Victims or Saviours? Women in Climate Adapted Agriculture Projects in Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone

Nethmi Bathige

by polity.lk | Dec 12, 2024 | Gender

Victims or Saviours? Women in Climate Adapted Agriculture Projects in Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone Nethmi Bathige In recent years, both the government of Sri Lanka as well as national and international development organisations have collaborated to implement climate...

Writing the life of author and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi: race, class and multiculturalism

Ruvani Ranasinha

by polity.lk | Dec 4, 2024 | Culture

Writing the life of author and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi: race, class and multiculturalism Ruvani Ranasinha “We had been devastated … in ways we didn’t understand by racism” ~ Kureishi, My Ear at His Heart (2004) In 2023, my biography of the British Asian...

Sri Lanka General Election 2024: How We See It; What We Want

Collective

by polity.lk | Nov 30, 2024 | Politics

Sri Lanka General Election 2024: How We See It; What We Want Collective In one or two words, describe your reaction to the overall picture from the general election; then go on to explain why. Saturation. Sri Lanka’s electoral system struggles to produce balanced...

Reading the General Election 2024

Pasan Jayasinghe and Amali Wedagedara

by polity.lk | Nov 21, 2024 | Politics

Reading the General Election 2024 Pasan Jayasinghe and Amali Wedagedara The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. With its unprecedented, record-breaking electoral victory at the general election of 2024, the NPP has succeeded in engineering popular dissent...

Can the National People’s Power Consolidate its Presidential Victory in the Parliamentary Election?

Pradeep Peiris

by polity.lk | Nov 12, 2024 | Politics

Can the National People’s Power Consolidate its Presidential Victory in the Parliamentary Election? Pradeep Peiris The forthcoming parliamentary election on November 14 has attracted significant attention and raised several pertinent questions: Can the National...