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Analysing the Kashmir Imbroglio
Gerald H. Peiris, in an essay which is an abridged and up-dated version of Chapter 8 of G. H. Peiris: Political Conflict in South Asia (2013, a monograph published by the University of Peradeniya). Information on the Indo-Pakistan conflict pertaining to … Continue reading
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Danno Budunge: “Goodness Gracious Me!”
Sasanka Perera, courtesy of Groundviews where the title runs thus: “Shrillness of Nonsensical Cultural Politics and the Social History of a Song” … see http://groundviews.org/2016/02/08/18976/ About a week back in an email exchange I was prompted by ethnographic anecdotes sent … Continue reading
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Project BEAP: Dr. Young and Strathmore Rotary forge a Major ‘Runway’ of Medical Relief in Lanka
Dr. David A. Young an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne is a household name among Sri Lankan cricketers because of the repair work he has done on so many of their players, both well-known and lesser known. He has joined the … Continue reading
Ritual Drawings on Palm Leaves: Yantra Mantra as Endangered Forms
Lankeswera SD Pieris, courtesy of http://www.artsrilanka.org/essays/ritualdrawings/index.html Yantra Drawings Yantra drawings on palm leaves, which have traditionally been in the custody of kattadiralas, have not been conserved by them with care, and our inheritance is fragmentary. Kattadiralas are priests who … Continue reading
Archaeologists in Secret Underground War with ISIS
Joe Parkinson, Ayla Albayrak and Duncan Mavin, 17 February 2015, Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal and The Australian, where the title reads “The Secret War against Islamic State waged by Academics“ IN a hotel basement on the Turkish side … Continue reading
