by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 27, 2023 | Essay
Repatriation and Reparation: Objects and the Colonial Museum Lara Wijesuriya Exhibit 1: Throne of Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe, Colombo National Museum In 1934, the Duke of Gloucester paid a State visit to Ceylon, bringing with him the throne and regalia of Sri Wickrama...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 20, 2023 | Intervention
Why 2024 Will Not Be 2015 Redux Ramindu Perera Amidst the woes of a deepening economic crisis and the disastrous effect of International Monetary Fund-dictated austerity measures, Sri Lanka is passing through a tremendous political crisis. On the one hand, the...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 14, 2023 | Pravada
ප්රවාද 39 (2023, ජූලි) වියමන් හා ලියමන් පිටකවර ඡායාරූපය: සකුණ මියැසිනාද ගමගේ පටුන විවිධ ක්ෂේත්ර තුළ “ආකයිවය” පිළිබඳ න්යාය – මාර්ලීන් මෑනොෆ් ආකයිවය ගොඩනැගීම: මිනෙට් ද සිල්වා, ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය, සහ ඉතිහාසය – අනූරාධා අයියර් සිද්දිකී ශිල්පකලාවන්ගේ වටිනාකම්...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 13, 2023 | Intervention
The Nazification of Israel Aijaz Ahmad In 2002, Polity magazine’s predecessor, Pravada (Vol. 7, Nos. 10 & 11, pp. 12-16) published the essay below by the distinguished Southasian political and cultural theorist Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). Since the abominable...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Statement
Sri Lanka must act in solidarity with Palestine! The diabolical horrors unfolding in Gaza compel people of conscience across the world to take a principled stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The current violence unleashed indiscriminately on Gaza in...
