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Jaffna Library Burning
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Author: Ruwan Ranasinghe, Citation: Ranasinghe, Ruwan. Cultural and Heritage Tourism Development in Postwar Regions: Concerns for Sustainability from Northern Sri Lankan Capital Jaffna, Science and Education Centre of North America, 20 Mar. 2018.
Author: Cheran Rudhramoorthy, Citation: View of Poetry After Libricide and Genocide,
Author: Aparne Halpé,
Citation: Halpé, Aparna. “On Responsible Distance: An Interview with R. Cheran by Aparna Halpé.” Https://Muse.jhu.edu/Article/601580, University of Toronto Press, 19 Nov. 2015.
Author: Kalpana Chandrasekar,
Citation: Chandrasekar, Kalpana. Public Libraries In Jaffna District, Sri Lanka - Challenges. digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/957/?utm_source=digitalcommons.unl.edu%2Flibphilprac%2F957&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages.
Author: Rev Jebanesan
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Citation: Jebanesan, Rev. INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA The Charge Is Ethnic Cleansing, 1 June 2004, tamilnation.org/indictment/indict016.htm.
Author: Santasilan Kadirgamar,
Citation: KADIRGAMAR, SANTASILAN. “Jaffna in 1981: Days of Terror.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 46, no. 23, 2011, pp. 27–30. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23047481. Accessed 4 June 2021.
Author: Rebecca Knuth,
Citation: Knuth, Rebecca. “Destroying a Symbol: Checkered History of Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Public Library.” IFLA, 27 June 2006, pp. 1–8., www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/index.htm.
Author: Maheswaran, R,
Citation: Maheswaran, R. “Role of Libraries in Conflict and Peace Process in Sri Lanka.” Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, vol. 12, 2008, pp. 107–123., doi:10.4038/jula.v12i0.331.
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