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Sinhala Nationalism
Rajesh Venugopal, … presenting here the second chapter in his book Nationalism, Development and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press, 2018,…. 78-1-108-42879 8 hdback Sinhala nationalism is the dominant form of political consciousness in contemporary Sri Lanka. As … Continue reading →
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Australian Nationalism and the Ideology of Sacrificial Devotion
Michael Roberts, being an abridged version of an old article presented in the Library of Social Science run by Richard Koenigsberg and others. Addressing the practices of remembrance in Australia, Richard Koenigsberg has noted the irony that a battlefield defeat at Gallipoli … Continue reading →
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Kamikaze, Mujahid, Tamil Tiger: Sacrificial Devotion in Comparative Lens
Michael Roberts, reprinting an essay drafted in 2007 and since presented in Fire & Storm in 2010 (chapter 19: 131-38) “Gandhi tried for years to reduce himself to zero” (Dennis Hudson 2002: 132). Hitler: “You are nothing, your nation is … Continue reading →
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The Early History of Sociology at the University of Ceylon
H.L. Seneviratne,** Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia, USA, in Social Affairs: A Journal for the Social Sciences, ISSN 2478-107X (online) …. http://www.socialaffairsjournal.com This paper is an account of the Department of Sociology of the University of Ceylon in approximately … Continue reading →
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Robert Pape’s Blunders in Tigerland: Pape’s Muddles on ‘Suicide Bombers’ in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, reprinting here an article which appeared initially in November 2007 as Working Paper No. 32 November 2007 in the Heidelberg Papers on South Asian Politics … ISSN: 1617-5069 …. edited by Subrata Mitra. Insofar as this essay is … Continue reading →
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Fortitude: Murali’s Fight to stay on the Field
Andrew Fidel Fernando. in Cricket Monthly within ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2020, where the title runs “Growing up with Murali,” Ten years after he retired, a reflection on what Muttiah Muralitharan has meant – and means – to a nation Before … Continue reading →
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Aussie Troops in Afghanistan deploy Nazi Emblem and generate Furore
Naaman Zhou, in The Guardian, 14 June 2018, where the title runs “Nazi flag on Australian army vehicle ‘utterly unacceptable’, Turnbull says” Malcolm Turnbull and the Department of Defence have condemned Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi flag above an Australian … 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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Tamil Tales in UK: Melange of Truths and Lies via Gullible Brits
This article in a web site in 2016 reveals the mix of dissimulation. half-truths, truths and lies amongst well-meaning, but gullible British do-gooders and reporters that are perpetrated by some members of the diaspora including new British-born generations who have … Continue reading →
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The Fort of Galle: Images Past and Present
Identified as “Old Dutch Fortification, Point De Galle,” this image a has been kindly supplied by the National Library of Australia. It is a late 19th century picture — before the new entrance was punched through the frontal ramparts … Continue reading →
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