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Sri Lanka: Ethnicity and Sentiment

Friday, April 25th, 2008 @ 16:11 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Sri Lanka
Topics:: Ethnicity

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groundviews explores the issue of ethnicity as a subjective group sentiment - delving into the idea of being Tamil or Sinhalese in Sri Lanka.

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