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February 18, 2011 · 3:53 pm

A woman of two worlds, Thusitha Jayasundera

She’s probably the only Asian working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was noted for her performance in ‘The Comedy Of Errors” . THUSITHA JAYASUNDERA tells JERRY PINTO more about herself and her career Halfway through Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of … Continue reading →

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May 12, 2011 · 8:11 am

Reading the geography of Sri Lankan island-ness: colonial repetitions, postcolonial possibilities

Tariq Jaleel Reprint from Contemporary South Asia, 17: 399-444 courtesy of Informaworld, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a917049547&fulltext=713240928 Abstract This article focuses on the cultural dimensions of Sri Lanka’s island geography. In particular it argues the importance of regarding the geography of Sri Lankan island-ness … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2013 · 1:53 am

Degrees from the home computer? Death knell for universities?

Nathan Harden, in http://the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1352 where the title is “The End of the University as We Know It” In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased … Continue reading →

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January 25, 2012 · 8:32 am

Gananath Obeyesekere reviews John Holt’s new Reader

Gananath Obeyesekere, Courtesy of the Economic and Political Weekly, January 28, 2012 vol xlvii no 4 This massive, ambitious project by a distinguished historian of religion contains a series of essays that span a long time period from Sri Lanka’s … Continue reading →

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February 18, 2012 · 7:51 am

P.O.W. – Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler’s Reich

William Charles, reviewing Peter Monteath’s book on Australian POWs under Hitler, for the Adelaide Review, http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/article/867 Imagine yourself a prisoner of war at one of the teeming number of internment facilities spread the length and breadth of Hitler’s Reich. Upon … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2012 · 7:18 am

Vile and Bile on Web Sites

Padraig Colman, courtesy of The Nation, where a different title was deployed … SEE http://www.nation.lk/edition/feature-issues/item/2888-curse-of-the-conflict-junkies.html Throughout Sri Lanka, many heart-strings will have been tugged; many a tear will have welled in many an eye, at the pictures of the wedding … Continue reading →

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April 10, 2013 · 7:27 am

Vorsicht! “Deutsche Bank” penetrates Australian Shores. Australia in a Tizz

Ben Packham, in The Australian, 10 april 2013  with title “Asylum boat’s arrival on mainland may force border patrol rethink”  The boat carrying 66 Sri Lankans arrived in Geraldton harbour, 430km north of Perth, at 12.45pm local time yesterday en route … Continue reading →

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