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Dr Nirmal Dewasiri on the Past and the Present

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Excerpts from a remarks by Dr. Nirnmal Dewasiri on the relationship between the history and the present at a Beyond Borders Study Circle meeting on the ethnic conflict of Sri Lanka

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  • I think what he's saying is that what we call "history" isn't necessarily a reconstruction of the past but something that belongs to a present "community" or a collective identity and history is their interpretation of the past, both imagined and real.

  • Please state your point clearly. I had tough time followinbg what you were trying to address or bring across. Are you sayinng that the past and the present are inter-connected that one can not be eliminated to understand the other? I'm sorry please!!!

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