Book Launch and Public Presentation

The Left and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Did the Left Movements Fail the Tamils?

Book Launch and Public Presentation
Saturday, December 8th 3.30 P.M. – 5.30 P.M.
Scarborough Civic Centre
Chair: Mr. K. Kanthasamy
Speakers: N. Sivahurunathan, Prof. Aparna Sundar, Prof. Chelva Kanaganayakam, Mark and Prof. Ravi Vaitheespara.

Ravi Vaitheespara, Theorizing the National Crisis: Sanmugathasan, the Left and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Colombo: SSA, 2007.

The book, which also includes a long introduction by the veteran Left academic Prof. N. Shanmugaratnam, explores the largely obscured history of the Left’s engagement with the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. It both raises and tries to answer the question: “Did the Left fail the Tamils?” Commentators and experts will address the contribution of this book and speak to the questions raised by the book.

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