by polity.lk | Feb 27, 2025 | Culture
Richard de Zoysa in the Classroom Vihanga Perera Richard de Zoysa was abducted from his home on the night of 18 February 1990, brutally killed, and body discarded. Later it was established that the crime was committed by state-sponsored paramilitaries, though no...
by polity.lk | Feb 25, 2025 | Politics
The Ritual Sacrifice of Richard de Zoysa: “Not really one of us, hence one of them” Dhanuka Bandara In Violence and the Sacred, René Girard (1979) understands ritual sacrifice as a means of stalling the cycle of vengeance. What is sacrificed—person or otherwise—is not...
by polity.lk | Feb 24, 2025 | Law
Richard de Zoysa: A Legacy of Injustice and Resistance Manikya Kodithuwakku This year marks the 35th death anniversary of journalist, human rights activist, and actor, Richard de Zoysa. As de Zoysa’s killers still remain at large with no one thus far convicted for his...
by polity.lk | Feb 20, 2025 | Culture
Me Kauda? Monawada Karanne? The Potential Futures of an “Alternative World” and the Political Legacy of Richard de Zoysa Prabha Manuratne Me Kauda? Monawada Karanne? (‘Who is he? What is he doing?’) was the title of a play, allegedly, that got Richard de Zoysa...
by polity.lk | Feb 19, 2025 | Politics
Words to Kill a Man, and Free a Man Kanya D’Almeida In the early months of 2012, I inherited two troves of literature. I had been hunting for one of them for years; the other arrived unsolicited. The first was an archive of the journalistic work of my uncle, Richard...
