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Not all Issues are Black or White: Some Voices from the Offspring of Cross-Cultural Marriages
Audrey Maxwell [nee Roberts] … a chapter in Rosemary Breger and Rosana Hill (eds). Cross-Cultural Marriage. Identity and Choice, Oxford, Berg, 1998, …. ISBN 1 85973 968 7 paper … with this reproduction being rendered possible by our nephew-in-law Tissa … Continue reading →
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Adieu! Olivia Newton-John …. Aussie Star known Worldwide
Andrew McMillen, in The Australian, 12 August 2022, where the ttile is different Olivia Newton-John has died aged 73 after battling cancer for 30 years. The Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist passed away on Monday morning US … Continue reading →
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The Fate of the Roma Gypsies in Europe: From Nazi Holocaust to Continuous Marginalization
Celia Donert, in History Today, February 2022, where the title reads “The Roma Holocaust” Europe’s Roma were the victims of Nazi genocide during the Second World War, but their persecution did not end in 1945 Robert Ritter, head of … Continue reading →
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Buddhist Temples in Lanka: Evocative Thoughts
Uditha Devapriya, in The Island, 9 April 2022, … With input from and photographs by Manusha Lakshan … & bearing this title “Some reflections on the temples of the South” The social and cultural history of Buddhist temples in Sri … Continue reading →
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Tamil Women at War as ‘Birds of Freedom’ in the LTTE Cause
Vindhya Buthpitiya: “How to Capture Birds of Freedom: Picturing Tamil Women at War,” Trans Asia Photography (2023) 13 (1) … derived from ………………………………………… https://doi.org/10.1215/21582025-10365016 … with the aid of my Aloysian mate KK De Silva; whilr the highlighting is my imposition. … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka as Paradox: A Schizoid Republic?
Lakshman Gunasekara, in Daily FT, 14 May 2022, where the title reads: “Paradoxes of a schizoid Republic” Attackers’ roared obscenities, screams of victims, the thunk of metal poles on defenceless humans and, the crack of smashed protester shelters, … Continue reading →
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Obeyesekere’s New Book on the Kandyan Kingdom
Uditha Devapriya, reviewing Gananath Obeyesekere’s new book The Many Faces of the Kandyan Kingdom (1591-1765) Colombo, Perera-Hussein, 2020, 200 pp., Rs. 1,200 … with ‘arbitrary’ highlighting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi In 1602, the year of the Dutch East India Company’s … Continue reading →
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Rulership: Modalities of Superiority and Domination in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts When viewing the Tamil or Sinhala-majority arenas in pre-colonial times in Sri Lanka one can perceive manifest symbols of lordship and hierarchy existing amidst layers of caste and class differentiation. The penetration of Portuguese and Dutch colonial powers … Continue reading →
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Jehan Perera on the Requisites for Political Reconciliation
Jehan Perera, in The Island, 3 August 2021, with this title “Restoring reconciliation process cannot be piecemeal” The government is making a resolute effort to turn Sri Lanka around and put it in the direction of rapid economic development. … Continue reading →
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The Stupas of Anuradhapura: Reflections
Chryshane Mendis, whose chosen title is “Living landscapes or Ruined landscapes? A Reflection through the Stupas of Anuradhapura” The approach I am taking in this article is a subjective interpretative one based on my study experience of landscape approaches. I … Continue reading →
