Ethnic consciousness: The case of Sri Lanka By Daya Somasundaram The dangers inherent in emphasising difference and exclusiveness as the foundations of collective identities are not to be underestimated. While group identities provide various benefits, the consequences of a group considering itself superior to others often results in violence. The polarised ethnic consciousnesses of the two main groups in Sri ...

by Ahilan KadirgamarThe following are my prepared remarks at the Global South Asia conference at New York University on 13 February 2010. My prepared remarks on the Sri Lanka panel in titled, ‘Return of the Displaced and Political Reconciliation’ are below. The remarks in the Sri Lanka panel which I chaired were to complement the presentations by Sharika Thiranagama, New ...

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Panel on Sri Lanka @ 2 -3:45pm on Sat, Feb 13th:Sri Lanka: Return of the Displaced and Political ReconciliationPanelists include: Ahilan Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, Himal Southasian Magazine, Kafila Collectiv

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