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December 26, 2014 · 9:49 am

Sangakkara deployed in Political Canard from Anti-Rajapaksa Circles

Michael Roberts One of the most repulsive dimensions of Sri Lankan society is its propensity to manufacture lies and half-truths demeaning individuals and families. This type of malicious story-telling occurred in administrative and bureaucratic circles from early British times, being … Continue reading →

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June 8, 2015 · 10:20 am

Nationalism, the past and the present: The case of Sri Lanka

Michael Roberts This review article was drafted in 1991 and should therefore be assessed in the light of the literature available then. In those days it took at least two years for an article to be refereed and published. The … Continue reading →

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September 15, 2014 · 2:04 am

Tamil Person and State: Pictorial … Images Listed

Michael Roberts      Contents Acknowledgements v Preface vii List of Pictorial Items xvii Abbreviations xxxiii Prologue xxxv Visual Imagery within Political Struggles and Manoeuvres …. pp. 1-44 Photographs …. pp. 45-208 Postface: BBC Blind …. pp. 209-29 Bibliography …. pp. … Continue reading →

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May 13, 2014 · 7:43 am

Roadblocks in the Path of Reconciliation in Lanka: Ideological Cancers within the Sinhala Universe

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, where the title is a variation on that utilized here Way back in the 1970s the manner in which Anagārika Dharmapāla conflated the concepts of “Ceylonese” and “Sinhalese” in one of his public exhortations (Guruge … Continue reading →

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May 18, 2014 · 9:51 am

The Gandhi Family Front-Man, Mohan Singh: Now a Fall Guy

Rahul Panditha, whose original title reads ” The Fall Guy who forgot to get up” Something very subtle but extraordinary happened during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s farewell function in Delhi on the evening of May 14. Mr. Singh was standing … Continue reading →

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November 24, 2014 · 3:35 pm

Treachery and Ethnicity in Portuguese Representations of Sri Lanka

Alan Strathern a reprint of a chapter in Richard Roque And Kim Wagner (eds.) Engaging Colonial Knowledge, London, Palgrave, 2012, pp. 217-34. Writing from the imperial capital of Goa in the 1630s, the official chronicler of the Portuguese East, António Bocarro, turned … Continue reading →

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May 7, 2013 · 9:45 am

The BBS That My Mother Likes = An Emblem for the Sri Lankan Equivalent of Middle America

Darshanie Ratnawalli  courtesy of the Nation and the Colombo Telegraph, with the latter drawing a volatile discussion which readers may wish to view … SEE note below pertinent to that discussion I am the legitimate issue of a woman who unabashedly … Continue reading →

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December 9, 2013 · 12:04 am

Sumanthiran’s clarion call for the middle path of moderation

M. A. Sumanthiran, press release from TNA Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants….  ….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Last week in Parliament, I … Continue reading →

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March 13, 2013 · 1:26 pm

Marakkala Kolahālaya: Mentalities directing the Pogrom of 1915

Michael Roberts This article is a reprint of chapter 8 in Roberts, Exploring Confrontation, Reading: Harwood, 1994 which inturn was re-printed with the above title in ROBERTS, CONFRONTATIONS IN SRI LANKA,  Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-955-665-035-8 Introduction: Categorical … Continue reading →

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January 7, 2013 · 6:34 am

Walking the Pettah and the Fort in Colombo

 Wolvendaal Church – courtesy of http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g293962-d2452003-r122177443-Wolvendaal_Church-Colombo.html A tour around Colombo Fort and Pettah might not seem like one of Sri Lanka’s greatest attractions; however YAMU encountered a man, Mark Forbes, who fervently believes that the old inner-city is the capital’s … Continue reading →

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