Social history analysis through ancestry

Writing a family history is a formidable undertaking. When Rajiva asked me to say a few words on the occasion of the launching of his book, I am amazed now at the light-hearted way in which I accepted his invitation. I was recalling, I think, the playful spirit in which I started writing a book about my own family in 1980,

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Contemporary Painters

Kokila Wijesundera: Paintings of brilliant colours

Kokila Wijesundera hails from a beautiful village, Galpotthayaya in Giruwa Patthuwa. The village is covered with rich fields and terraces and a wilderness. It is in this village that Kokila Wijesundera was born on February 19, 1976. He completed his education at the Madaya Maha Vidyalaya, Tangalle.

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Cultural scene

Age of the sign essentially theological

In the previous column on Of Grammatology, I concluded by citing Derrida’s remarks that ‘the age of the sign is essentially theological’. Although ‘its historical closure is outlined’, it ‘perhaps, will, never end’. In this column, I examine the significance of ‘sign’ to the central argument of the thesis in ‘Of Grammatology’.

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