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Michael Colin Cooke

Michael Colin Cooke is a retired public servant and trade union activist who has a lifelong interest in South Asian history, politics and culture. He has served as an election monitor in Sri Lanka. He has also penned when the occasion demanded a number of articles and film reviews.

    October 20, 2026
    Defence/Geopolitics

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    Culture/Human Rights

    Falling Crucifix Kills Ecuadorian Priest During Livestreamed Mass

    Ecuadorian Catholic priest Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed when a heavy crucifix and a statue of Jesus Christ fell from the wall behind the altar during a livestreamed Mass at the Church of Perpetual Relief in Guayaquil. The incident

    October 19, 2026

    ‘I Apologise to the Maha Sangha’: Sirisena Admits Error in Gnanasara Pardon

    Judiciary/Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has acknowledged a procedural error in the granting of a presidential pardon to Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, saying

    Sri Lanka’s Buddhist Legacy Is Bigger Than Its Borders

    Culture/Editor's Choice

    Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for stronger cooperation among Theravada Buddhist nations, declaring Anuradhapura a sacred centre for Buddhists across Asia. Highlighting centuries

    Parallels in Conflicts: The facts on the ground — Part 4

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    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    Click here to read Part 3 of this series This deflection flies in the face of the facts. As Reuters reported in the first six weeks of the war, hospital morgues sent

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    Sri Lanka, Palatines Parallels: What is missing from the discourse — Part 3

    March 4, 2024
    Human Rights

    In the Manichean universe of the Zionists and the Lankan state their actions are beyond reproach, but the actions of the oppressed are unjust and immoral. They make no allowance for the

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    The fantasy of the colonist defence — Part 2

    February 25, 2024
    Columns

    Click here to read Part 01 of this series Faced with a growing body of evidence of mass killings of civilians, the Lankan and the Israeli governments, as mentioned have fallen back

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    Parallel Struggles: Sri Lanka & Palestine — Part 1

    February 19, 2024
    Columns/Human Rights

    Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the wealth of others – the empires and their native overseers. In colonial

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    The Lesson Not Learnt: From “Operation Shock and Awe”  to AUKUS

    April 8, 2023
    Australia/Diplomacy/India/United Kingdom/United States

    The United States of America (US) must be one of the most incompetent, brutal and arrogant imperial powers in history. For Its hubris and gradual decline, the only counterpart is the Spanish

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