Wijesinha leaves his signature in literary firmament
Rajiva Wijesinha is recognized as one of the best
post- colonial Sri Lankan writers in English, distinguished for his
political analysis as well as creative and critical work. He has
been an academic by profession for much of his working career; he
was a Senior Professor of Languages at the University of
Sabaragamuwa of Sri Lanka,
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Encounters
The moral passion of Albert Camus
[Part 1]
The reputation of writers fluctuate, their
popularity rises and falls periodically as a result of a
multiplicity of factors. This is indeed a universal phenomenon.
Albert Camus’ reputation was soaring in the 1960s and early 1970s;
it began to dip in the 1970s and 1980s. It gathered momentum in the
1980s only to decline in the in the early 1990s and the beginning of
the twenty-first century.
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Cultural Scene
The Good Doctor:
Post-apartheid life in SA
In this week’s column I would like to explore
how Damon Galgut’s masterpiece The Good Doctor portrays the life in
post-apartheid South Africa. Among other things, the novel codifies
the volatile political set up in post-apartheid South Africa and how
the past would shape the present and future.
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