Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Apr 23, 2008	How does one BECOME Sinhalese or Tamil in Sentiment?
My interpretation of the present impasse in the politics of Sri Lanka, determined as it is by the competitive jostling-cum-conflicts between the three main ethnic groups (where “Muslim” is ‘ethnic’ by virtue of its relationship of opposition to “Sinhalese” and...... [view]

Posted By:  Raheema Posted On:  Oct 24, 2007	Affirmative action, Identity politics and Divisiveness.
Where is the place for looking at space defining interventions within identity politics in South Asia? One often finds that the Indian political landscape or to put it largely, the South Asian Political landscape ridden with extremely tight notions of identity.Understandably because...... [view]

Posted By:  esum Posted On:  Sep 21, 2006	In Praise of Shadows
Media: book, essay Who: Tanizaki Junichiro When: 1933 What: A humerous essay considering Japanese culture, values and aesthetics in a period of modernization and hypermilitarism. Tanizaki essentializes and freezes the East-West binary, although not without a sense of facetiousness. Links:...... [view]