Search Results for: tattoo

June 22, 2014 · 1:26 pm

Editorials of English-media newspapers criticise the BBS vehemently

I. Editorial in The Island, 20 June 2014 entitled “Unstoppable psychos” Prabhakaran is long dead and his mindless violence is a thing of the past. But, the country is not yet free from terrorism as has been seen from Sunday’s … Continue reading →

2 Comments

Filed under accountability, atrocities, disparagement, fundamentalism, governance, historical interpretation, legal issues, life stories, LTTE, Muslims in Lanka, politIcal discourse, prabhakaran, Rajapaksa regime, religious nationalism, sri lankan society

February 13, 2013 · 10:54 pm

Religious Sensitivity in Lanka: No Buddha Tattoes please

Item in Island, 14 February 2013, with title “Tourist fined for having Buddha statue on her body” Acting on a tip off, the Kandy police have arrested a foreigner who had a tattoo of the Buddha on her back. Kandy … Continue reading →

1 Comment

Filed under cultural transmission, fundamentalism, life stories, sri lankan society, tolerance, world affairs

March 13, 2013 · 1:26 pm

Marakkala Kolahālaya: Mentalities directing the Pogrom of 1915

Michael Roberts This article is a reprint of chapter 8 in Roberts, Exploring Confrontation, Reading: Harwood, 1994 which inturn was re-printed with the above title in ROBERTS, CONFRONTATIONS IN SRI LANKA,  Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-955-665-035-8 Introduction: Categorical … Continue reading →

7 Comments

Filed under communal relations, economic processes, historical interpretation, life stories, Muslims in Lanka, nationalism, politIcal discourse, power politics, sri lankan society