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June 22, 2014 · 1:26 pm

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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December 30, 2013 · 12:30 pm

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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April 29, 2014 · 7:08 pm

The National Question: All about State Power

Jayampathy Wickramaratne, in his S.J.V. Chelvanayakam Memorial Oration, 26 April 2014 I am thankful to the   S.J.V. Chelvanayakam Commemoration Committee for inviting me to deliver this memorial oration on the occasion of the 37th death anniversary of S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, Q.C., … Continue reading →

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July 31, 2014 · 6:49 pm

War, Emotions and the European Civilizing Process. The War-Related Affects from Feudal to Industrial Warfare in an Eliasian Perspective

Helmut Kuzmics, from the University of Graz/Austria …. a paper originally presented at the Interdisciplinary Collaboratory ” Norbert Elias:  Emotional Style and Historical Change,” held on 14-15 June 2011 at the University of Adelaide The Problem[1] There exists a basic consensus … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2011 · 6:49 am

9/11 Stories: Our Dead, Your Dead by Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie short story in The Guardian  Kamila speaks at Galle Lit-Fest -Pic by Bron  Hussain just called. He’s been queuing at the petrol pump for the last twenty minutes. But he says he’ll be here before load shedding kicks off.” Pic … Continue reading →

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October 28, 2011 · 12:32 pm

Jehan Perera & Banyan on double standards in international politics

ONE :  Way forward internationally after war crimes,  by Jehan Perera, in The Island, late October  Pic accompanying the article from Banyan in The Economist, 24 Oct 2011 — see below The war in Libya has something in common with the … Continue reading →

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May 18, 2013 · 3:40 pm

Pragmatic Action & Enchanted Worlds: A Black Tiger Rite of Commemoration

Michael Roberts,   … a reprint of an article in Social Analysis,  Volume 50, Issue 1, Spring 2006, 73–102. ** The de facto LTTE state in Sri Lanka has established a number of calendrical rituals to honour and remember its fallen heroes … Continue reading →

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March 7, 2011 · 9:15 am

SSRR: Samaraweera slashes the Rajapaksa Regime

Mangala Samaraweera, in Sunday Leader, 27 Feb. 2011 under title:   “Rajapaksa’s Dictatorial Allies Foretell His Future”  It is with great alarm that the peace loving people of the civilised world witness the despotic regime of Muammar Gaddafi killing his own … Continue reading →

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May 15, 2011 · 3:55 am

A Tamil reviews the Past and Questions the LTTE Project

Wilson Gnanadas, in The Nation,15 May 2011 with title ““LTTE’s lopsided vision, the predicament of Tamils” One of the most exhilarating accomplishments the world has achieved within the last two years has been the elimination of two powerful, ruthless and … Continue reading →

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June 1, 2011 · 4:13 pm

Terrorism Gonibilla in Sri Lanka: Defence Symposium now in Progress –two items

Seminar on terrorism opens in Sri Lanka R. K. Radhakrishnan, in The Hindu, http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2064807.ece Pic by Radhakrishnan The three-day seminar opened on Tuesday with an address by Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya, detailing the humanitarian operation carried out by the Sri … Continue reading →

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