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Civil War Subjectivities: Space, Social Change and Ethnicised Violence in Sri Lanka

/ By / ASAA books, South Asia Studies, Sri Lanka

“…never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee” (John Donne, Meditation 17) The Sri Lankan civil war has been reviewed and debated by many scholars who argue its rootedness in historic enmities, its evolution from an ethnicised consciousness and its more immediate political struggles in relation to diasporic and party …

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Sri Lanka opts for normality with Rajapaksa ousting

/ By / Sri Lanka

DAMIEN KINGSBURY analyses the surprise election of Maithripala Sirisena as president last month and sees it as reflecting a desire for a more open, less authoritarian political process. The recent election in Sri Lanka of the new president, Maithripala Sirisena, has surprised many who thought that ousted Mahinda Rajapaksa would remain in office more or …

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