Historian | Founder, https://teapawt.net/t.co/3dxZcEhNAH | Postdoctoral Fellow @CamHistory https://teapawt.net/t.co/BBV6usGHde
Cambridge/Colombo
Joined September 2015
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My article on '"The Jews of Ceylon": Antisemitism, prejudice, and the Moors of Ceylon' was published in Modern Asian Studies. The article explores how and why antisemitic epithets came to be used in prejudicial speech against Muslims in #SriLanka
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Full story (it's long but comprehensive) here: sundaytimes.lk/261101/news/i…
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The ignorant & abusive comments here testify to the terrible destruction of humanities education in the UK, & the culture of unculturedness encouraged by the billionaire controllers of our digital public squares. So sad to see. Wishing us all chances to truly learn & connect 🙏
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This young girl was raped by her own father and her mother’s lover. I cannot imagine the trauma this child has endured, being abused by the very people who should have protected her. Many children in Sri Lanka from all communities and socioeconomic groups suffer parental abuse and neglect today, leaving them vulnerable. The State needs to do more to protect them, provide support and ensure there is a dedicated helpline for children to seek help. @Dr_HariniA @anuradisanayake
Dr. Vindhya Buthpitiya and I are running a workshop in Colombo in December to support prospective PhD applicants to UK institutions.
Details in the CfP below! Please share with anyone who might be interested. It is free of charge.
Apply here: forms.gle/XkzZvBVeJpHcYCDK9
@vindib_
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Sudha Wannila Aeththo, chief of the Rathugala adivasis, was laid to rest on 9 May. Amalini de Sayrah (@Amaliniii) reports from his funeral, recounting stories he told of his tribe and musings on their place in #SriLanka.
polity.lk/a-funeral-in-rathu…
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Cyclone “Arnab” intensifies into a Severe Cyclonic Storm 🌀
Stay Safe India 🇮🇳
Cyclonic Storm Arnab (Ornab) over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and is moving west-northwestwards at 17 kmph.
It is expected to intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm within the next 12 hours.
Arnab is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh & Yanam coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, by the forenoon of 28 October, with winds of 115–125 kmph, gusting up to 140 kmph.
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Watch the final over of this all-time ODI classic
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 complete the second-highest ODI chase, defeating England in one of the greatest matches ever teapawt.net/yashpurohitt/status/21…
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This powerful book by Amal Chatterjee identifies clearly and unequivocally the mechanisms enabling colonial economic extraction long after colonialism is supposed to have ended. Highly recommended: hurstpublishers.com/book/pri…
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Saudi Arabia urged to spare Sri Lankan migrant worker, Anojan Sivarasa, sentenced to death over Facebook post bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq14…
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a little Sri Lanka anthro book party happening on the 14th of October in Durham along with a seminar on new (and exciting for me) work on the media circulations of the 1983 ‘Black July’ pogrom: ‘‘Video Panic’: Delivering War and Television in Sri Lanka!
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With funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Association for Asian Studies will host a workshop for advanced doctoral students. The workshop theme is “Rethinking Dissent: Power and its Limits in South Asian Studies.” More info at asianstudies.org/call-for-ap… @AASAsianStudies
Our Brazilian friends just served us some ‘cocado’ and it’s basically coconut rock (minus the food colouring, which is ofc an added health benefit)! Did we send it there through the Portuguese or get it from them?
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This is great reporting from @observerlk and a horrifying story.
"Investigators probing alleged fraud in the Aswesuma welfare payments at the Norwood Divisional Secretariat believe the case could be the largest such fraud detected in Sri Lanka to date, with suspected losses approaching Rs.30 million.
"The investigation has also uncovered allegations that State employees obtained Aswesuma payments intended for low-income families by using the details of elderly persons who had died, according to investigators familiar with the inquiry.
"One investigator described the Norwood case to the Sunday Observer as the “most serious and largest” Aswesuma fraud uncovered so far."
sundayobserver.lk/2026/09/20…
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Congratulations to @ExaminerLK on your first anniversary and more strength to you all 🥳✨🥂
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Last night at @ChristiesInc New York’s Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction a record was set for the highest recorded price for a painting by a Sri Lankan born artist. ‘The Well(1957)’ by Ivan Peries is his most published work and it was exhibited at the 29th Venice Biennale in 1958. Sold for US$ 640,000 . It’s a masterpiece! #lka #sl #art #southasianart #ivanperies
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This is amazing. The single most comprehensive register of investors, profiteers and legacies left by those that took part in Britains enslavement of African people. The level of research that must have gone into this is mind blowing.
britishslavetraders.org
