by polity.lk | Nov 12, 2026 | Economy
Unfinished Business: The Rise of the Financial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka Shiran Illanperuma “While the economic changes from the time of Dutch rule began releasing the economy and society from the traditions of the past, there was an incompleteness about this process...
by polity.lk | Nov 3, 2026 | Justice
Unfinished Conversations: The Life and Works of Intrepid Human Rights Lawyer Basil Fernando Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena In a poem titled “The Faces” in a collection aptly called Pride and Pain in Difficult Times sent to me by his daughter soon after his passing, the...
by polity.lk | Oct 27, 2026 | Adivasis
A Funeral in Rathugala Amalini De Sayrah May 9th is an overcast day in Rathugala. Figures dressed in white zoom past on motorbikes or walk slowly through the humidity on the Bibile-Ampara road that is otherwise empty for kilometres. Everyone is going to the same...
by polity.lk | Oct 21, 2026 | Economy
Mining Heavy Mineral Sands: Deepening Dependency, Not Enhancing Leverage Amali Wedagedara The decision to mine mineral sands along two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s coastline is fuelling anxiety and tension among communities living near proposed mining sites. The Government...
by polity.lk | Oct 13, 2026 | Culture
The Art of Witness: Memory and Resistance in Sri Lanka Yolanda Foster When I first arrived in Colombo in the 1990s, I was in my twenties and had just begun a volunteer role with Peace Brigades International (PBI). Sri Lanka was still emerging from the repression of...
