by polity.lk | Jul 7, 2026 | Review
Dear Children, Sincerely: Seven Decades of Sri Lanka. Stages Theatre Group. Colombo. 2026. Shannon Constantine An ensemble mimes bus passengers and their conductor: some have their arms raised as if grasping bus rails, while their driver bends over an imaginary wheel,...
by polity.lk | Jul 1, 2026 | Agrarian Studies
“Peasant Politics” and the War in Sri Lanka Benedikt Korf Agrarian relations can tell us something fundamental about politics.[1] This is what I have learned from the work of James Brow, Mick Moore, Tudor Silva, and Serena Tennekoon. “Peasant politics” is about more...
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...
