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Introduction	Dr. Ravi Vaitheespara's is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. His research interests include colonial and postcolonial South Asia with a special interest in the area of nationalism, national liberation movements and left politic. ------------------------------ -------------------------------- His recent publications include, Theorizing the National Crisis: Sanmugathasan, the Left and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Social Scientists Association, 2007; Sanmugathasan, the Unrepentent Left and the Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka,” Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 42 No. 43 Oct. 27 - Nov. 02, 2007, pp. 58-65: "The Question of Colonialism and Imperialism in Tamil Nationalist Thought: The Case of Maraimalai Adigal and non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism in Southern India," Imagining Collectives: Continuities, Changes and Contestations. Toronto: Scholars Press, 2008; ) "Beyond 'Benign' and 'Fascist' Nationalisms: Interrogating Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism and Militancy," South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 29 no.3 (December 2006): 435-54.

Introduction

Dr. Ravi Vaitheespara's is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. His research interests include colonial and postcolonial South Asia with a special interest in the area of nationalism, national liberation movements and left politic. ------------------------------ -------------------------------- His recent publications include, Theorizing the National Crisis: Sanmugathasan, the Left and the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Social Scientists Association, 2007; Sanmugathasan, the Unrepentent Left and the Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka,” Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 42 No. 43 Oct. 27 - Nov. 02, 2007, pp. 58-65: "The Question of Colonialism and Imperialism in Tamil Nationalist Thought: The Case of Maraimalai Adigal and non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism in Southern India," Imagining Collectives: Continuities, Changes and Contestations. Toronto: Scholars Press, 2008; ) "Beyond 'Benign' and 'Fascist' Nationalisms: Interrogating Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism and Militancy," South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 29 no.3 (December 2006): 435-54.