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Ceylon’s ‘Great Hartal’ of 1953: The Masses Enter History – B. Skanthakumar
NM Perera addresses Galle Face Rally 23 July 1953 “It was the class struggle in free flow and it constituted the highest point that the
Claiming Identity, Dignity, and Justice: Malaiyaha Tamils of Sri Lanka – B. Skanthakumar
The 150th anniversary of the beginning of the tea industry in British Ceylon was marked in 2017 by a range of government and corporate events,
Hyper-Reforms amidst Hyper-Austerity
In an ongoing economic crisis whose fundamental causes the ruling class has absolute disinterest in tackling, an unelected President and an illegitimate government are on
Abolish Marriage? Kanchuka Dharmasiri’s play Surpanakha – Liyanage Amarakeerthi
The Ramayana has many retellings, and there will be more to come. Kanchuka Dharmasiri’s new play, Surpanakha (2022), is a brilliant retelling of an episode
Women’s Labour Force Participation: Three Themes – Chulani Kodikara
The IMF Staff Report on Sri Lanka released in March 2022 outlined a number of policy prescriptions to address Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis, including
Agrarian Regimes in Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis – Call for Articles
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence which has in turn given rise to food insecurity, food poverty, and increasing malnourishment and
The Survey on Youth as a Catalyst for Change
The island-wide survey ‘Youth as a Catalyst for Change’ was conducted at a time when Sri Lanka was experiencing an unprecedented political and economic crisis. The
Hypocrisy and Human Rights: Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities Kate Cronin-Furman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2022 – Reviewed by Radhika Coomaraswamy
When I was given Kate Cronin-Furman’s book Hypocrisy and Human Rights to review, I imagined a different kind of book. International law scholarship is now
වෝල්ටර් බෙන්යමින්ගේ “ඉතිහාසය යන සංකල්පය පිළිබඳ තීසිස”
පරිවර්තනය: ප්රවීන් තිලකරත්න පරිවර්තකයාගෙන් සටහනක් 1940 වසරේ ප්රංශයේ විචී රෙජීමයෙන් ද නාසි ගෙස්තාපෝ හමුදාවෙන් ද පලායන අතරතුර, යුදෙව්වෙක් මෙන්ම මාක්ස්වාදියෙක් ද වූ වෝල්ටර් බෙන්යමින්