Polity is a magazine which aims to advance democratic consciousness, gender equality, state reform, and social change in Sri Lanka, while interested in South Asia and the World.
As its predecessor Pravada (1991-2002), Polity is published by the Social Scientists’ Association in Colombo (since 2003), with critical content on politics, political economy, history, women, ethnicity, sexualities, religion, labour studies, agrarian relations, nationalisms, violence, ecology, and much more…
Me Kauda? Monawada Karanne? The Potential Futures of an “Alternative World” and the Political Legacy of Richard de Zoysa
Prabha Manuratne
Me Kauda? Monawada Karanne? (‘Who is he? What is he doing?’) was the title of a play, allegedly, that got Richard de...
Words to Kill a Man, and Free a Man
Kanya D’Almeida
In the early months of 2012, I inherited two troves of literature. I had been hunting for one of them for years; the...
Question – கேள்வி
Cheran Rudhramoorthy (trans. Anushiya Ramaswamy)
The moon, shredded, hangs onthe fence; midnight.Yama’s messengers,who rend lives,tread on the falling leaves. Demons...
The Hidden Politics of Critical Agrarian Studies: A Reply to Urs Geiser
Tom Brass
In a recent contribution to Polity, Urs Geiser (2023) endorsed Critical Agrarian Studies (CAS), as an approach he...
Editorial: Compass on an Old Course?
Editors
One hundred days have passed since Anura Kumara Dissanayake assumed the presidency of Sri Lanka after the 21 September...
Bapsi Sidhwa (1938-2024): Parsi Pakistani writer between Lahore, Partition, and the US
Arif Azad
Bapsi Sidhwa, who died aged 86 in Houston, Texas on 25 December 2024, was Pakistan’s pioneering woman fiction writer...
Current Issue
Vol. 12, Issue 1 (June 2024) is now available for LKR500, from the Social Scientists’ Association (380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7). Almost 100 pages on #palestine #politics #economy #history #agrarianstudies, and more!
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Pravada (1991-2002) and Polity (2003-) back issues available here.
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Social Scientists’ Association
The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) is an organization working to investigate the way in which social change is contouring the multiple realities faced by communities in Sri Lanka and South Asia. The SSA is deeply committed to promoting a culture of knowledge production that informs and undergirds interventions aimed at achieving social emancipation for marginalized communities.