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Rajan Philips on Lanka’s Current Dilemmas
Rajan Philips, courtesy of the Sunday Island, 14 February 2016, where the title is “War Crimes and War Heroes: Horns of Sri Lanka’s dilemma” Even for those of us who are not (western) classists, it would make sense to know … Continue reading
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Where Vengeance kills its Best Practice Ventures: The Story of Avant Garde
C. A. Chandraprema, whose two-part essay in The Island, is entitled “The Avant Guard Affair: SL’s foray into the maritime security industry” … Emphasis via highlighting is the work of The Editor, Thuppahi. Though much has been said and written … Continue reading
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Siri Gunasinghe’s Sinhala Poems in English — Just Three
Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere, in The Island, 25 February 2015 The Water Buffalo My beard on fire in haste, I was running, running down in the dawn, bearing the burdens of life all on my back; at the edge of … Continue reading
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Evaluating the Prospects of Terrorism in Australia in 2015
Clive Williams, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald, 2 January 2015 The good news is that in 2015 Australia will probably be a less dangerous place, with areduced likelihood of us being killed in an act of mass terrorism – … Continue reading
Have Fun! Gota stole my city and I’m good with it
Sudath Pasqual,** 2 November 2014, courtesy of http://forum.lankaninvestor.com/t2644-gota-stole-my-city-and-i-m-good-with-it Six years, one month and a few days. That was when I was in the Old Country last. Didn’t take me long to realize that someone has done a job on the old … Continue reading
Pattini and Kannaki as Solace to Tamils & Sinhalese … and maybe a Pathway to Reconciliation
The Economist, I March 2014, where the title is “Seeing both sides” THE end of their bitter war, nearly five years ago, has done little to unite Sri Lanka’s divided communities. In their modest way, a photographer and an anthropologist … Continue reading
