Spreading the culture of reconciliation

The culture of reconciliation is a hard-fought battle like many other fierce battles which were won by the army heralding in an era of peace and reconciliation. Forging a culture of reconciliation while the conflict was in its full-swing, was, perhaps more fictional and a reality.

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Encounters

Raymond Williams through Sri Lankan eyes

Continued from November 4

Said is successful in highlighting the way that the colonies had a palpable impact on British society and how the narrative discourse of English novels was inflected by it. Williams downplays this aspect. As one astute commentator has remarked,

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Cultural scene

A lonely flag bearer

In this week’s column, we explore the pivotal role that dramatic Premaranjith Tilakaratne played in the evolution of the contemporary Sinhala theatre. Although Premaranjith is a gifted bilingual writer and translator, what I am going to explore in this column is his role as a playwright.

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