by polity.lk | Sep 13, 2022 | Intervention
‘The Writing Was on The Wall’: Debt Distress and Ways Forward in Sri LankaJayati Ghosh In the fourth in a series of talks organised by Polity magazine of the Social Scientists’ Association and the Women and Media Collective with feminist economists abroad to help us...
by polity.lk | Sep 7, 2022 | Interview
“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing” Dileepa Witharana Colombo’s Galle Face Green became a symbol of democratic activism in Sri Lanka, for more than 100 days from April to July 2022 with young people in particular from across the country converging...
by polity.lk | Aug 30, 2022 | Essay
Selvi: Loss, Dissent, and Hope Sivamohan Sumathy What can I write about a PEN awardee, a prisoner of conscience, a feminist, human rights activist, co-actor, and friend among friends, who disappeared from our lives without a word, without a good bye? Jaffna in the...
by polity.lk | Aug 28, 2022 | Statement
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists! We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down...
by polity.lk | Aug 23, 2022 | Essay
‘Aragalaya’: Situation Nominal, Tense Future Vajra Chandrasekera There is a tendency to shrink and reify that which is too big, too complex, and too diverse to otherwise easily talk about. This is often unintentional, an occupational hazard of political commentary;...
