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Psychological interpretation of Lanka's history

Reviewed by Padma Edirisinghe Historians generally prefer to draw a clear line between their field and the realm of fable. Anthropologists and psychologists however do not dismiss legends and myths in the way our orthodox historians do and attempt ... Sunday Observer, 6 days ago

The best and the brightest - Part I

From surgery and politics to espionage and elephant lore, the fabled university at Takshashila was a banquet for the young men (and women) who went there to learn the arts of life. Salma Mahmud considers its origins and early development At the very ...

The Friday Times, 2 months ago

The historicity of Ramayana

While studying Ramayana to find proof of its historicity I was taken aback to find that Valmiki had recorded that a huge part of Rawana's Kingdom; Lankapura, submerged overnight after his death. Some theories helped me in my study of Valmiki's ...

Sunday Observer, 2 months ago