Saturday, 25 October 2008

DVD: State of Fear

A documentary on fighting "terrorism" in Peru

http://www.hrw.org/iff/2006/london/films.html#state_of_fear

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485046/

Nishan has purchased a privately, a copy can go to the KC library.

Saturday, 2 August 2008

BOOK: Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka: Efforts, Failures & Lessons: Volume Two

Editor: Kumar Rupesinghe

Contributors: (include) Bradman Weerakoon, Austin Fernando, G.L.Pieris, Priyan Seneviratne and Dinidu Endaragalle

Available from vijitha yapa

BOOK: Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka: Efforts, Failures & Lessons: Volume One, 2nd Edition

Editor: Kumar Rupesinghe

Contributors: (include) Sumanasiri Liyanage, Thomas Abraham, J.N.Dixit, Bernard Tilakaratna, Ketheshwaran Loganathan

Available from vijitha yapa

BOOK: The Broken Palmyra, the Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka, An Inside Account

by Rajan, Somasundaram, Daya, Sritharan, K and Rajani Thiranagama Hoole

  • Paperback: 468 pages
  • Publisher: The Sri Lanka Studies Institute (1992)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B000OGS3MW
Available also to be read on the web: http://www.uthr.org/BP/Content.htm

Monday, 14 April 2008

BOOK: Mosquito













by Roma Tearne

read reviews at: Mosquito - Amazon.co.uk

DVD: The Imam & the Pastor

The Imam and the Pastor' depicts the reconciliation between Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, and the peace-making initiatives which have flowed from it. The film, narrated by Rageh Omaar, traces their remarkable story. It depicts the dynamics of personal forgiveness, and highlights some of the difficulties that arise in Christian-Muslim partnership and how they can be tackled.

Available for Purchase from:

http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/imam.html

Saturday, 5 April 2008

BOOK: Current Crisis in Sri Lanka

By Rajiva Wijesinha

Published 1986, Navrang

ISBN:8170130395

BOOK: Emergency '58: The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots

By Tarzie Vittachi

Published 1958, Andre Deutsch

BOOK: Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka


By Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Published 1992, University of Chicago Press

ISBN:0226789497

Available from Nishan

BOOK: Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka



by Richard F. Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere

Published 1990, Princeton University Press

ISBN:0691019010

Available from Nishan

BOOK: Tigers of Lanka - from boys to guerrillas


by Narayan Swamy

Available at Vijitha Yapa:

http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=71

isbn:9788122003864

Thursday, 3 April 2008

BOOK: Reaping The Whirlwind

By K.M. de Silva

Available at Vijitha Yapa

http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=2660

BOOK: A History of Sri Lanka

By K. M. de Silva

Available at Vijitha Yapa

http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=64

BOOK: 19th Century Newspaper Engravings of Ceylon- Sri Lanka

By R.K. de Silva

Available at Vijitha Yapa

http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=24071

BOOK: Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan period 1590s to 1815

By Michael Roberts

Available at Vijitha Yapa

http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=20842

BOOK: Inside an Elusive Mind - Prabhakaran



by Narayan Swamy

Available from Vijitha Yapa:

http://www.vijithayapa.com/pdesceription.php?id=92

DVD: Favela Rising (2005)

by Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist

See here for details:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455949/

DVD: My Daughter the Terrorist

Winner of Best Documentary at Message to Man International Film Festival in St Petersburg.

can be bought from here:

http://www.oslodocs.com/product_pages/my_daughter_product.html

Monday, 31 March 2008

DVD: Water (2005)

A film by Deepa Mehta

Four years after production was shut down in India, filming resumed in Sri Lanka. The movie was shot under the fake title "Full Moon" to avoid attention.

Details can be found here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/

DVD: Sulanga Enu Pinisa (2005)

The Forsaken Land (english title)

A film by Vimukthi Jayasundara

see details at:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413358/

DVD: Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997)

Death on a Full Moon Day (english title)

A film by Prasanna Vithanage

Available at:
this link to the Kapruka Shop

BOOK: Narrating Tamil Nationalism: Subjectivities & Issues

by Michael Roberts

Available at:
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=22907

BOOK: The Giniralla Conspiracy

by Nihal de Silva
(winner of Gratien Award in Sri Lanka)

Available at:
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=22903

BOOK: The Road From Elephant Pass



by Nihal de Silva
(winner of Gratien Award in Sri Lanka)

Available at:
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=233

DVD: Tani tatuwen piyabanna (2002)

Flying with One Wing (International: English title)

A film by Asoka Handagama

In order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife

DVD: Documentaries That Changed The World - John Pilger

Documentaries That Changed The World - John Pilger (4 Disc Box Set)

DVD: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Details can be found at

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104810/

DVD: No More Tears Sister

Details can be found at

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491081/

The comments to this post provides details on how to order

Sunday, 30 March 2008

BOOK: Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict

@book{spencer1990slh,
title={{Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict}},
author={Spencer, J.},
year={1990},
publisher={Routledge}
}

BOOK: Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy

@book{tambiah1986sle,
title={{Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy}},
author={Tambiah, S.J.},
year={1986},
publisher={IB Tauris}
}

BOOK: Politics in Sri Lanka, 1947-1979

@book{wilson1979psl,
title={{Politics in Sri Lanka, 1947-1979}},
author={Wilson, A.J.},
year={1979},
publisher={MacMillan Publishing Company}
}

2nd edition

BOOK: The Break-up of Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict

@book{wilson1988bus,
title={{The Break-up of Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict}},
author={Wilson, A.J.},
year={1988},
publisher={C. Hurst \& Co. Publishers}
}

Available for online purchase in India:
check flipkart.com