by polity.lk | Jun 23, 2026 | Review
Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath. S. Shakthidharan. Sydney: Powerhouse, 2025. Suvendrini Kanagasabai Perera Some years ago, I contributed a foreword to A Sense of Viidu, an anthology of writing on Tamil diasporic re-creations of home (viidu) edited by Niro...
by polity.lk | Jun 16, 2026 | Review
தாயகம் (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮 / motherland). Amita Arudpragasam. Harvest Moon, 2026. 76 mins. Thiruni Kelegama Thayakam begins with a date: 26 September 2025. The footage that follows is of a crowd, the police somewhere inside it, and voices over the images, subtitled from the...
by polity.lk | Jun 2, 2026 | Religion
Aloysius Pieris, S.J.: Visionary Activist Elizabeth J. Harris Aloysius Pieris, S.J. died at 6 a.m. on 22 March 2026, at Tulana, the centre in Dalugama/Kelaniya that he founded in 1974 to facilitate research, interreligious encounter, and liberative action. In an...
by polity.lk | May 26, 2026 | History
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia. Sam Dalrymple. Harper Collins, 2025. Roshni Kapur Stories of displacement, separation of families and disruption of lives during the 1947 Partition are embedded in the memories of many families. Some of...
by polity.lk | May 19, 2026 | Justice
Chemmani ’25 M. C. Kanula I tried burying it, but kept it safely locked,and cast away the keysto keep its shadow from ever touchingthe flowers I have, growing at my feet.For my children’s sakeand their children’s—for those little ones,I can’t afford grief....
