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June 16, 2017 · 8:23 am

‘Sinhabahu” Theatrical Performers in Canberra

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March 23, 2017 · 7:35 am

Anguish as Empowerment … and A Path to Retribution

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph where it is presented with a different title ….  https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/histrionic-voice-as-spark-for-ethnic-violence-political-extremism/ Anguish and grief are powerful emotions that can contort and wrack a body. While ‘suggesting’ helplessness, the anguish that engulfs a person can also empower … Continue reading →

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December 20, 2016 · 6:55 am

The Indus Civilisation: A Great Civilisation, Yet Forgotten?

Andrew Robinson, courtesy of History Today Volume 65 Issue 12 December 2015…. http://www.historytoday.com/andrew-robinson/greatest-civilisation-ever-forgotten Perhaps the most famous statement about the Indus civilisation is the opening paragraph of an article in the Illustrated London News published in 1924 by John Marshall, Director General … Continue reading →

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November 19, 2016 · 7:10 am

Leonard Woolf as An Accidental Civil Servant in Ceylon

addendum:Joe Kovacs in Literary Traveller,  23 June 2005, …. http://www.literarytraveler.com/articles/leonard_woolf_ceylon/ where the title runs “The Accidental British Servant: Leonard Woolf in Ceylon” When I joined the Peace Corps and went to Sri Lanka in 1997, I took a leave of absence … Continue reading →

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May 19, 2017 · 3:26 pm

When Violence is inscribed into Everyday Politics in Lanka

Gananath Obeyesekere, a reprint of his 1984 article “The Institutionalization of Political Violence,” from James Manor (ed.)  Sri Lanka in Change and Crisis (Ed. James Manor, 1984 …   courtesy of  Kathika Sanvāda Mandapaya .. where it is presented in two Parts … Continue reading →

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January 18, 2017 · 8:55 am

The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion

 Michael Roberts, introducing an article entitled “Firstness, History, Place & Legitimate Claimto Place as homeland in Comparative Focus”originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking Ethnicity and Nation Building: Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji in Comparative Perspective, Panbrit UKM, Bangi, Malaysia, … Continue reading →

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October 6, 2016 · 9:23 am

Analysing the Kashmir Imbroglio

Gerald H. Peiris, in an essay which is an abridged and up-dated version of Chapter 8 of G. H. Peiris: Political Conflict in South Asia (2013, a monograph published by the University of Peradeniya).  Information on the Indo-Pakistan conflict pertaining to … Continue reading →

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April 20, 2016 · 9:44 am

Religious Diversity in Colombo’s Melting Pot

Ronan O’Connell, courtesy of The West Australian where the title is “Melting pot of beliefs in Colombo” … also in Daily News = http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/04/19/features/79162 In the middle of a Colombo street, four shirtless men are beating drums as a rush of people … Continue reading →

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May 30, 2016 · 1:33 pm

Mattala as His Handiya: The Story Behind The World’s Emptiest International Airport

Wade Shephard, courtesy of Forbes Asia, 28 May 2016, where the title is “The Story Behind The World’s Emptiest International Airport” Hardly anybody goes to Sri Lanka’s Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) because they have a flight. No, the air … Continue reading →

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April 10, 2016 · 3:37 am

Sri Lanka Now: A Luxurious Tour

Claire Wrathall,  at Departures Autumn Travel issue, p 68-71  and http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9e994a6-c369-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e.html where one of the titles is “A taste of luxury in Sri Lanka” A homegrown hotel group is hoping to rival the international chains at the very top of the … Continue reading →

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