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Ethnicity in Riposte at a Cricket Match: The Past for the Present
Michael Roberts, a reprint of an article published originally in Comparative Studies in Society and History 1985, vol. 27: 401-429. which is also available in in M. Roberts, Exploring Confrontation, (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994). ** I. PRELUDE Some recent … Continue reading →
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Jayasekera’s Critical Study of the British Colonial Dispensation in Ceylon
CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations xi Introduction xiii Part 1: The British Colonial Project in 19th Century Sri Lanka: The Orwellian Logic 01 Part 2: Christian Colonialism and theResistance and Revival of Buddhism 175 Part 3: Buddhism, Theosophy and Nationalism … Continue reading →
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Anguish as Empowerment … and A Path to Retribution
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph where it is presented with a different title …. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/histrionic-voice-as-spark-for-ethnic-violence-political-extremism/ Anguish and grief are powerful emotions that can contort and wrack a body. While ‘suggesting’ helplessness, the anguish that engulfs a person can also empower … Continue reading →
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Introducing FIRE AND STORM by Michael Roberts
Anonymous Reviewer in Sunday Times, 21 July 2013, where the title runs “Important contribution towards a dialogue on Lankan polity. Book facts” When Michael Roberts left Peradeniya in the late seventies, he was part of an exodus of intellectuals from the University … Continue reading →
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The Liberation Tigers in Crisis
Gerald H. Peiris, being a reprint of Chapter Six in his Twilight of the Tigers, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009, with Vijitha Yapa Publications in Colombo as local distributors, pp. 151-77 … a reprint inspired by the presentation of Jeremy … Continue reading →
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The Cricketing Universe of Sri Lanka: A Short History written in 2007
Michael Roberts, providing a reprint of “Landmarks and Threads in the Cricketing Universe of Sri Lanka,” Sport in Society, January 2007, vol. 10 (1): 120-42…. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17430430600989209 Cricket developed in British Ceylon [1] as a pastime indulged in by the British ruling … Continue reading →
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Narrating Tamil Nationalism: Subjectivities and Issues
Michael Roberts, being a reprint of a review article in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, s., Vol. XXVII, no.1, April 2004 …… with a review of this essay by Bandu de Silva having appeared earlier Thuppahi. The version here has … Continue reading →
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A Moderate Tamil Voice of Reason in London 2013 — Pertinent Today
Rob Pinney from London, United Kingdom. May 18th, 2013…. http://tropicaltopix.tumblr.com/post/50977301878/read-the-entire-post-here-robpinney-london … With sections and highlighting inserted by Editor, Thuppahi It really bothers me that the protest of ‘Tamils… gathered around photographs of those killed during the Sri Lankan civil war’ is being symbolized … Continue reading →
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The National Anthem as Spearhead in Steps towards Reconciliation
Michael Roberts On the 24th July 2016 I sent a Memorandum to one of my friends who was located in the administrative heart of the present government’s programme directed towards conceiving schemes in support of ethnic reconciliation. I do not … Continue reading →
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Vijaya Vidyasagara, An Ecumenical Christian Socialist in Bygone Times
Devanesan Nesiah, reviewing Memoirs of a Christian and a Socialist … This fascinating autobiography of Vijaya Vidyasagara edited by Skantha Kumar and Marshal Fernando and published by the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue is excellent reading. Priced at Rs. 500/- and covering … Continue reading →
