Burnt, Rebuilt: Jaffna Library Reminds of Sri Lanka Conflict

Anadolu Agency · aa.com.tr (Anadolu Agency wire service), undated [c. 2015]

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Wire-service report documenting the post-2003 reconstruction of the library under President Chandrika Kumaratunga. The library was physically rebuilt and reopened in 2003 as a symbolic peace gesture, but the report — like all subsequent accounts — notes that the original 97,000-volume collection has never been restored: the rebuilt library holds a fraction of the original holdings and the irreplaceable manuscripts are permanently lost. The report captures the disconnect between architectural restoration and cultural restitution.

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