by polity.lk | Jan 15, 2025 | Politics
The NPP Government and Its Democratic Promise: A Review Jayadeva Uyangoda How democratic will the National People’s Power (NPP) government be? How faithful will the NPP leaders – whose political careers began in the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) with a background of...
by polity.lk | Dec 24, 2024 | Culture, Apsara Karunaratne, Kiran Grewal, Neloufer de Mel, Ramya Jirasinghe, Ruvani Ranasinha, Vihanga Perera, Vindhya Buthpitiya
Best Reads in 2024Collective A sinister thread of horror, known and unknown, real and imagined, has connected much of what I have read this year. First, The Saint of Bright Doors (2023) by Vajra Chandrasekera was an unexpected favourite. This wittily recounted fever...
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...
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...
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...
