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The Demons within Sri Lanka: Long-Term Methods of Abatement?
Michael Roberts Here I reproduce the second half of a longer article presented in October 2018 where I pinpointed the hidden dangers to Sri Lanka resting within the implications of Mark Field’s visit to the island then — conveying a … Continue reading →
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Holy War Unmasked
Brian Victoria …… Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne Introduction: Is religion a force for peace or war? Or to borrow a phrase from the title of Christopher Hitchen’s book, God … Continue reading →
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The Bharathas of Sri Lanka: Roots and Tales
Jeremy De Lima, in The Ceylankan Number 1 of February 2020, Journal 89 Volume XXIII…… Bhāratha’s, பரதர், භාරත United Nations Map – (Common source material) India and Sri Lanka are geographically very near, but yet so far in culture, civilisation … Continue reading →
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Violence in Sri Lanka: Slipshod Scholarship
Michael Roberts I recently circulated a whole set of articles by some Muslim scholars (located in the Eastern Province and abroad) as well as a few others in Western universities — mostly written in the 2011-19 period. I am beginning … Continue reading →
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Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses
Gerald H Peiris, being an article presented at an international conference held in New Delhi in October 2001 under the sponsorship of the Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management. It has since then been published as a chapter in The Global … Continue reading →
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Double Standards among Liberals in the West: No RAGE from Sri Lankan Horrors in Contrast with Reaction to Christchurch
Brendan O’Neill, in Weekend Australian, 27 April 2019, with this title “Hierarchy of Victimhood: The slaughter of Christians elicits grief not outrage “ Where is the anger over the apocalyptic barbarism visited upon Christians in Sri Lanka? Where is the … Continue reading →
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Sunil Rathnayake’s Amnesty: Details and Context
C. A. Chandraprema, in Sunday Island, 5th March 2020, where the title is “Sunil Ratnayake: Politics of a presidential pardon” A veritable caterwaul of protest has erupted from local and international NGO quarters over the presidential pardon extended to a … Continue reading →
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Amarasingham’s Study of Sri Lankan Tamil Activism in Canada
Pain, Pride, and Politics: Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada …. As a product of Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series) Paperback – September 15, 2015
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Fortitude: Murali’s Fight to stay on the Field
Andrew Fidel Fernando. in Cricket Monthly within ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2020, where the title runs “Growing up with Murali,” Ten years after he retired, a reflection on what Muttiah Muralitharan has meant – and means – to a nation Before … Continue reading →
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Attention! Streamlining the Administration vs Covid: A Public Memo for Gotabaya Rajapaksa
An Anonymous Collective of Concerned Citizen Retirees** )This Memorandum is meant to Assist the Sri Lanka Government to face the Economic, Fiscal Policy and Social impacts due to COVID-19. This is a PUBLIC SERVICE by us for the benefit of … Continue reading →
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