by polity.lk | May 13, 2026 | History
‘Just A Phase’: The forgotten lunar calendar Sharni Jayawardena In December 1965, Ceylon made the singular decision to switch calendars—from the Gregorian to the lunar—a perplexing move that may seem more intelligible when viewed against the backdrop of a postcolonial...
by polity.lk | May 5, 2026 | Editorial
Neutrality in the Face of Injustice Editors And maps can really point to placesWhere life is evil now:Iran. Lebanon. Palestine.(with apologies to W. H. Auden) When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Charlotte torpedoed and sank naval frigate the IRIS Dena in the early...
by polity.lk | Apr 28, 2026 | Justice
Memory, Pain, and the Hope of Justice Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) Introduction[1]Seven years after the brutal terrorist attack in Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019, on Easter Sunday, the primary objective of publishing a special report by the Centre for Society and...
by polity.lk | Apr 21, 2026 | Politics
Ditwah Relief Management: Politics and Perceptions in ‘Kolamba Gama’ Shashik Silva Behind the numbers of those affected by Cyclone Ditwah, the homes and businesses destroyed or damaged, and those still in temporary shelters, there are other stories about what disaster...
by polity.lk | Apr 10, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
The Conscience of the Scholar Jonathan Spencer When news started to spread of the death of Gananath Obeyesekere, a younger colleague said to me, “Oh, you must have known him. What was he like?”. I paused before replying, “I think he may have been the most charismatic...
