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  • Sri Lanka’s Road to Independence

    Sri Lanka’s Road to Independence

    Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 mainly on the back of Japan’s resounding military victories during the Second World War and the Indian independence struggle. The importance of the overthrow of Western colonial powers in Asia by freedom fighters supported..



  • The Church roots of separatist Tamil quest

    The Church roots of separatist Tamil quest

    The quest to separate Sri Lanka has seen participation from a multitude of players using different tactics for different objectives, and over the years, their efforts have intermingled. The Western Christian missionaries arrived to grab land and increase their flock..







  • Rehabilitation: the broad and narrow, global and local

    Rehabilitation: the broad and narrow, global and local

    Rehabilitation is a word that presumes a previous state of perceived acceptance or agreement. Its etymology is interesting and revealing, deriving from re– “again” or “to turn” and habitare– “make fit” which in turn comes from the Latin habilis– “easily managed, fit.”..