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A Sri Lankan village’s sole film critic tells the story of Gamini: “My generation might be the last to remember the Sri Lankan movie maniacs like him. So, I must…
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February 25, 2020Photo by Stephen Clarkson / Flickr The following essay introduces readers to the early texts that writers produced dealing with the April 21, 2019, bombings targeting Christian places of worship…
October 12, 2016Judit Urquijo Pagazaurtundua, “Estación de buses,” Sri Lanka, September 2011 After spending time in Sri Lanka and traveling easily in a country that was fractured until only a few years…
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