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Author: Michael Colin Cooke

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Kandy, Language, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Review of ‘Kandy at War’ by Channa Wickremesekera

Image courtesy Sri Lanka Travel Guide Rabindranath Tagore[1] This is what the Portuguese unleashed in 1505 in Lanka, the machine of plunder. They were followed by the Dutch and ultimately the British…

Michael Colin Cooke Michael Colin Cooke on 05/31/201205/28/2012
Colombo, Diplomacy, Human Rights, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Once more into the breach

Milan Kundera[1] Tony Judt.[2] His Excellency Dr Dayan Jayatilleka has been good enough to respond to my critique of his position with regard to the merits of the current government of Sri…

Michael Colin Cooke Michael Colin Cooke on 01/24/201201/23/2012
Colombo, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

A Man for all political Seasons: Dr Dayan Jayatilleka

Dr Dayan Jayatilleka[1] Julian Barnes [2] On first reading Dr Dayan Jayatilleka one is seduced not only by his prose but by the battery of great names he uses to support his…

Michael Colin Cooke Michael Colin Cooke on 01/16/2012
Fiction / Creative Writing, International, Jaffna, Language, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The singer might change but the song remains the same: A critical look at Roberts and Sarvananthan ‘outing’ Niromi de Soyza

John Ralston Saul[1] Edward W. Said[2] The job of a writer, especially one dealing with matters of historical import, is to make his or her agenda clear to the reader. Michael Roberts[3]…

Michael Colin Cooke Michael Colin Cooke on 12/10/201112/10/2011

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