by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 7, 2022 | Interview
“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing” Dileepa Witharana Colombo’s Galle Face Green became a symbol of democratic activism in Sri Lanka, for more than 100 days from April to July 2022 with young people in particular from across the country converging...
Selvi: Loss, Dissent, and Hope
Sivamohan Sumathy
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 30, 2022 | Essay
Selvi: Loss, Dissent, and Hope Sivamohan Sumathy What can I write about a PEN awardee, a prisoner of conscience, a feminist, human rights activist, co-actor, and friend among friends, who disappeared from our lives without a word, without a good bye? Jaffna in the...
විවිධ ක්ෂේත්ර තුළ “ආකයිවය” පිළිබඳ න්යාය[1]
මාර්ලීන් මෑනොෆ්
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 29, 2022 | Pravada Online
විවිධ ක්ෂේත්ර තුළ “ආකයිවය” පිළිබඳ න්යාය[1] මාර්ලීන් මෑනොෆ් පරිවර්තනය: ප්රවීන් තිලකරත්න සාරසංක්ෂේපය: පසුගිය දශකය තුළ බොහෝ අධ්යයන ක්ෂේත්ර තුළින් ආකයිවය පිළිබඳ නිර්මාණශීලී හා වැදගත් න්යායාත්මක සංකල්පන ඉදිරිපත් වී ඇත. ඩෙරිඩා හා ෆූකෝ ඇතුළු බොහෝ මානව ශාස්ත්රඥයින් හා...
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists!
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 28, 2022 | Statement
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists! We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down...
‘Aragalaya’: Situation Nominal, Tense Future
Vajra Chandrasekera
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 23, 2022 | Essay
‘Aragalaya’: Situation Nominal, Tense Future Vajra Chandrasekera There is a tendency to shrink and reify that which is too big, too complex, and too diverse to otherwise easily talk about. This is often unintentional, an occupational hazard of political commentary;...