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UNMASKING THE EMPIRE in British Ceylon: The Post 1915 Riots Campaign-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Image Source:Thuppahis Unmasking the Empire: The campaign for justice following the 1915 Pogrom and the collaboration of British Christian humanitarians at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s struggle for Independence, …. Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya Social Scientists’ Association, No. 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, 2023, 312 pp, ISBN: 978-955-0762-47-7, Printers: Karunaratne & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., 65 C, Thalgahawila Road, Midellamulahena, Horana, Sri Lanka. EW Perera DB Jayatilaka CONTENTS Abbreviations vi Notes on Terminology vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xii Part I: Introduction Chapter One: British Christian Humanitarianism, the Ceylonese Temperance Movement, and Imperial Governance 3 Chapter Two: One Hundred Days: The 1915 Pogrom and Martial Law Reprisals (May–August 1915) 15 Part II: The Campaign for Justice in Britain (1915–1919) Chapter Three: Phase I: Battle for Credibility (July 1915–August 1916) 41 Chapter Four: Phase II: Battle for Due Process (September 1916 – ...

Reviewing Chatterjee’s Book on Anti-Muslim Riots in Gujarat in 2002-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nishkula Suntharalingam, presenting a book review in Asian Affairs 2023 ….. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raaf20 …. of the book by Moyukh Chatterjee. Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities. Duke University Press, Durham, 2023. pp. 166. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Ackmts. Hb. $94.95. ISBN 9781478017028. Sb. ………….$24.95. ISBN 9781478019664 Moyukh Chatterjee was an eyewitness to the aftermath of the 2002 riots in the west Indian state of Gujarat; three days of communal violence during which Hindu mobs attacked Muslims, their businesses and homes, leaving over a thousand people dead. This book focuses on how and why, in multi-ethnic, democratic states like India, targeted violence and anti-minority politics persist. In doing so, the author suggests an alternate approach to understanding violence against minorities while raising disquieting questions about the formation of modern states and the ways that ideas ...