by polity.lk | Jul 28, 2026 | Politics
A Heart That Never Forgets Binu Peiris Over the high walls of the white mansions where our money lay, Our youth sped their way holding the tears of our motherland. This is a history that our young historians wrote, Silencing the mouth of the great, skilled orator,...
by polity.lk | Jul 21, 2026 | Politics
DBS Jeyaraj: The Witness in Exile Ruben Thurairajah He died in Canada, and the news arrived with a certain administrative neatness, as though it was an update rather than an ending. There was nothing theatrical about it; no climactic closure that literature prefers....
by polity.lk | Apr 21, 2026 | Politics
Ditwah Relief Management: Politics and Perceptions in ‘Kolamba Gama’ Shashik Silva Behind the numbers of those affected by Cyclone Ditwah, the homes and businesses destroyed or damaged, and those still in temporary shelters, there are other stories about what disaster...
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...
