by polity.lk | Feb 15, 2023 | Review
Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka. Nira Wickramasinghe. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020 Reviewed by Paul D. Halliday “I understood I was to be carried to the country [to] which the ship was going, which was inhabited by...
by polity.lk | Jun 6, 2022 | Review
The Changing Role of Caste in Northern Sri Lanka. Thiruchandran, Selvy. Caste and its Multiple Manifestations: A Study of the Caste System in Northern Sri Lanka. Colombo: Bay Owl Press, 2021, pp. 231 + xii Reviewed by Kalinga Tudor Silva Caste in Sri Lanka is...
by polity.lk | May 5, 2022 | Review
Locating Labour in Sri Lanka’s Ethical Sourcing: Review of “Garments without Guilt? Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels” Kanchana Ruwanpura Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022 Shyamain Wickramasinghe Garments without Guilt? Global...
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...
