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Smriti Daniel
Smriti Daniel is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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One musician’s struggle to save the distinctive culture of Sri Lanka’s Portuguese Burghers
Earl Barthelot of the band Burgher Folks has dedicated himself to reviving the identity of his small community.
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‘I am drawn to terrifying things’, says the novelist who feels squeamish seeing his name on his book
It is at the peak of his anxiety, especially as a parent, that Sri Lankan author Chhimi Tenduf-La finds the humour that elevates his writing.
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Sri Lanka is creating a new Constitution and the people have spoken – more than 7,000 of them
Vast numbers of people have offered their views on judicial mechanisms to help the island move out of the shadow of war.
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Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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The story of the other East India Company: a Dutch enterprise in Ceylon (gorgeous images alert)
They came to oust the Portuguese, but stayed far longer than the king of Ceylon wanted them to.
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A dance festival in Colombo celebrates the Shakti of the solo performer
Colombo Dance Platform’s festival presented a collection of remarkably diverse solo pieces by female artists.
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Why Sri Lankan-American writer Hasanthika Sirisena is an outsider and likes it that way
The winner of the Juniper Prize explains how her fiction grows out of life.
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Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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In Sri Lanka, Muslim women are fighting back against unfair marriage laws
An ongoing reform process holds out hope for the campaign against child marriage, marital rape and other anti-woman practices under Muslim Personal Law.
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'I couldn't have written those hard scenes if I'd had a natural child in my life:' Nayomi Munaweera
An interview with the Sri Lankan-American author whose new book has both shocked and mesmerised readers.
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How Sri Lankan writers are (still) dealing with the 1983 riots in their fiction
The riots, leading to 26 years of war, are embedded in the island state’s literary consciousness.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Captured and released by the Tamil Tigers, and living to tell the tale
Writer Sunila Galappatti talks about the making of Commodore Ajith Boyagoda’s extraordinary war memoir.
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What to expect from Shehan ‘Chinaman’ Karunatilaka’s new novel (hint: think ghosts)
The Sri Lankan winner of three literary prizes for his first novel is finally back with his second.
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Sri Lankan Tamils around the world have built an online library to replace one torched in 1981
Among the Noolaham Digital Library’s 16,000 documents are four volumes of one of the oldest Tamil grammar books, and copies of over 24 palm-leaf manuscripts.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit