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Religious Diversity in Colombo’s Melting Pot
Ronan O’Connell, courtesy of The West Australian where the title is “Melting pot of beliefs in Colombo” … also in Daily News = http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/04/19/features/79162 In the middle of a Colombo street, four shirtless men are beating drums as a rush of people … Continue reading →
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Filed under Buddhism, cultural transmission, heritage, Hinduism, historical interpretation, Indian religions, landscape wondrous, life stories, performance, pilgrimages, plural society, psychological urges, religiosity, sri lankan society, the imaginary and the real, tolerance, trauma, vengeance, welfare & philanthophy, working class conditions, world affairs
Enjoy Sri Lanka with Romesh Ranganathan
Romesh Ranganathan, 30 Septmber 2015, courtey of http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/30/asian-provocateur-romesh-ranganathan-in-sri-lanka?CMP=share_btn_tw Cockney Lanka: Romesh Ranganathan in Asian Provocateur. Photograph: Benjamin Green/BBC/Rumpus Media
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How Sri Lanka triumphed in Eelam War IV
Ashok Mehta, courtesy of transcurrents and Sri Lanka Guardian after it appeared in public courtesy of the Centre for Land Warfare Studies where the title is “Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict: How Eelam War IV was Won … Note that this is is a long article … Continue reading →
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Filed under historical interpretation, Indian Ocean politics, legal issues, life stories, LTTE, military strategy, nationalism, patriotism, politIcal discourse, power politics, prabhakaran, Rajapaksa regime, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, sri lankan society, Tamil civilians, Tamil Tiger fighters, war reportage, world events & processes
Belonging. Neil Prakash’s Path to Jihadist via Shahada
Paul Maley & Chip Le Grand, in The Australian, 27 August 2015, where the title is “Brotherhood put lost boy on path to jihad“ The day Australia’s most wanted terrorist became a Muslim he knew almost nothing about Islam. Neil … Continue reading →
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A Drama in Four Acts: Dishonest Reportage by Amnesty International and Aussie Journalists remains Unmasked
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/dishonest-reportage-by-ai-aussie-journalists-remains-unmasked-a-drama-in-two-acts/, 2 September 2015, where it is presented in Two Acts A. Thoughts on My Abject Failure On the 31st March 2011 a panel of lawyers appointed by Ban Ki-Moon submitted a review of … Continue reading →
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Filed under accountability, atrocities, australian media, authoritarian regimes, disparagement, doctoring evidence, economic processes, gordon weiss, historical interpretation, Indian Ocean politics, landscape wondrous, legal issues, life stories, LTTE, military strategy, news fabrication, patriotism, politIcal discourse, power politics, propaganda, Rajapaksa regime, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, slanted reportage, sri lankan society, Tamil civilians, tamil refugees, the imaginary and the real, truth as casualty of war, UN reports, vengeance, war crimes, war reportage, wikileaks, world events & processes
Ambassador Blake in Never-Never-Land: Misreading LTTE Capacity in Early 2009
Ambassador Blake in Never-Never-Land: Misreading LTTE Capacity in Early 2009 Michael Roberts ..…The initial version of this article was actually drafted in late 2014, but I let it lie because I wished to pursue my reading of the ambassadorial despatches … Continue reading →
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Explaining the World to the World
Alan Huffman reflects on the Life and Legacy of war photo journalist Tim Hetherington …… First published in Oxford Today, Volume 27 No 1. Reproduced with kind permission of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford. In Mohammed … Continue reading →
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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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Editorials of English-media newspapers criticise the BBS vehemently
I. Editorial in The Island, 20 June 2014 entitled “Unstoppable psychos” Prabhakaran is long dead and his mindless violence is a thing of the past. But, the country is not yet free from terrorism as has been seen from Sunday’s … Continue reading →
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Service to humankind: Venkateswaran father & son
I: N. Venkateswaran, 1900-1973 My Father N Venkateswaran was a graduate of St Thomas’ College in Kerala, a Jesuit institution & it was not surprising that he found his niche as a teacher in another Jesuit institution, St Aloysius’ College … Continue reading →
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