by polity.lk | Aug 4, 2026 | Justice
A ‘Duty of Care’ to Animals: Two Decades of Struggle for Law Reform in Sri Lanka Kasun Kavishka In late April 2026, Sri Lanka welcomed Aloka, an Indian stray dog who walked along with US-based Buddhists monks in the corporate-sponsored and state-endorsed ‘Walk for...
by polity.lk | Jul 31, 2026 | Polity Archive
Polity Vol 13 No. 2 (December 2025) Contents Governing in Anticipation of Backlash by Editors The Great Flood by B. Skanthakumar FCEJ Stands in Support of the Birds, the Land, and the People of Mannar by Feminist Collective for Economic Justice Declaration of the...
by polity.lk | Jul 28, 2026 | Politics
A Heart That Never Forgets Binu Peiris Over the high walls of the white mansions where our money lay, Our youth sped their way holding the tears of our motherland. This is a history that our young historians wrote, Silencing the mouth of the great, skilled orator,...
by polity.lk | Jul 21, 2026 | Politics
DBS Jeyaraj: The Witness in Exile Ruben Thurairajah He died in Canada, and the news arrived with a certain administrative neatness, as though it was an update rather than an ending. There was nothing theatrical about it; no climactic closure that literature prefers....
by polity.lk | Jul 14, 2026 | Culture
Literature and the Politics of Plural Identity, in and beyond Sri Lanka Nadeera Rajapakse Two Sri Lankan writers: Antonythasan Jesuthasan in 2026 and Shehan Karunatilaka in 2025, have been awarded in consecutive years the Prix Émile Guimet, the French prize for Asian...
