1. Shirani Rajapakse
(March 2013/Contributors)

Shirani Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan poet and author. Her collection of short stories, Breaking News (Vijitha Yapa 2011) was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award. Rajapakse's work appears, or is forthc

2. "Betrayal" Poetry Contest Winners: Why We Chose These Poems
(March 2013/Contest winners)

...apakse’s "Questions Left Unanswered" I must twice preface my comments on this poem. Firstly, Ms Shirani Rajapakse's poem is better appreciated if you have not read her introdu...

3. Questions Left Unanswered
(March 2013/Contest winners)

by Shirani Rajapakse A head in the drain, he tried to understand why. They took him in for   questioning, dragging him out of the house. A rude awakening. Fifteen years of   sharing life

4. Shirani Rajapakse's Breaking News
(March 2012/Reviews)

by Harshana Rambukwella Shirani Rajapakse, Breaking News, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2011. 80 pgs. Sri Lanka is officially a post-conflict society. But while the military conflict is over, the coun

5. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
(March 2013/Front page)

...eg Santos, Anna Yin, Dominique Ahkong, Anirban Chakraborty, Yau Ching "Betrayal" Poetry Contest - winners: Shirani Rajapakse, Theophilus Kwek, Sumana Roy, Ian Chung, Amy Uyematsu, Heather Be...