This essay is about fear, menace, violence, and the question of “the people.”
Figurations of menace
Sri Lanka
Reading religious freedom in Sri Lanka
As several contributors to this forum have pointed out, legal provisions regarding religious freedom do not emerge from history fully…
Sacred space in Sri Lanka
BBC news reports the ordered removal of a mosque in the central town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Colonialism and conflict
If the idea of purification is to retain broad currency across the colonial landscape, it may need to be defined…