For his students and others who derive inspiration from his life, research, publications and lectures, in shot by his very being, Gananath has set very high scholarly standards. He encouraged critical ...

Emeritus professor of anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned professor ...

Photo courtesy of The Island Professor Gananath Obeyesekere was an excellent teacher, researcher and scholar as well as an ...

Photo courtesy of The Island In my tribute to her last week, I noted that Sumitra Peries belonged to a generation which also ...

Gananath Obeyesekere’s contribution to anthropology is vast and varied, and few have combined theory and empirical fact so skillfully as he has done. At the time he graduated from the University of ...

The news of the gruesome execution of Ehelepola’s family was conveyed to D’Oyly by Major Davie, who was taken prisoner during the 1803 war in Kandy. All efforts to find the whereabouts of the British ...