Ep. 57: The Return of Rajapaksa
Amita Arudpragasam joins host Hamsini Hariharan to discuss the recent parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka and what it means for the island nation. Amita tweets at @aarudpra (https://twitter.com/aarudpra). For questions or comments, reach out to the host on twitter @HamsiniH (https://twitter.com/HamsiniH ) or on Instagram @statesofanarchy ( https://instagram.com/statesofanarchy )
States of Anarchy is supported by The Takshashila Institution and the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF).
READING LIST:
Rajapaksa Rule- Amita Arudpragasam (https://bit.ly/3bgCEQT)
Buddhism transformed, by Gananath Obeysekera and Richard Gombrich (https://amzn.to/3gIWKV2)
Sri Lanka in the Modern Age, by Nira Wickramasinghe (https://amzn.to/2QD3hWD)
Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/3juv9Zv)
Buddhism Betrayed? by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/31IUWHB)
Leveling Crowds – EthnoNationalist Conflicts & Collective Violence in South Asia: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/3lthHXP)
Verité Research (https://www.veriteresearch.org)
The Center for Policy Alternatives (https://www.cpalanka.org)
International Center for Ethnic Studies (http://ices.lk)
Colombo by Carl Muller (https://amzn.to/3bcg3Vw)
The Jam Fruit Tree by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #1) (https://amzn.to/3gGQWvf)
Yakada Yaka by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #2) (https://amzn.to/32JySf9)
Once Upon A Tender Time by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #3) (https://amzn.to/3lxz2ij)
Silence of the Courts and August Sun by Prasanna Vithanage (https://bit.ly/3hVYefW)
Ini Avan ( 2012) Me Mage Sandai by Asoka Handagama (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379480/)
The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413358/)
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