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August 14, 2016 · 7:03 pm

Facing Chand Wije, An Aggressive Sinhala Chauvinist

Michael Roberts I happen to be a mostly silent ‘member’ of two or three internet clusters which indulge in avid debates on Sri Lankan and world affairs. Most seem to be migrants abroad. Vigorous debates on opposite sides of the … Continue reading →

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July 28, 2016 · 12:03 pm

Where Majoritarian Part subsumes the Whole: The Ideological Foundation of Sinhala Extremism

Michael Roberts,  courtesy of Colombo Telegraph It is a commonplace in reviews of the ethnic conflict at the popular level of web comment for the blame to be heaped on our politicians in the past, and any perusal of web-commentary … Continue reading →

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September 2, 2016 · 2:55 pm

Critical Reflections on Biology and Patriarchy in the Mahavamsa within the Context of Sinhala Nationalism Today

Andi Schubert, in The Island, 31 August 2016, where the title is “Some selective (bio)logical readings of the Mahawamsa” = see Col-Telegraaph version for commentary = https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/some-selective-biological-readings-of-the-mahawamsa/ In a recent article on the confrontation between those holding the “Different Yet Equal” … Continue reading →

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September 14, 2017 · 11:05 am

A Study of Contemporary Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka

Gerald H. Peiris  Peiris addressing John Holt                  INTRODUCTION: Muslims in the Multi-ethnic Polity of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka shares with the other nation-states of South Asia the phenomenon of complex ethnic diversities based upon … Continue reading →

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October 6, 2016 · 9:23 am

Analysing the Kashmir Imbroglio

Gerald H. Peiris, in an essay which is an abridged and up-dated version of Chapter 8 of G. H. Peiris: Political Conflict in South Asia (2013, a monograph published by the University of Peradeniya).  Information on the Indo-Pakistan conflict pertaining to … Continue reading →

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August 4, 2017 · 6:38 am

The Collective Consciousness of the Sinhalese During the Kandyan Era: Manichean Images, Associational Logic

Michael Roberts, being a reprint of an article with the same title in Asian Ethnicity, Volume 3, Number 1, March 2002 ABSTRACT:  An analysis of the form of the dynastic state known today as the Kingdom of Kandy provides a backdrop for … Continue reading →

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January 12, 2017 · 1:32 pm

The People’s War in Nepal and Martyrs, Living and Dead

Marie Lecomte-Tilouine, courtesy of http://samaj.revues.org/3018, where the title is “Martyrs and Living Martyrs of the People’s War in Nepal Abstract: In Nepal, the Maoists’ armed wing (PLA) developed as a collective of martyrs-to-be, whose example was disseminated as soon as they fell … Continue reading →

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October 15, 2016 · 8:32 am

Tirimanne’s and Kohona’s Talks at GENEVA AND YOU …..for You Sri Lankans

Supplementing the previous presentations (see Bibliography at end) and presenting textual versions of speeches also available on YouTube…. Emphasis has been tacked on by the Editor via highlighting.   ONE:  Fr. Vimal Tirimanne “There is neither legal nor moral justification for … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2016 · 11:33 am

Defeating the LTTE: Major-General Kamal Gunaratne in Riveting Q and A

Shanika Sriyananda, courtesy of DailyFT, 7 September 2016, which carries the title “The Road to Nandikadal”… and also in http://sangam.org/road-nandikadalmaj-gen-kamal-gunaratne/. ..…Note that the highlighting is embellishment by The Editor, Thuppahi Battle-hardened soldier Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne, who has shed his … Continue reading →

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June 28, 2016 · 4:06 am

Lanka’s Immediate Prospects and Samaraweera

Jehan Perera, in The Island,  28 June 2015, where the title is  “Sri Lanka’s Brexit hour still to come” The Sri Lankan government goes into the current session of the UN Human Rights Council with several accomplishments to show. These … Continue reading →

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