by polity.lk | Apr 12, 2022 | Essay
Rethinking Odious Debt Pierre Pénet How, to what extent, and under what conditions states should repay their debt are critical questions which resurface after every major financial crisis. Debts being legal contracts, states are bound by the principle of pacta sunt...
by polity.lk | Apr 9, 2022 | Statement
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: a feminist response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis Feminist Collective for Economic Justice A history of failed economic policies and continued mismanagementSri Lanka is currently facing the worst economic crisis in its...
by polity.lk | Apr 5, 2022 | Review
The Unwomanly Face of the 1971 Revolt Samal Vimukthi Hemachandra Sarath Wijesinghe Charithapadanaya saha 71 Tharuna Pibidhime Yatapathkala Ithihasaya (The Biography of Sarath Wijesinghe and the Suppressed History of Youth Awakening in 1971)By Susila Hemamali...
by polity.lk | Mar 28, 2022 | Review
Marriage, Morality, and Modernity Tharindi Udalagama Making the Right Choice: Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka by Asha L. Abeyasekera (Rutgers University Press, 2021) Asha Abeyasekera’s Making the Right Choice: Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka (Rutgers...
by polity.lk | Mar 22, 2022 | Review
Wading through a stream of memories for answers: The Single Tumbler by Sumathy Sivamohan Afrah Niwas Sumathy Sivamohan’s latest feature film “The Single Tumbler”, woven around stories of a single family, is a heart-wrenching tale of life, war, loss, trauma, and the...
