Polity is a left magazine published by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) since 2003. We aim to advance democratic consciousness, gender equality, state reform, and social justice in Sri Lanka, while interested in South Asia and the World. Like its predecessor Pravada (1991-
Performance in a Time of Terror: A Conversation with Dr Ranjini Obeyesekere
Kanchuka Dharmasiri
In 2021, Dr Ranjini Obeyesekere published her English translation of five Sinhala plays from the 1980s and 1990s...
Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala, and English Poetry from Sri Lanka and its Diasporas. Edited by Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne, and Shash Trevett. Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books Ltd. 2023. 424p.
Gnei Soraya Zarook
Out of Sri Lanka, the “first true anthology of Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry,” is a wonderfully complex...
A Hierarchy of Grief and the Politics of Mourning: Reflecting on Sri Lanka in the shadow of Palestine
Tania Perera and Asha L. Abeyasekera
On 18 May, Sri Lanka marked the 15th anniversary of the end of war. In 2009, many Sinhala people in the South took to...
Where does peace rest?
Natasha Ranawake
For the People of Palestine In the quiet rush of light that stands still, in a pool of faith and hope, where...
#GoHomeGota: The Story Behind Sri Lanka’s Hashtagged Protest Movement. Sulochana Peiris. 2023. 51 minutes
Oliver Walton, Deborah Johnson, and Jonathan Goodhand
#GoHomeGota is a documentary by Colombo-based freelance filmmaker and writer Sulochana Peiris that explores Sri...
Resisting Genocide in Gaza: Is a New Political Imaginary Possible?
Devaka Gunawardena
Watching the protests opposing genocide in Gaza on college campuses across the US, and which are now spreading like...
Current Issue
Vol. 11, Issue 2 (December 2023) is now available for LKR500, from the Social Scientists’ Association (380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7). Almost 100 pages on #palestine #politics #economy #history #agrarianstudies, and more!
Archive
Polity back issues beginning with Vol. 1 No. 1 (February-March 2003) are available here. The Pravada archive (1991-2002) will be added over time.
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The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) is an organization working to investigate the way in which social change is contouring the multiple realities faced by communities in Sri Lanka and South Asia. The SSA is deeply committed to promoting a culture of knowledge production that informs and undergirds interventions aimed at achieving social emancipation for marginalized communities.