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Sharika Thiranagama
Page 1 Sharika Thiranagama SHARIKA THIRANAGAMA Department of Anthropology Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Building 50 Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] EDUCATION 2006 Ph.D. University of Edinburgh. Social Anthropology 2002 MSc by Research University of Edinburgh. Social Anthropology (with Distinction) 2001 B.A. (Hons) St John’s College Cambridge. Social Anthropology (Archaeology and Anthropology Tripos) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2019 - Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University. 2013 –2019 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University. 2011- 2013 Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University. 2009-2012 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research 2007-2010 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics (LSE) 2007-2009 Research Consultant for the AHRC and Open University (UK) sponsored project: ‘An Interdisciplinary Study of the BBC World Service’. Open University (UK) and ASSR, University of Amsterdam. June 2007 - September 2009 2007-2009 Lecturer, Modern Asian Studies Masters Program. Institute for the Study of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam. 2006-2007 ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh. 2005-2006 Nancy L Buc Postdoctoral Fellow, Pembroke Center. Brown University. HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS 2019-2021 Co-Director, Center for Global Ethnography, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS) and Dept. Anthropology. Stanford University 2018-2019 -
CHAP 9 Sri Lanka
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The 35Th Annual Conference on South Asia (2006) Paper Abstracts
35th Conference on South Asia October 20 – 22, 2006 Accardi, Dean Lal Ded: Questioning Identities in Fourteenth Century Kashmir In this paper, I aim to move beyond tropes of communalism and syncretism through nuanced attention to Indian devotional forms and, more specifically, to the life and work of a prominent female saint from fourteenth century Kashmir: Lal Ded. She was witness to a period of great religious fermentation in which various currents of religious thought, particularly Shaiva and Sufi, were in vibrant exchange. This paper examines Lal Ded’s biography and her poetic compositions in order to understand how she navigated among competing traditions to articulate both her religious and her gender identity. By investigating both poetic and hagiographic literatures, I argue that Lal Ded’s negotiation of Shaivism and Sufism should not be read as crudely syncretic, but rather as offering a critical perspective on both devotional traditions. Finally, I also look to the reception history of Lal Ded’s poetry to problematize notions of intended audience and the communal reception of oral literature. Adarkar, Aditya True Vows Gone Awry: Identity and Disguise in the Karna Narrative When read in the context of the other myths in the Mahabharata and in the South Asian tradition, the Karna narrative becomes a reflection on the interdependency of identity and ritual. This paper will focus on how Karna (ironically) negotiates a stable personal identity through, and because of, disguised identities, all the while remaining true to his vows and promises. His narrative reflects on the nature of identity, self-invention, and the ways in which divinities test mortals and the principles that constitute their personal identities. -
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LEARNING POLITICS FROM SIVARAM The Life and Death of a Revolutionary Tamil Journalist in Sri Lanka MARK P. WHITAKER Pluto P Press LONDON • ANN ARBOR, MI Whitaker 00 PLUTO pre iii 14/11/06 08:40:31 First published 2007 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Mark P. Whitaker 2007 The right of Mark P. Whitaker to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Hardback ISBN-10 0 7453 2354 5 ISBN-13 978 0 7453 2354 1 Paperback ISBN-10 0 7453 2353 7 ISBN-13 978 0 7453 2353 4 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services Ltd, Fortescue, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Printed and bound in the European Union by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England Whitaker 00 PLUTO pre iv 14/11/06 08:40:31 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi Note on Transliteration, Translation, Names, and Neutrality ix Three Prologues xi 1. Introduction: Why an Intellectual Biography of Sivaram Dharmeratnam? 1 2. Learning Politics from Sivaram 18 3. The Family Elephant 32 4. Ananthan and the Readers’ Circle 52 5. From SR to Taraki – A ‘Serious Unserious’ Journey 79 6. -
Repression of Dissent in Sri Lanka in the First 100 Days of New Presidency 9Th January – 19Th April 2015
Repression of Dissent in Sri Lanka In the first 100 days of new Presidency 9th January – 19th April 2015 The Government has not given green light to the production of a film on well-known journalist Richard de Zoysa who was abducted by the police and killed on 18 February 1990 ( photo:Internet) INFORM Report: Repression of Dissent in Sri Lanka 100 days (9th Jan. – 19th Apr 2015) Contents: 1. Military threatens displaced persons not to talk to British Minister 2. Death threats from SL military operatives to distributor of Tamil weekly 3. Three Tamil journalists Intimidated 4. Tamil journalist remanded for allegedly false report 5. Leaflet distribution disrupted and activists attacked by pro- Rajapaksa group 6. TV station alleges crew detained and assaulted by another TV station 7. Courts imposes restrictions on woman human rights defender released after 362 days in detention without charges 8. Passport impounded over supporting Channel 4 9. Journalist assaulted to cover-up a dubious deal 10. Vavuniya Citizen’s Committee head summoned to TID 11. No clearance for the film on Murdered Journalist Richard de Zoysa 12. Authorities refuse to remove one year old gag order on human rights defender 13. Police attacks University student protest 14. Teargas used against demonstrators against the Police 15. Activist Buddhist Monk harassed by Police INFORM was established in 1990 to monitor and document human rights situation in Sri Lanka, especially in the context of the ethnic conflict and war, and to report on the situation through written and oral interventions at the local, national and international level. -
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Unspeakable Truth
This book is dedicated to the Tamils who perished waiting for justice Preface Contents This book traces the poignant history of Tamils in Sri Lanka after independence. It catalogues the Sri Lankan Tamils’ descent from a once thriving vibrant Nation to one Introduction that is today fi ghting for its very survival. This is a story about how a majority population consumed with religious chauvinism can corrupt a democratic process with untold 1. Documented genocide suffered by Tamils in Sri Lanka consequences. 1.1 State-aided Sinhala settlements in the Tamil homeland - Ethnic Cleansing 8 1.2 The Disenfranchisement of Tamils of Indian Origin 10 The book is organised into three sections covering the physical harm suffered by the 1.3 State-sponsored Riots against Tamils 12 Tamil community, the destruction of their cultural heritage and the attempts at negotiating 1.4 The 1983 Pogrom – a Watershed Event 16 a settlement which has come to nothing. The book also strikes a hopeful note at the 1.5 Progress from Pogroms to Aerial Bombings 20 end on how lasting peace can be achieved from the rubble of destruction. 1.6 The Torture and Murder of Civilians to win Submission 22 1.7 Rape as a Means of Suppression 26 The reader is likely to fi nd some images depicting examples of violence diffi cult and is 1.8 The Assassination of Political Leadership and Human Rights Activists 28 left to imagine the suffering endured by not only the victims but also their families and 1.9 Suppression and Violence against the Media 32 communities over the years. -
Living Through Jaffna's
LIVING THROUGH JAFFNA’S SULTRY SUNSET Special Report No. 10 DATE OF RELEASE: 09TH APRIL 1998 Foreword TEN YEARS AFTER - A TIME FOR REFLECTION & A TIME OF CHANGE What has changed ? An old story A confusion of values and the absence of quality A retrospective look at some developments DISSENT IN JAFFNA & ITS COST: A SELECTIVE SKETCH April 1996 - The Break Political Defeat of the LTTE - The Primary Task of Tamils Themselves A time for change LIVING THROUGH JAFFNA’S SULTRY SUNSET 1. TRENDS AND OVERVIEW 1.1 Torture 1.2 MISSING PERSONS 1.3 Security incidents - a rough overview 1.4 The land mine menace 1.5 THE LTTE - A TIME OF RECKONING 1.6 The LTTE, the Tamil political parties & current realities 1 1.7 THE CHALLENGE 2.Torture and Missing Persons 2.1 A recent experience 2.2 4th April 1997, Tholpuram, Valikamam West 2.3 3rd Week of August 1997 2.4 Early October 1997, Thenmaratchy 2.5 Autumn 1997 3. Reaping the Whirlwind 3.1. Valvettithurai, Uduppiddy, Thondamanaru: Revenge is Blind 3.2. Vathiry - Nelliady: The Burrows of Death 4. Death & Injury to Civilians Resulting from Actions of the Security Forces 4.1 The Dumb Spinster’s Agony: Meesalai: 17th March 1998: 4.2 CASES OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE 4.3 Some cases of civilian death or injury due to Army action 4.4 Reprisals by the Navy 5. Death & Injury to Persons Resulting from LTTE Action 6. Review of Earlier Reports & Miscellany on Life in Jaffna 6.1 Review 6.2 Security incidents connected with the local elections 6.3 An answer to the devotee’s prayer 6.4 The Islands: A creepy touch of Vavuniya -
Women in Sri Lanka's Civil
University at Albany, State University of New York Scholars Archive History Honors Program History 5-12-2017 The Ideal of Liberation: Women in Sri Lanka’s Civil War Akeela Makshood University at Albany, State University of New York, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/history_honors Part of the Women's History Commons Recommended Citation Makshood, Akeela, "The Ideal of Liberation: Women in Sri Lanka’s Civil War" (2017). History Honors Program. 4. https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/history_honors/4 This Undergraduate Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the History at Scholars Archive. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Honors Program by an authorized administrator of Scholars Archive. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Makshood AHIS 495Z Professor Ryan Irwin & Professor Michitake Aso Honors Thesis May 12, 2017 The Ideal of Liberation: Women in Sri Lanka’s Civil War By Akeela Makshood 1 Makshood In the 1990s, videos emerged from the war-torn Northern peninsula of Sri Lanka of young, female LTTE1 cadres graduating from basic military training. Donning tiger-striped attire, groups of young girls and women were garlanded for their accomplishments by a woman standing out in stark contrast to the Tamil2 fighters. Known endearingly as “Aunty” amongst the Tigers, Adele Ann Wilby came to be known internationally as the “White Tiger.” Here she was, the Australian-born former nurse, in the epicenter of an island’s civil war, garlanding female volunteers during a ceremony where they received their cyanide capsules. -
Sri Lanka Attends Elephant-8 Ministerial Meeting in Delhi
2 Friday 27th May, 2011 The Island Home News Govt. determined to Deputy ... From page 1 eradicate ragging - SB Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Chief of entrants and they would be instructed how to BY SAMAN INDRAJITH Mission of IOM Richard Danziger and stand up against abuse. The students would be Ms Anoja Weerasinghe with some The Government is determined to elimi- versity entrants, the Minister said that ragging given training to bear the pressure and stand for rehabilitated youth in Colombo nate ragging from the universities, Higher had become a nuisance and it was high time that their rights instead of becoming cat’s paws of Education Minister S. B. those acts of torturing freshers was swept out political parties, the minister added. Dissanayake said in Parliament yester- from the university system once and for all. He admitted that there could be single inci- Minister Milinda Moragoda, he had day. The ragging phobia has taken a heavy toll dents of mishaps and troubles in the implementa- an opportunity to join with several “There would be no ragging in universi- among the students and many had opted out of tion of the leadership training programme. others to assist in the rehabilitation of ties next year. We will put an end to this horri- the university education due to a verbal, physical However, the opposition should not harbour any child soldiers. “In fact, we were the ble practice and if the need arises we will or psychological abuse of newcomers. Each year, fears of the outcome of this programme because first outsiders given access to child sol- shut down the universities to stop rag- dozens of students leave their course due to the government was determined to continue with diers before the army moved them to ging,” Dissanayake said. -
Media Freedom in Post War Sri Lanka and Its Impact on the Reconciliation Process
Reuters Institute Fellowship Paper University of Oxford MEDIA FREEDOM IN POST WAR SRI LANKA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS By Swaminathan Natarajan Trinity Term 2012 Sponsor: BBC Media Action Page 1 of 41 Page 2 of 41 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would like to thank James Painter, Head of the Journalism Programme and the entire staff of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism for their help and support. I am grateful to BBC New Media Action for sponsoring me, and to its former Programme Officer Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, for letting me know about this wonderful opportunity and encouraging me all the way. My supervisor Dr Sujit Sivasundaram of Cambridge University provided academic insights which were very valuable for my research paper. I place on record my appreciation to all those who participated in the survey and interviews. I would like to thank my colleagues in the BBC, Chandana Keerthi Bandara, Charles Haviland, Wimalasena Hewage, Saroj Pathirana, Poopalaratnam Seevagan, Ponniah Manickavasagam and my good friend Karunakaran (former Colombo correspondent of the BBC Tamil Service) for their help. Special thanks to my parents and sisters and all my fellow journalist fellows. Finally to Marianne Landzettel (BBC World Service News) for helping me by patiently proof reading and revising this paper. Page 3 of 41 Table of Contents 1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Challenges to Press Freedom -
TCHR/CTDH CENTRE TAMOUL POUR LES DROITS DE L'homme (Established in 1990) Ref : BD012/PR/20089 January 2008
TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR/CTDH CENTRE TAMOUL POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME (Established in 1990) Ref : BD012/PR/20089 January 2008 SALIENT KILLINGS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY THE SECURITY FORCES AND P ARAMILITARY SINCE 2000 (ACADEMICS, LAWYERS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, JOURNALISTS, MEDIA WORKERS, HUMANITARIAN WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, RELIGIOUS DIGNITARIES, LAY PERSONS AND OTHERS) Name Place of incident Date Killers Mr Kumar Ponnambalam Colombo 05/01/2000 SL Military Leading Lawyer – President Council Intelligence Mr. Kumaravel Thambaiah Batticaloa 24/05/2004 Karuna Senior lecturer in the Eastern University group Aiyathurai Nadesan - Journalist Batticaloa 31/05/2004 Karuna group Varatharaja Kurukkal Harihara Sarma - P riest Jaffna 14/11/2004 EPDP Mr. Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru- Welikanda, 07/02/2005 Karuna ex -Parliamentarian Polanaruwa group Dharmaratnam Sivaram - Journalist Colombo 28/04/2005 Paramilitary Sabanatha Sarma - Priest Jaffna 14/09/2005 SL Military K Navarathnam - Media workers Jaffna 22/12/2005 EPDP Mr Joseph Pararajasingham – St Mary's Cathedral 25/12/2005 Karuna Parliamentarian Batticaloa group Mr. Thambiah Tharmasiri (Humanitarian worker) Jaffna 11/01/2006 EPDP Mr. Narayanamoorthy Kandeepan -do - Jaffna 11/01/2006 EPDP Mr. Charles Huston Ravindran (Humanitarian worker) Jaffna 15/11/2006 EPDP Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan (SSR) - Journalist Trincomalee 24/01/2006 EPDP Mr. Kasinathar Ganeshalingam (Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 29/01/2006 Karuna group Mr. Thangarasa Karthirkamar (Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 29/01/2006 -do Ms Thanushkodi Premini (Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 30/01/2006 -do Mr. Thamiraja Vasantharajan (Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 30/01/2006 -do Mr. Shanmuganathan Sujendran(Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 30/01/2006 -do Mr. Kailyapillai Ravinthiran (Hum anitarian worker) Welikanda 30/01/2006 -do Mr.