the Social Scientists’ Association hosted a book launch, 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒖 / 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒊 𝑶𝒚𝒂: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 by Urs Geiser and Benedikt Korf in honour of Shahul H. Hasbullah. Kalinga Tudor Silva began with a discussion of the work of Shahul. H. Hasbullah, which was followed by a presentation on the book by Urs Geisier and Benedikt Korf. Furthermore, interpretations of the book and its premises were presented by discussants Natasha Van-Hoff of the People’s Alliance for Right to Land and Balasingham Skanthakumar of the Social Scientists’ Association, with focus on the right to land, #militarisation and River Valley #development projects.

Aloysius Pieris, S.J. died at 6 a.m. on 22 March 2026, at Tulana, the centre in Dalugama/Kelaniya that he founded in 1974 to facilitate research, interreligious encounter, and liberative action.

A survey conducted by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA), Colombo, captured public experiences and perceptions following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. The objective of the study was to examine citizens’ perceptions of institutional responsiveness following Cyclone Ditwah…

148 pages. #SriLanka . Politics. Cyclone Ditwah. Ecology. Feminism. Education. Justice. Domestic Violence Act. History. Culture. Work. Labour. Books. Cover Picture Sakuna Miyasinadha Gamage. LKR1000 from the Social Scientists’ Association or Barefoot or SLBOOKS.lk.