Writing the life of author and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi: race, class and multiculturalism by Ruvani Ranasinha

In 2023, my biography of the British Asian novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi was published by Manchester University Press…

Reading the General Election 2024 by Pasan Jayasinghe and Amali Wedagedara

The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. With its unprecedented, record-breaking electoral victory at the general election of 2024, the NPP has succeeded in engineering popular dissent towards comprehensive regime change…

Can the National People’s Power Consolidate its Presidential Victory in the Parliamentary Election? by Pradeep Peiris

The forthcoming parliamentary election on November 14 has attracted significant attention and raised several pertinent questions: Can the National People’s Power (NPP) secure victory and thereby strengthen its hold on power?…

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 (1991-2002) we publish on politics, political economy, history, women, ethnicity, sexualities, religion, labour studies, agrarian relations, nationalisms, violence, environment, and much more…

Social Scientists’ Association

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.

Share This