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Photo of the Day: A Pensive Observer in Sri Lanka
A young monk watches a street parade amidst a full crowd in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka on May 5, 2012. (Brett Davies/Flickr)
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Photo of the Day: An Offering for the Gods in Sri Lanka
A child at a temple in Sri Lanka holding three sticks of incense in offering (three sticks being traditionally reserved for gods) on May 5, 2012. (Photosightfaces/Flickr)
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Photo of the Day: The Navam Perahera (The Parade of February) in Sri Lanka
Four young drummers march in the Navam Perahera (The Parade of February) in Sri Lanka on February 6, 2012. (Alexis Gravel/Flickr)
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Watch: New Film Shows Sri Lanka's Media Battered, but Not Beaten
Asia Society Associate Fellow Vasuki Nesaih says a new film about Sri Lanka's suppressed media sheds light on a troubled, but continually creative press corps.
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Photo of the Day: Masked Dancer in Sri Lanka
A masked performer brings magic and myth to life in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 6, 2012.
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Interview: Bhi Bhiman on Making Roots Music for the 21st Century
How the son of Sri Lankan immigrant parents learns to play guitar and ends up being compared to Randy Newman.
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Vishakha Desai: Female Politicians in Asia Making it on Merit
Asia Society President Vishakha Desai writes that unlike in the past, female politicians in Asia today are increasingly entering politics on their own merits rather than relying on family ties.
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Sri Lanka's Civil War (Complete)
Journalists and documentarians present and assess both the Sri Lankan government and international community's perspectives on Sri Lanka's decades-long sectarian conflict.
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What Are Asian Nations Saying About Sri Lanka’s Conflict?
Asia Society's Andrew Billo gets the discussion started in advance of a New York event about a controversial Channel 4 film about Sri Lanka's civil war.
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Photo of the Day: Elephant Bath, Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan man gives a bath to an elephant near Villa Ocean View hotel in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka on November 12, 2011.
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