by polity.lk | Nov 14, 2022 | Interview
‘Is there an Asian Bioethics? Alternative Understandings of Ethics in Medicine’ Bob Simpson Peripheral Visions: Anthropological Perspectives on Bioethics, Biomedicine and Biotechnologies in Sri Lanka, (Social Scientists’ Association, Colombo 2022), reflects on the...
by polity.lk | Oct 27, 2022 | Literary
Untitled ‘Chitra’ The bedMade from wood of a tree, nurtured in the Vanni forestThe tree bears fruits, yellow, plump, small and sticky, very sweetHoney-filled flowers The old carpenter carved its legs and drew motifs The sweet aroma and taste stem from the bed mixed...
by polity.lk | Oct 17, 2022 | Intervention
Outline of a Redistributive State in the Southern Periphery Devaka Gunawardena A clear line against political repression is beginning to emerge within democratic opposition forces in Sri Lanka, or broadly speaking, those who oppose the current government of Ranil...
by polity.lk | Oct 10, 2022 | Essay
Economic Crisis and Resistance in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka Thavarasa Anukuvi IntroductionThe question whether ‘the people’ of the North and East should or could protest in solidarity with the #GotaGoHome protest movement has been the subject of much debate...
by polity.lk | Oct 4, 2022 | Essay
Solidarity among Women in Politics in Sri Lanka: Potentials and Challenges Nadine Vanniasinkam and Viyanga Gunasekera IntroductionWomen politicians and political aspirants in Sri Lanka share certain patterns of marginalisation within patriarchal party and political...
