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The Duality of Language : Marking International Mother Language Day

Language can simultaneously connect and divide, as Sri Lanka has learned to bitter effect in the past. The divisiveness could be said to have begun with the Official Language Act of 1956, which…

on 02/19/201604/01/2016
Arts and Theatre, Culture, Issues, Music

The politics of musical taste, the inadequacy of good intentions, and not saying “no!” to racism

Featured image courtesy Bands in Town The timeless universal language, music? Not the way I see it… in fact, a musical experience is much more likely to reflect a particular time, place,…

Eshantha Joseph Peiris Eshantha Joseph Peiris on 02/16/201602/16/2016

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