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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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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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All your questions about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine answered
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Watch: Ever wondered just how good Viv Richards was? This collection of videos will tell you
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
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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: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat pulls autorickshaw with rope to protest against fuel prices
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Watch: Hit government officials with sticks if they don’t listen, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
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Caught on Nandan Nilekani’s camera: Black panther and leopard on the verge of an encounter
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Watch: Mumbai woman celebrates 100th birthday after being vaccinated against Covid-19
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Watch: Big dog interrupts woman every time she wants to practise yoga
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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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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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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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Premier League: Liverpool slip to sixth straight defeat at Anfield as Fulham boost survival hopes
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Swiss Open Super 300 badminton: PV Sindhu outplayed by relentless Carolina Marin in final
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Football: Steven Gerrard guides Rangers to first Scottish League title in ten years
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Watch: Ravi Shastri on ICC’s WTC qualification criteria, trolls and importance of man-management
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PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin, Swiss Open Super 300 final as it happened: Marin races to the title