The controversy surrounding this memorial highlights the broader memory wars around the history of Sri Lanka’s civil war: how it is remembered and by whom.
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Shankari Chandran’s Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which explores Australian racism and the Sri Lankan civil war, is ‘extraordinary’.
After the roaring success of Counting and Cracking, S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack have produced another play that will captivate audiences.
Protests over shortages forced the ouster of Sri Lanka’s president, but the crisis has deep-set roots in ethnonationalism, which has encouraged corruption, argues an expert on the country’s politics.
Corruption, mismanagement and financial pressure from China all contributed to Sri Lanka’s economic turmoil.
It’s the ‘religion of peace’, with a long history of warlike behaviour.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the frontrunner in the presidential election. He was defence secretary during his brother Mahinda’s presidency when the government is accused of numerous wartime atrocities.
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