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Vinod Moonesinghe

Vinod Moonesinghe

F.A. Fairlie’s golf club

Although F.A. Fairlie only lived in Sri Lanka a short time, he had a considerable impact on the local sporting scene.

6 min readApr 13, 2024

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F.A. Fairlie’s golf club

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Vinod Moonesinghe

Cameron Country, Sri Lanka

Julia Margaret Cameron became an enthusiastic photographer after her daughter gave her a camera in 1863. She specialised in posed portraits…

8 min readMar 29, 2024

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Cameron Country, Sri Lanka

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Vinod Moonesinghe

Agricultural nation, a myth?

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” - L.P. Hartley, The go-between

7 min readMar 3, 2023

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Agricultural nation, a myth?

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Vinod Moonesinghe

Hokandara Haiku

A short, poetical rendition of the morning sounds of a Colombo suburb.

1 min readNov 8, 2019

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Hokandara Haiku

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Vinod Moonesinghe

British Ceylon and the Aliyah

How British civil servants in Ceylon, their relatives and connections, helped the Jewish settlement of Palestine, serving British interests

9 min readOct 30, 2019

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British Ceylon and the Aliyah

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Vinod Moonesinghe

RISE AND FALL OF SHOCK AND AWE

Rapid Decisive Operations, arising from a ferment in strategic thinking, became the buzz-doctrine of the early 2000s.

16 min readOct 22, 2019

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RISE AND FALL OF SHOCK AND AWE

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Vinod Moonesinghe

Vuyst’s Ghost

Petrus Vuyst, a 17th century governor of Dutch Ceylon, had an unenviable reputation for cruelty. Did he also have a secret passion?

9 min readOct 15, 2019

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Vuyst’s Ghost

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Vinod Moonesinghe

Vinod Moonesinghe

Read Mechanical Engineering, University of Westminster; worked in tea machinery, railways and motor spares, then in journalism and history. Ex-Chair, CGTTI.

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