asian-reviews.com/2023/08/31… As a lit community, we condemn violence and strongly believe that war is no sensible means of solving an issue. There is a historical duty for every writer, blogger, and author to create a space where people with different opinions can sit down to talk without resorting to arms. With that in mind, we launched our article series on how the war in Ukraine could be interpreted by each belligerent as their own victory. So that they could finally be content with their position and stop the carnage that is becoming a human tragedy. By analyzing both sides of the coin and allowing each belligerent to see their gains vs. losses, a political debate could be started, a ceasefire could be initiated, and Ukrainian statehood could be restored fully. It is an Achilles heel. But not an impossible task. #reviews #article, #politics #ukraine #livesmatter #war #RussianUkraine #Biden

Shalini Ganendra, the author of Veins of Influence, joins "Literarily Speaking," the webcast series of "The Voice Asian" The Asian Review tomorrow, 1st November 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. GMT. Join us via Zoom: google.com/url... The Interview will be on YouTube: The Voice Asian and The Asian Review Facebook page. Introduction to the book: Veins of Influence is a pioneering monograph that brings a rich array of early images of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) into the global discourse of photography, pairing a striking lens of visual appreciation with distinctly humanizing perspectives. Images featured are from the Royal Collection Trust; Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford; Royal Commonwealth Society, Cambridge University Library; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Trustees of the Rothschild Archives. In addition to these UK collections, the publication includes early photographs from important local family collections and period publications. The collections are mainly those of ‘influencers’, and the writing considers images by both studio photographers and hobbyists for commercial and non-commercial purposes. This seminal publication is for specialists (including scholars, collectors, and curators) and general audiences. Ganendra’s unusual analysis of these collections adds another layer of understanding of the viewing and imaging of Ceylon specifically but also offers another approach to the colonial image. Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra’s impact on cultural development has been defined by nearly three decades of cultural programming, including exhibition and scholarship, with a notable focus on Sri Lanka. Ganendra is a Sri Lankan born and lives in Malaysia. She read law at Cambridge University (1987) and qualified as a Barrister and New York Attorney. She was the first Sri Lankan specialist to be appointed to the Tate Gallery (UK) Acquisitions Committee (SAAC) and has served on numerous judging panels, including for the Commonwealth Arts Award and as a nominator for the Sovereign Art Prize and Aga Khan Architecture Awards. She was most recently a Chevening Fellow at Oxford and has held visiting positions at the University of Oxford, including at the History of Art Department, St. Catherine’s College, and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Available to purchase through Neptune Publications Pvt Ltd #authorinterview #shaliniganendra #SriLanka, #srilankanwriter #asian #theasianreview #theasiangroupofliterature, #liveinterviews See less

This collection of well-researched photo collection based book unearth the Colonial Sri Lanka, Ceylon Literarily Speaking, Episode 00045, Shalini Ganendra youtu.be/gXAyc2wdDtg?si=ND6R… via @YouTube

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My Mother Pattu by Saras Manickam is ‘ A book that is light on the eyes but sits firmly in the heart.” #penguinebooks, #sarasmanikkam, #novels, #fictions, #eastasia, #theasianreview asian-reviews.com/2023/11/01…

Better later than never... The Reading List, October, is here. Amid two major projects, I could get hold of these books. One translation (into English from Sri Lanka), Loveena by Mohanraj Madawala. The translator could have done better than that. I read the Sinhala edition, a great piece of art, a well-crafted work of fiction. Kotathuwakku by Priyantha Liyanage, well-woven novel by a seasoned pen with ground realities of the last 80s in Sri Lanka. Smriti Ravindra made me read The Woman Who Climbed Trees twice. It is something you can't miss. A book with its own character. Asiff's work is the only non-fiction in the list; it reads like fiction. Isabelle's In the Midst of Winter, well, 2nd time, is still fresh. #booklist #october #October2023 #reading #read #readersofinstagram #avidreader #pramudith #pramudithdrupasinghe #ficitons #writersofinstagram #writersoffacebook #writerslife #writerscommunity