by polity.lk | May 24, 2024 | Review
Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Impunity, violence, and the politics of representation – The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Shehan Karunatilaka. Gurugram, Harayana: Penguin Books, 2022 Reviewed by Harshana Rambukwella A murdered journalist...
by polity.lk | May 20, 2024 | Human Rights
A Hierarchy of Grief and the Politics of Mourning: Reflecting on Sri Lanka in the shadow of Palestine Tania Perera On 18 May, Sri Lanka marked the 15th anniversary of the end of war. In 2009, many Sinhala people in the South took to the streets to spontaneously...
by polity.lk | May 15, 2024 | Palestine
Where does peace rest? Natasha Ranawake For the People of Palestine In the quiet rush of light that stands still, in a pool of faith and hope, where does peace rest? Within a beating heart of a child, within the names of those we lost, where does peace rest?...
by polity.lk | May 9, 2024 | Politics
#GoHomeGota: The Story Behind Sri Lanka’s Hashtagged Protest Movement. Sulochana Peiris. 2023. 51 minutes Oliver Walton, Deborah Johnson, and Jonathan Goodhand #GoHomeGota is a documentary by Colombo-based freelance filmmaker and writer Sulochana Peiris that explores...
by polity.lk | May 6, 2024 | Palestine
Resisting Genocide in Gaza: Is a New Political Imaginary Possible? Devaka Gunawardena Watching the protests opposing genocide in Gaza on college campuses across the US, and which are now spreading like wildfire to other Western countries, one is struck by the visual...
