The Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya And The High Commission of Canada Cordially invite you to a Public Lecture on Modern Secular Societies in the West, and the Notion of Multiculturalism Conducted by Eminent Scholar Charles Taylor Professor of Political Science, Philosophy and Law McGill University-Canada Date: Friday, November 29, 2013 Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Venue: Senate Room, University of Peradeniya
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New Left of the JVP should be encouraged to enter public realm by Kumudu Kusum Kumara
New Left of the JVP should be encouraged to enter public realm by Kumudu Kusum Kumara The emergence yet again of a Left group within the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) shows that the strong desire on the part of youth to engage in politics, the desire to appear and shine in the public realm and thus display one’s excellence to the world, cannot be suppressed even under most challenging circumstances. We need to view positively that this group claims that it is interested in, resisting neo-liberalism, promoting socialism and bringing the alienated ethnic minorities, Tamil community in particular, into the…
Poetry
To a Sinhalese Girl R Cheran You have heard we come from far away, beyond the horizon where bullets are sown in fields not grain, where plush houses abound and terrorists breed; your surprise at meeting me an ordinary man, will soon fade from you and your friends. On the banks of Palaavi now the colour of muddied sand; yet another as the clouds spread the blanket of shade on the muddied water; the canopy of the moon finely embroidered to make the water glitter; seated on the ghat, I listen to the melody of your Sinhala songs and my…
Liberalism, Sinhala nationalism and the Presidential Election 2010: a belated rejoinder -“kathika” study circle
Liberalism, Sinhala nationalism and the Presidential Election 2010: a belated rejoinder -“kathika” study circle On the eve of the Presidential election 2010 the ‘‘Kathika’ study circle issued a statement on the election and there were some responses to it to which we could not attend at that time. In this article we address some key issues arising from some of the pertinent responses to our statement. The statement of the ‘Kathika’ study circle on the Presidential Election 2010, titled 2010 Presidential Election: Nationalism Or Liberalism? “Yes, Please!” sought to present an analysis of the political processes operative in the lead…
'කතිකා' සංවාද මණ්ඩපය 'kathika' sanvada mandapaya 