Michael Roberts

The Paravas in Sri Lanka and South India in the Sixteenth Century - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Chandra R....

MICHAEL ROBERTS – Thuppahi's Blog Source : thuppahis MICHAEL ROBERTS was trained in history and the social sciences at Peradeniya University in...

Muralitharan: The Arm that Did Not Chuck-by Michael Roberts   Source:Thuppahis Dr Barclay “Buddy” Reid …. with highlighting emphasis imposed...

At the Feet of Meeriyabedde Upananda Mahanayaka Thera-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Padraig Michael O’Leary Colman, in The Sunday Island on November 27, 2022,...

The Colombo Chetties of Sri Lanka : Three Essays - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis I. The Colombo Chetties of...

Forging Revolutionary Paths. In the Sea. Tamil Females ‘breach’ Arugam Bay - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis “The Rise of...

Disappearing Burgher Surnames in Island Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis “Disappearing Burgher Surnames in Island Lanka” …. Author and location unknown at...

Lylie Goderich: Memories are Made of These-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis “Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them...

The Malay Pioneers of Cricket in British Ceylon-by Michael Roberts SP Foenander with Don Bradman in Colombo, 1930 Source:Thuppahis  ...

Two Sri Lankans in Victoria’s Cricket XI …Hallelujah! - By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Two players of Sri Lankan parentage...

Rangana Herath: A Tubby Spinner Extraordinary-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Rahul Bhattacharya in ESPNcricinfo’s The Cricket Monthly, October 2016, where the...

Grand Victory & Huge Totals at Pallekele-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis  Sri Lanka 314 for 6 (Asalanka 83*, Mendis 67, Rashid 4-37,...

Vale: Alan Henricus … Stalwart Sportsman, 1933-2022-by Michael Roberts Hugh Karunanayake: “Alan Henricus – A Stalwart Sportsman of yesteryear passes...

The Travails of War in Lanka Underscored in a New Play in Sydney-by Michael Roberts Blindfolded matriarch Gowrie (Anandavalli) and...

In Appreciative Memory of Karen Roberts, 1965-2018-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis It has been something of a shock for me to...

Asian Musical Renderings from the Highest Realms: Two Aficianados in Conversation-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Somasiri Devendra, whose title in this item...

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...