Michael Roberts
Sinnappah Arasaratnam was one of my inspirational teachers in History at Peradeniya University in the late 1950s. In chancing upon a printed copy of one of his articles — entitled “Sri Lanka’s Tamils under Colonial Rule,” (date ??), I have been inspired to remind new generations, as well as older ones. of his contributions to scholarship in Lanka, Malaysia/Singapore and Australia.
It was to my benefit that I was able to interact with him on occasions after he moved to Malaysia and Australia. Alas, the details of these exchanges have not taken root in my fading memory.
The Wikipedia Memo, a Note on his Life and a reprint of the article on “Sri Lanka. Tamils under colonial rule” shall serve as my doffing of cap to an illustrious, diligent and inspiring scholar.
https://thuppahis.com/2022/04/03/remembering-professor-sinnappah-arasaratnam/…. April 3, 2022 ·
Remembering Professor Sinnappah Arasaratnam
ONE: A Valedictory Vale from Don Beer of the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, in 1998
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https://thuppahis.com/2022/12/04/caste-in-jaffna/
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A Commendation in Vale by Michael Pearson ….. https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/arasaratnam-sinnappah-33198
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https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/arasaratnam-sinnappah-33198
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ARASA composed an article entitled “Sri Lanka Tamils under Colonial Rule” in ??? An offprint happens to be in my stock …. The digital seaarch for this Ïtem foud this NOTE: “This chapter deals with the origin of Tamil settlements in the island, the establishment of the Tamil kingdom in the north and the socio-economic conditions of the Tamils in the pre-colonial period. The Tamils of Sri Lanka experienced successive colonial rule from the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.”
I shall be placing this article wholesale in TPS soon.
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