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Potency, Power and People in Groups– British Ceylon to Modern Times via Pictures
Penance on road, Sri Maurpthy Pathirikaali Temple, 2009 This book is both a display and a reflective exercise on the power of imagery, whether from camera or painting or etching. Images can be as captivating as seductive as misleading. … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tigers: Dead Body Politics and Sacrificial Devotion
Michael Roberts, reproducing here an article entitled “Tamil Tigers: Sacrificial symbolism and ‘dead body politics’,” that was first presented in Anthropology Today, June 2008, vol. 24/3: 22-23. The re-working of this article was seen to by Ms Nadeeka Paththuwaarachchi of Battaramulla. … Continue reading →
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Vale Lester James Peiris: Pathfinder for Sinhala Cinema
Meera Srinivasan, in The Hindu, 30 April 2018, where the title reads “Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peiris provided a realistic portrayal of rural Sinhalese” Renowned Sri Lankan film maker and a national icon Lester James Peiris, credited with revolutionalising … Continue reading →
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Suicide Missions as Witnessing: From Self-Immolation to Assassination and Mass Strike
Michael Roberts ….. This article appeared first in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2007, vol. 30: 857-88.with the title “Suicide Missions as Witnessing: Expansions, Contrasts” and is reproduced here with its original American English spelling. The re-working of this article … Continue reading →
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A Remarkable Loyalty in the Artistry of Ivor Denis
Tony Donaldson, reproduced here courtesy of CEYLANKAN … and replacing today 25th November 2018 the initial version presented in Thuppahi Three giants of the Sri Lankan arts world have passed away this year. The visual artist Neville Weereratne died in … Continue reading →
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Constitutional Melee: Dayan vs Rajan, Sanjana, Asanga and the Ethical Hosts
Both lawyers and political scientists have essayed interpretations of the present constitution: a BATTLE rages in front of a yawning GOALMOUTH. I present some samples here A = Rajan Philips … vs the President’s treacherous coup so to speak B … Continue reading →
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A Clinical Study of the LTTE and Pirapakaran
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, being an article entitled ‘Terrorism’ or ‘Liberation’? Towards a distinction: A Case Study of the Armed Struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)” in Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol.12/2, 2018 …. Abstract: This article based on extensive … Continue reading →
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A Home with Art and A Poodle at its Centre -Paula Nagel’s Walkerville House
Meredith Booth, courtesy of The Australian October 2017, where the article is entitled “Art’s at the heart of Paula Nagel’s Walkerville home” Television, education and arts identity Paula Nagel has called Walkerville, in Adelaide’s leafy inner northeast, home for the … Continue reading →
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A Historical Exhibition in Mumbai that Challenges the Hindutva
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, courtesy of Christian Science Monitor, 17 November 2017, where the title runs “Mumbai museum challenges Indians’ self image In a dimly lit gallery at Mumbai’s premier museum, visitors admire a 17th-century cloth painting depicting characters from a Muslim … Continue reading →
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Sinhala-Tamil Tussles in the Mythical Netherworld of Rāvanā
Ranga Kalugampitiya, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, dated 20 July 2015, where the title runs ‘Rāvanā & Sinhala Buddhism: A Strained Relationship Ridden With Contradictions”…. The version here being embellished with Editorial highlighting. Rāvanā, one of the principal characters in the Rāmāyana, … Continue reading →
