from the British. Today, Sri Lanka is commemorating this occasion ...

During World War II, Force 136 agents fought bravely to defend their homeland. This is the story of one of them.

BLANDFORD'S "Mammals of British India", published in 1888 and 1891, has until now been the standard work on the subject, and useful as that has been, it had for some years been regarded by ...

“During the civil war, we were in Kandy ... This law, introduced shortly after Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) gained independence from British rule, effectively stripped nearly a million Indian ...

Reivew by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Edited by Avisha Mario Seneviratne When over forty years ago I produced the first volume of the New Lankan Review, which proved popular if controversial, I realised ...

Born and died in the Month of FEBRUARY, Colvin was not only a towering intellect and a firebrand orator but also ...