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Author: Lilani Jayatilaka

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Colombo, Gender, Identity, Issues

Sexism is on the rise

Photo courtesy the BBC Chaucer’s notorious should be safeguarded from an excessive display of sin-inducing, female flesh. It seems as if nothing has changed since the time of Adam and Eve as…

Lilani Jayatilaka Lilani Jayatilaka on 09/17/2016
Colombo, Features, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

The almost forgotten LLRC report and the Sri Lankan psyche

Some years ago while on a visit from abroad, my niece was entertained and perhaps a little shocked when she overheard comments broadcast over the loudspeaker from a nearby school. It was…

Lilani Jayatilaka Lilani Jayatilaka on 12/24/201212/28/2012

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