Download or read book Martyn s Notes on Jaffna written by John H. Martyn and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2003 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This very intresting compilation, written by the son of he first photographer and journalist of Ceylon, is of the various important dates in the history starting with the advent of the Portuguese in 1505. Its goes on to cover the Dutch period in a short cap to reach the copious section of the British period that commenced in 1795 and continues till the authors time of compiling in the 1920 s. Although the eras of the Portuguese and Dutch are over in a few pages. The record of the events of the British stretch over 125 pages. Another wonderful part of this book is 442 short notes on the places, people, history, scandals, poetry, celebrations, arrival of ships that make the book interesting to those who know Jaffna only by name.

Download or read book The Struggle for a Multilingual Future written by Christina P. Davis (Anthropologist) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Struggle for a Multilingual Future, Christina Davis examines the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth. Facing a legacy of post-independence language and education policies that were among the complex causes of the Sri Lankan civil war (1983 - 2009), the government has recently sought to promote interethnic integration through trilingual language policies in Sinhala, Tamil, and English in state schools. Integrating ethnographic and linguistic research in and around two schools during the last phase of the war, Davis's research shows how, despite the intention of the reforms, practices on the ground reinforce language-based models of ethnicity and sustain ethnic divisions and power inequalities. By engaging with the actual experiences of Tamil and Muslim youth, Davis demonstrates the difficulties of using language policy to ameliorate ethnic conflict if it does not also address how that conflict is produced and reproduced in everyday talk.

Download or read book Jaffna Boy written by Bernard Sinniah and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of a sales manager at Citigroup, London describing his childhood years at Jaffna. Through it all, Bernard explores his tumultuous journey from childhood to adulthood with candor and heart, ultimately taking away one very important message: Keep Believing in Yourself, no matter what.

Download or read book Reports of Divisional Agricultural Officers written by Sri Lanka. Kr̥ṣikarma Depārtamēntuva and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Administration Reports written by Ceylon and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reports of the government agents of the various districts, as well as reports of departments.

Download or read book Administration Report of the Acting Director of Agriculture written by Ceylon. Krasikarma Depārtamēntuva and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Accounts and Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Director of Agriculture written by Sri Lanka. Kr̥ṣikarma Depārtamēntuva and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brotherless Night written by V. V. Ganeshananthan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A courageous young Sri Lankan woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor in this “heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war” (Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half). “This book, a careful, vivid exploration of what’s lost within a community when life and thought collapse toward binary conflict, rang softly for me as a novel for our own country in this odd time.”—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K’s invitation to work as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. But after the Tigers murder one of her teachers and Indian peacekeepers arrive only to commit further atrocities, Sashi begins to question where she stands. When one of her medical school professors, a Tamil feminist and dissident, invites her to join a secret project documenting human rights violations, she embarks on a dangerous path that will change her forever. Set during the early years of Sri Lanka’s three-decade civil war, Brotherless Night is a heartrending portrait of one woman’s moral journey and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home.

Download or read book Ceylon Administration Reports written by Ceylon and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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