Professor Gananath Obeyesekere spoke of the dry presentation of Buddhist teachings in abstract intellectual terms that he remembers from his youth. These were in contrast to the experience of going to pilgrimage places where pilgrims and their teachers told stories based on vernacular texts. He summarized one such story in which a man married a…
Social Science and Humanities Education in the Universities in Sri Lanka and its Discontents: Some Reflections[1],[2] (This paper originally appeared in the journal Dialogue, issue on Crisis in Education, Focus on a Sri Lankan Experience, published by the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, Colombo, New Series Vol. XXXIX 2012) Introduction Universities in Sri…
Understanding Ragging as a Social Phenomenon, an Interpretation: In Search of Sociality and Leadership: (The following article which was originally written in 1997 and submitted to the then University Grants Commission (UGC), attempts a line of analysis that has current validity as a possible interpretation of ragging as a social phenomenon. The writer wishes to…
'කතිකා' සංවාද මණ්ඩපය 'kathika' sanvada mandapaya 