by polity.lk | Feb 2, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Gananath: Renaissance Man R. L. Stirrat I met Gananath in July 1969 on the day I first arrived in Sri Lanka, Edmund Leach and Stanley Tambiah having imposed their naive research student on the Obeyesekeres. Throughout my first period of field research, between 1969...
by polity.lk | Jan 27, 2026 | Review
A Critical History of Women’s Health in Modern Sri Lanka. Darshi Thoradeniya. Orient BlackSwan (New Delhi), 2024. Carmen Wickramagamage Darshi Thoradeniya’s book, A Critical History of Women’s Health in Modern Sri Lanka, unearths the submerged and complicated history...
by polity.lk | Jan 20, 2026 | Ecology
From Living With, to Drowning Under, Floods: A Village Transformed Shashik Silva Welewatta has always flooded. This village in the Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat (DS), home to 1424 families, floods when the Kelani River swells during the rainy season. Water...
by polity.lk | Jan 16, 2026 | Statement
Iran: Solidarity with popular struggles against poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and repression Editors and Vahed Once again, the Iranian people are on the streets against their repressive rulers. Once again, the Islamic Republic has retaliated with extreme...
by polity.lk | Jan 13, 2026 | Editorial
Governing in Anticipation of Backlash Editors As Sri Lanka reels from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his address to the people on 30 November 2025, called for unity among all, above and beyond, what divides us. At this...
