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Constitutional Reform, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Response to Izeth Hussain on Racism

Featured image courtesy Al Jazeera Until recently, I have seldom had occasion to disagree with Izeth Hussain. However, while there is much that I agree with in the contents of his article published…

Devanesan Nesiah Devanesan Nesiah on 09/09/2016
Issues, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

On the path of reconciliation in Sri Lanka

“Knowledge is power vs. power is knowledge” Politics has played a significant role in the Sri Lankan conflict which some consider to be an “ethnic” conflict, some as a “civil” war while…

Shakthi de Silva Shakthi de Silva on 05/27/201605/27/2016
Colombo, Politics and Governance

How does one BECOME Sinhalese or Tamil in Sentiment?

My interpretation of the present impasse in the politics of Sri Lanka, determined as it is by the competitive jostling-cum-conflicts between the three main ethnic groups (where “Muslim” is ‘ethnic’ by virtue…

Michael Roberts Michael Roberts on 04/23/2008

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