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So Where Have All the Dollars Gone?

‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 May – 04 June 2022 ‘India, being aware of the medicine shortage, imposed restrictions to prevent Sri Lanka from importing medicine from any other country except for India, along with its Line of Credit.’ – see ee Industry, Cautions Erudite Indian diplomat MK BhadrakumarContinue reading “So Where Have All the Dollars Gone?”

How England Prevented Science Education in Sri Lanka

 ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 7-13 November 2021 England’s abolition of Queen’s College in Colombo in 1870 was a blow to would-be engineering students in Sri Lanka. In colonized India, engineering schools were producing engineers by the 1850s, yet this was blocked here. The English thus thwarted education in theContinue reading “How England Prevented Science Education in Sri Lanka”

How Sri Lanka Became a US Colony in 1948

ee archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” How Sri Lanka Became a US Colony in 1948 e-Con e-News 25-31 October 2020 Not Yet Nidhahasa  – Towering effigies of Ravana were burned across India on October 25, celebrating their annual Dussehra Festival. A fine week for US warmongers to descend on theContinue reading “How Sri Lanka Became a US Colony in 1948”