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Sinhala Nationalism
Rajesh Venugopal, … presenting here the second chapter in his book Nationalism, Development and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press, 2018,…. 78-1-108-42879 8 hdback Sinhala nationalism is the dominant form of political consciousness in contemporary Sri Lanka. As … Continue reading →
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Action Stations in the House of Commons, UK
UK House of Commons: Sri Lanka (Urgent Question) Main Chamber on Wednesday 13 July 2022 Video: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2df6ccaf-7712-4c5f-9ed5-09d03db87f98 Hansard: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-07-13/debates/E4104BAF-054C-46F4-A664-746E4669B2FF/SriLanka Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab) (Urgent Question) To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the state of … Continue reading →
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Dr Brendon Gooneratne: Versatile Talents …. Underlined from Outside His House and from Deep Within
A Note from Michael Roberts, July 2021 I first encountered Brendon Gooneratne as a formidable fast bowler playing for the Colombo branch of the University of Ceylon against against my Peradeniya branch around 1959/60, mainly as a pace bowler. Thereafter, … Continue reading →
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The Ethics of History: Discussion to be built upon Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington’s Lecture
Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington to speak on THE ETHICS of HISTORY and thus promote a Live Discussion, 14 April 2021, courtesy of Merton College, Oxford Since the pandemic began, we have adapted our events programme to move online, and we are … Continue reading →
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Nationalisms in Ceylon: Origins, Stimulants and Ingredients
Michael Roberts, … reproducing Chapter III in Volume I of Documents of the Ceylon National Congress and Nationalist Politics in Ceylon, 1929-1950, Vol I, 1977, Department of National Archives, 1977 , pp. lxviii–lxxviii ** While the political activists of the … Continue reading →
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Deciphering Sri Lanka’s Relations with the IMF
Premachandra Athukorala, an article taken from Daily FT, where t has appeared on the 30th September 2021 in three parts, under this title “Sri Lanka and the IMF: Myth and reality” The decision to go to the IMF for assistance … Continue reading →
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From Banda to Gota
Laleen Jayamanne, in The Island, 20 & 27 July 2022 where the title runs thus: “Teargas cinema and Rukmani Devi” “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike … Continue reading →
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Remarkable Voting Results in Sri Lanka … Especially in the North and East
Chandre Dharmawardana, in an article entitled “Tamil speaking voters decisively reject vengeance-peddling Genocide-Claiming parties in Sri Lanka’s elections,” –which will presumably appear in digital or print form somewhere Sri Lanka, a nation troubled by decades of civil strife and a … Continue reading →
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Appreciating Sunil De Silva: Urbane Master of Many Trades
Hugh Karunanayake, in an Obituary Appreciation in THE CEYLANKAN, Vol XXIV/2, May 2021 ** My acquaintance with Sunil De Silva was mainly after he migrated to Australia in the early 1990s when I encountered him at a Sri Lanka Association … Continue reading →
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Swinging Christmas in Olde Ceylon
Roel Raymond, in The Roar, 31, December 2017, where the title runs thus: “Christmas In Ceylon In The ’50’s: Swing Bands And Grand Galas” History records social transformation. It is through the lens of historical narrative that we see the … Continue reading →
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