by polity.lk | Nov 27, 2025 | History
Of Heroes and Villains: Dutugemunu and Prabhakaran Ruben Thurairajah History in Sri Lanka has never been allowed to rest as history. It is not a settled archive of facts but a living force, retold as myth and scripture, invoked as justification, sung as lament and...
by polity.lk | Feb 19, 2024 | History
Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 by Kalyani Ramnath. California: Stanford University Press, 2023, 308p. Luc Bulten Kalyani Ramnath’s Boats in a Storm contributes to the ever-growing body of literature using...
by polity.lk | May 9, 2023 | History
Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries of Struggle Q. M. Saul No matter what happens for the rest of this year, 2023 will go down in the history books of Sri Lanka. This year is like one of those astronomical alignments which only come around once every few centuries. Not only...
