As I say in my essay, Reign of Anomy (available online), most of my friends were and are Sinhalese: “Though it may appear paradoxical, I must also say that they were and are not “Sinhalese friends” but friends who, among other characteristics far more important to me, happen to be Sinhalese.” Paul Caspersz, in his [...]

Insight into the wider, human, aspect of the Sri Lankan tragedy: Charles P. Savan

“Love” marriage implies a contrast with what was the norm in South Asian society, namely, marriage “arranged” by parents, relations or, in their absence, friends. The narrator, Yalini, aged twenty-one, born (1983) and living with her parents in the USA, is the [...]

by Malashri Lal and Sukrita Paul Kumar
The eighteen essays contained in this volume create a vibrant space that compels us to look at ‘home’ from a renewed perception,
says
Usha Bande

Home, both actual and conceptual, is a highly emotive term/place. Seminal to the sense of belonging, home emphasizes a physical as well as psychological necessity and in [...]