by polity.lk | Jan 7, 2026 | Politics
Year One of the NPP Government: Some Heretical Thoughts Jayadeva Uyangoda By the third week of November 2025, the National People’s Power (NPP) has completed its first year as Sri Lanka’s new government, generating mixed reactions. The media has been saturated with...
by polity.lk | Dec 24, 2025 | Politics
Left Feminism in and after the Aragalaya Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah The Aragalaya/Porattam/Struggle of 2022 constitutes an unprecedented event in democratic mobilisation and protest politics in Sri Lanka’s history, culminating in the resignation of...
by polity.lk | Nov 18, 2025 | Politics
One Year On: Reading the NPP “From Below and to the Left” Janaka Biyanwila The National People’s Power (NPP) in Sri Lanka achieved a significant two-thirds parliamentary majority in the November 2024 elections, the largest single-party majority since 1977. Driven by...
by polity.lk | Nov 4, 2025 | Politics
Gehenu Api Eka Mitata: Building a Women’s Political Movement in Sri Lanka Kaushalya Ariyarathne The recent election of 22 women to Sri Lanka’s new parliament in November 2024 has sparked significant interest and inquiry. This development, representing a welcome...
by polity.lk | Oct 7, 2025 | Politics
‘Dead Catting’: Manufacturing Moral Panic in Sri Lanka Ruben Thurairajah In Colombo Fort, tourists stroll past decaying colonial buildings, unaware that the air is thick with invented fear. A hotel concierge smiles politely, but in the newspapers, the same streets are...
by polity.lk | Sep 16, 2025 | Politics
Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism and Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Sri Lanka Shashik Silva Cleavage politics has emerged as one of the most defining features of Sri Lanka’s party system and political behaviour since independence.[1] Political commentators have...
