by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 7, 2023 | Review
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, mostly to promote Sri Lanka’s premier...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 31, 2023 | Editorial
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 a legal and policy reform spree. Who can possibly keep up...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 17, 2023 | Review
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 in the South Asian mythical...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 10, 2023 | Review
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 increasing women’s labour force...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 6, 2023 | Essay
Test for Real Life? The Gender Transition Process in Sri Lanka Kaushalya Ariyarathne The earliest record of sex reassignment surgery in a Sri Lankan public hospital can be traced back to 2003. Even though there was no government procedure for sex reassignment and...
