by polity.lk | Aug 18, 2026 | History
Breaking the Spell of an Imperial Photo Album: The Unlikely Beginnings of ‘Colombo Histories’ Sujit Sivasundaram Where one is based in the world, one’s own positionality, the perspective with which one is writing, is crucial to the way research and its politics takes...
by polity.lk | Aug 11, 2026 | Review
State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka. Sunil Bastian. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Bhadrajee Hewage Sunil Bastian’s State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka is an ambitious and intellectually sophisticated reinterpretation of postcolonial Sri Lankan...
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,...
