Ajith Samaranayake on Tsunami

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This paper discusses two articles by the South Asian writer Ajith Samaranayake. The writer explains that these articles deal with the impact of the recent tsunami disaster on the South Asian region in general and the island of Sri Lanka in particular. The writer further comments that these writings raise many issues of importance from a sociological perspective. This essay explores the conceptual framework employed by the writer to make sense of the disaster, with an emphasis on macro level concepts.

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"The two articles by the South Asian writer Ajith Samaranayake dealing with the impact of the recent tsunami disaster on the South Asian region in general, and the island of Sri Lanka in particular, raise many issues of importance from a sociological perspective. This essay explores the conceptual framework employed by the writer to make sense of the disaster, with an emphasis on macro-level concepts. As will be seen, both articles highlight the dynamic tension that exists in an industrializing society between secular ideologies and modernity and religious traditions."

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