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November 15, 2011 · 1:24 pm

Politics via Cricket: Peter Roebuck had the rare ability to speak truth to power

Andy Bull, courtesy of The Guardian, 14 November 2011 Pic from SMH on Sunday, roused by the buzzing of my phone on the  bedside table. A text message from Rob Smyth. What does he want at this hour? “Roebuck …” … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2012 · 7:05 am

Without hope, without reason

Kirsty Needham, in the Sydney Morning Herald,  14-15 January 2012 Legitimate refugees, including toddlers, are imprisoned indefinitely. Only ASIO knows why and it will tell no one, writes Kirsty Needham. ‘I live like a dead man walking,” says Suvenran Kathirdamathambi, … Continue reading →

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June 29, 2011 · 4:33 am

Death and Eternal Life: contrasting sensibilities in the face of corpses

Michael Roberts, 29 June 2011 When inserting Kalana Senaratne’s essay on “Killing Fields: Problems and Prospects” into my web site[1] I took the liberty of placing two photographs at the masthead, both centred on corpses from Eelam War IV (though one … Continue reading →

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July 10, 2011 · 9:02 am

The Vocabulary of “Nation” in English in the Early Modern Period

Michael Roberts, Rohana Wasala’s essay[1] on the Sinhala vocabulary of “nation-ness,” set beside Kumar Sangakkara’s heart-warming emphasis on the multiethnic and multi-religious character of his sentiments[2] within the background provided by the island’s mosaic tapestry, together provide the rationale for … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2011 · 1:57 am

Celebrating Multilingualism

K. N. O. Dharmadasa in his Keynote Address at the Language Awards Ceremony held at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies on July 30, 2011. I am very happy to be with you on this very special occasion in which … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2013 · 1:44 pm

A Paper Tiger? Sri Lanka and the UNHRC Resolution

Jegan Jeganaathan, courtesy of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies …… http://www.ipcs.org/ The 22nd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has successfully adopted a US-sponsored Resolution on “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” by … Continue reading →

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February 2, 2012 · 7:38 am

Rambukwella reviews Karunatilaka’s “Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew”

Harshana Rambukwella, from The Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, volume 36 (numbers 1 and 2) 2010   Pic by Dexter Cruze for AP –showing Sri Lankan fans celebrating victory Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is ostensibly about down-and-out alcohol —-soaked … Continue reading →

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February 12, 2012 · 12:44 am

The Full Implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment: What can be done?

Asanga Welikala There has been in recent weeks a revival of interest in the full implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment, as part of a broader on-going debate triggered by the publication of the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation … Continue reading →

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February 19, 2012 · 1:06 am

Hegemonic Idiocy: BCCI and Dhoni on the DRS in cricket

Michael Roberts When a person admired for qualities of sense, sensibility and intelligence adopts a position on a critical issue that is the height of irrationality and imbecility, it is both alarming and disconcerting. Such becomes the case for Mahendra … Continue reading →

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February 27, 2012 · 2:05 am

An Angry Sinhalese: Mahinda Gunasekera’s Protest to the Canadian Houses of Parliament

Mahinda Gunasekera, 11 January 2012** Submission to the House of Commons Sub-Committee on Human Rights re Sri Lanka 84 Tambrook Drive, Agincourt, Ontario,  M1W 3L9, Tel. (416)4980783 Mr. Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Assington, Chair of the House of … Continue reading →

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