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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Meeting President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka

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When we arrived in Sri Lanka on March 17, 2013, we were given our invitations by some very influential friends to attend the opening of th...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Saga of the Marble Skull

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Creation for me has always been a solitary exercise. Writing. Sharpen your pencil, pick up the notepad, decide on your subject, and put the ...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Dangerous Songkran

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Songkran is the lunar New Year water festival held in April, the hot season. It is celebrated in many countries in this region, Thailand, La...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Mayhem in Kataragama

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The day we arrived in Sri Lanka, February 14th, Valentines Day, we heard news that some crazy Iranians accidentally blew the roof off their ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka, how easily it rolls off the tongue. Ceylon until 1972, before that Taprobane and also Serendib where the word serendipity comes f...
Friday, August 5, 2011

A Man of His Word

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Dennis Rosner was born in Rangoon in 1920 of German immigrant parents who were dairy farmers from the time of King Mindon (1853-1878). Few m...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

To The Virtue of a Prostitute

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Delicious strumpet. Most worthy and most ancient profession, I salute you. Your perfume lingers on my fingers. I have been pondering your fo...
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RICHARD K. DIRAN
Bangkok, Thailand
Gemologist, Photographer Published Author: VANISHING TRIBES OF BURMA
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