Literatus conversant with many cultures
Being one of the pioneers of Sri Lankan literatus
in English, Sita Kulatunga demonstrates a maturity in the craft as
rarely seen among Sri Lankan writers in English. Bilingual writer
par excellence, her rich corpus of literary productions spreads over
the years both in Sinhalese and English,
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Encounters
Cultural citizenship in Indian popular cinema
Globalization is both a historical phenomenon
and a way of making sense of the world. This is to say that it has
both an ontological and epistemological dimension, and that they are
vitally interconnected. The worldwide spread of multinational
capital,
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Cultural Scene
Arundhati Roy and The God of Small Things
In this week’s column, I focus on Arundhati
Roy’s novel The God of Small things and the prominent issues it
deals with against the backdrop of entrenched caste system in the
Indian state of Kerala. Although the diasporic issues are not
prominently figured in Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small
Things,
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