- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
by AMIT ROY WHAT happened in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday is utterly alien to the culture of the island. To get some sort of understanding of the massacre, in which at least 321 people were killed and 500 injured in coordinated attacks on three churches and three hotels, one needs to go back to the epic, the Ramayana. This sets out the rules of engagement, not only in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, but across much of south Asia. Ravana, the demon king of Lanka who has kidnapped Prince Rama’s wife, Sita, is the villain of the Ramayana. The…
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