PANAJI: Sri Lankan architect and urban designer Madhura Prematilleke said one mustn’t be fooled by the makeover Sri Lanka received post the three decades of civil war between the Sinhalese and the Tamil minority.He was speaking at the recently held international Z-axis conference on architecture in Panaji. “The authoritarian regime with the four Rajapaksa brothers at the helm initiated a massive programme of physical infrastructure as a post-war chest thumping project, leaving minorities out. Boundary walls of public buildings were removed. New parks, walkways, water fronts, bird watching zones, flower…
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