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Pirapaharan: The Man who destroyed Thamililam
Shyam Tekwani, courtesy of TEHELKA Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 20, May 23, 2009 Prabakaran had everything: territory, international support and committed fighters. Senior journalist SHYAM TEKWANI, who has covered the LTTE and Sri Lanka for almost three decades tracks the … Continue reading →
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What is missing in those “Missing”? Issues relating to the statistics on enforced disappearances in Lanka
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, 27 mAY 2012, where a slightly different title was deployed…… See ADDENDUM at end Pic from Sunday Observer, 17 May 2009 IRIN has recently highlighted the fact that “thousands of people are still missing” in … Continue reading →
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An American Analyst surveys the Sri Lankan Scene
Sam Baker, in The Asia Sentinel, where the title reads “Sri Lanka rejoining the World” The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering— The government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings … Continue reading →
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The Undisputed World Champions Of Communalism
Faraz Shauketaly, in The Sunday Leader, 29 October 2012 Sri Lanka has always fascinated me. Well it should. Born in what is now the Kegalle district, the tiny hamlet is I think somewhat unique: about 25% of its residents work … Continue reading →
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War, Emotions and the European Civilizing Process. The War-Related Affects from Feudal to Industrial Warfare in an Eliasian Perspective
Helmut Kuzmics, from the University of Graz/Austria …. a paper originally presented at the Interdisciplinary Collaboratory ” Norbert Elias: Emotional Style and Historical Change,” held on 14-15 June 2011 at the University of Adelaide The Problem[1] There exists a basic consensus … Continue reading →
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Education and its (dis)contents:a critique of state policy on education and a call to action
Sivamohan Sumathy, from The Island, 2 November 2011 “Education is not an undertaking of A about B; it is not an undertaking of A for/on behalf of B; it is an undertaking of A and B together.”This is a paraphrase … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tigress presented in two puzzling forms in 2009 and 2011
Michael Roberts, courtesy of http://www.groundviews.org, under a different title, where you will see a throbbing set of comments of varying degrees of silliness and pertinence, one I have refrained from participating in [I dislike pseudonyms and nom de plume as a matter … Continue reading →
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Gananath Obeyesekere reviews John Holt’s new Reader
Gananath Obeyesekere, Courtesy of the Economic and Political Weekly, January 28, 2012 vol xlvii no 4 This massive, ambitious project by a distinguished historian of religion contains a series of essays that span a long time period from Sri Lanka’s … Continue reading →
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Vile and Bile on Web Sites
Padraig Colman, courtesy of The Nation, where a different title was deployed … SEE http://www.nation.lk/edition/feature-issues/item/2888-curse-of-the-conflict-junkies.html Throughout Sri Lanka, many heart-strings will have been tugged; many a tear will have welled in many an eye, at the pictures of the wedding … Continue reading →
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A Missing Person in Sri Lanka: Heartfelt Issues & Ground Realities
Michael Roberts, Courtesy of Groundviews, where it appeared on Wednesday last When I was in Sri Lanka from mid-April to early June 2009 I was on holiday with my wife and not able to pursue investigations in any depth. In … Continue reading →
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