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Sri Lanka

Speak, Memory

Diya Kohli

When half-remembered stories from the past become shadowy foundations of the present

The Castaways: The Life of Sri Lankan Refugees

They fled home only to be confined to subhuman conditions in the so-called special camps of Tamil Nadu 

Living to Tell the Tale

The LTTE’s top ranking hostage on his captivity experience and the complexities of Sri Lanka’s civil war

Tamil Heroes: The Avengers’ Day Out

Two angry Tamil heroes caught between damnation and salvation 

Chandraguptha Thenuwara: The End of Fear

The Sri Lankan artist who turns the darkest memories into an art of reconciliation

Senaka Senanayake: Life Is Beautiful

Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert

Mahendra’s Magic

The Mahabalipuram rock reliefs and sculptures are extraordinary creations by the third monarch of the Pallava dynasty, and in these masterpieces merge the sensuous and the satirical, the human and the divine in timeless harmony

The Island of the Day Before

This book on Sri Lanka makes a plea for reconciliation and debunks many stereotypes

WATCHING AND SHAMING

Will we ever see beauty in defeat?

CRICKET SPECIAL

James Astill • Dilip D’Souza • Lhendup G Bhutia • Chetan Narula • Omkar Khandekar • Dileep Premachandran • Suresh Menon • Mini Kapoor

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