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Sri Lanka’s people captured the world’s attention when they stormed the presidential palace on July 12, 2022, but the island nation’s crisis began long before then. Professor Nira Wickramasinghe explains the role of colonialism in the country’s past century of history in the first of a special TRNN two-part series on Sri Lanka.

Dr. Nira Wickramasinghe is a professor of Modern South Asian Studies at Leiden University. She is the author of several books, including Sri Lanka in the Modern Age. A History, and Ethnic politics in colonial Sri Lanka, 1927–1947.
Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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Her census stats are incorrect. From the 2012 census, SL Tamils are 11.2% of the population, and over 70% of them live in the north-east.
Fyi the quote is from John Donne “no man is an island†edit: not Thomas Merton. An important recognition of our interconnected lives, nevertheless.
Please vote in educated & truly patriotic people into government Sri lanka.
For the algorithm
A lot of what she described is happening here in the US
revolution
Sri Lanka totally corrupted the Buddha's Teachings. This is the result of their kamma.
I appreciate the effort here but this interview was disappointing in that it was poorly structured in my opinion. I was hoping you'd lay more of a historical foundation and then move into today. 99% of the world knows nothing about Sri Lanka so some remedial work is required.
Great interview Max!! Thank you for helping us understand this!!
Thank you, to everyone from the Real News Network
America is getting to this point.
Thank you. I'm not as smart as you are and if a chronology of events was added at intro then I would benefit more.
Very glad I made an hour to watch this. Really interesting stuff. Unfortunately a lot of predictable stuff that you see in the histories of so many countries, like the brutal suppression of the left.
Omg finally you have something on sri Lanka bravo
Very informative
I was removed from live chat. But I agree with Ms. Nina Wickramasighe, a remarkable woman of great insight. Thank you for this. â¤ï¸Love to Skri Lanka and all humanity from America. 👨â€ðŸ‘©â€ðŸ‘§â€ðŸ‘¦