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Ten Heads of Ravana is a book authored by noted scholar Rajiv Malhotra along with Divya Reddy and boasts of a collection of essays critiquing the works of 10 most prominent Left-oriented scholars of ancient India
By Uditha Devapriya The pioneers of the cultural revival which materialised in countries like Sri Lanka in the early 20th century laid the groundwork for the evolution and modernisation of the arts in the region. Yet many of these pioneers were traders and merchants, commercial capitalists or in other words practical men, who sought profits […]
In our midst, right now, are two Aussie-Sri Lankan artistes, while in Australia, some of our big names are still, in that part of the world, keeping the Aussie-Sri Lankans entertained In Colombo, we have Roger Menezes, now based in Sydney, and Cherrie Chamari, from Melbourne. While Cherrie is here to put together a music […]
By Uditha Devapriya In Modernizing Composition: Sinhala Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka (University of California Press, 2017), Garrett Field emphasises the role that radio played in disseminating and elevating musical standards in the newly independent colonies of South Asia. The 1950s, when this process played itself out, was a period in which […]
The SEC alleged Chris Kirchner, former CEO of a software company Slync, "misappropriated" more than $28 million for his personal use.