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Our Well of Tears for Kieran de Zoysa: Killed on Easter Sunday, 21st April
Kieran Alexander Shafritz de Zoysa, August 7, 2007-April 21, 2019 Kieran was born in New York City, raised in Washington, D.C., and spent summers in Southern California. He schooled at Sidwell Friends, a Quaker school from age five to 10 … Continue reading →
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Naren Rajasingham’s Reading of Pirapāharan’s Thamilīlam in 2004/05
Michael Roberts In working up perceptive readings of the Sri Lankan scenarios presented by the Tamil activist Narendran Rajasingham in Colombo Telegraph and other outlets I will proceed chronologically. This collection includes (B) his engagements with the Tamil peoples who … Continue reading →
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Ceylon-to-Lanka: Constitutional Dispensations, 1948-2019
Sarath Amunugama, in “the Sam Wijesinha Memorial Oration” at the SLFI on Friday, 30 August 2019 –– A Talk entitled “Parliament and President” I am deeply honoured by the invitation extended to me by Rajiva Wijesinha and Nigel Hatch to … Continue reading →
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De facto sovereignty and public authority in ‘Tigerland’: governance practices and symbolism
Niels Terpstra & Georg Frerks, in Modern Asian Studies, Vol 52, No 3, Special Issue, May 2018, pp 1001-42 … Article entitled “Governance practices and symbolism: ‘de facto’ sovereignty and public authority in ‘Tigerland’.”…. SEE https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/governance-practices-and-symbolism-de-facto-sovereignty-and-public-authority-in-tigerland/C8984207208087BF88EB93882D480FE3 Abstract: This article … Continue reading →
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“Goyi-Lansi”: Badinage founded on Class Differentiation laced with Ethnicity and Prejudice
Michael Roberts This article is inspired by Fabian Schokman of Moratuwa whose questioning comment led to a brief exchange involving Eardley Lieversz and myself. I will place these exchanges first before proceeding to address the context and implications of the … Continue reading →
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The Emergence of Salafi Jihadists in the Kattankudy Locality in the Eastern Province
Ameen Izzadeen and Abdullah Shahnawaz from Kattankudy, in Sunday Times, 28 April 2019, where the title reads “Lightning, thunder and a blast: On the trail of terror leader” April 17: A man walks into the Kattankudy police station to complain … Continue reading →
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Calm Intelligence Required, not Islamophobia — says Uyan
Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Sunday Observer, 26 May 2019, where the title runs thus “Fight Terrorism. Avoid Islamophobia” Islamophobia is a term that gained currency in the 1980s in British English. It referred to prejudices against Islam and Muslim people that … Continue reading →
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Facing Charles Sarvan: Mark His Obliteration of Context
Michael Roberts Charles Sarvan’s recent essay in Colombo Telegraph “On ‘Reading’ A Picture” presents reflections with a dispassionate air that conveys an impression of philosophical weight above the tumult of a propaganda war in which all of us are willy-nilly … Continue reading →
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Lord Tariq Ahmad’s Address to UNHRC at Geneva
Press Release, UK Mission to the United Nations Geneva 25 February 2019, ….https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-ahmad-addresses-40th-session-of-the-un-human-rights-council Mr President, (High Commissioner), Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is, as ever, an honour to address you today. In an ideal world, we would not need this … Continue reading →
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How the Jihadi Terror could aid USA’s Power Plays in the Indian Ocean
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Island, 6 May 2019, where the title is “IS terror in Sri Lanka: Govt dissimulates, as West consolidates” “Even as the US fights Islamic terrorism, it is accused at other times of using IS as an asset. … Continue reading →
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