by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 10, 2022 | Essay
Economic Crisis and Resistance in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka Thavarasa Anukuvi IntroductionThe question whether ‘the people’ of the North and East should or could protest in solidarity with the #GotaGoHome protest movement has been the subject of much debate...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 4, 2022 | Essay
Solidarity among Women in Politics in Sri Lanka: Potentials and Challenges Nadine Vanniasinkam and Viyanga Gunasekera IntroductionWomen politicians and political aspirants in Sri Lanka share certain patterns of marginalisation within patriarchal party and political...
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...
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;...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 9, 2022 | Essay
The Postcolonial Handbook of Violent Repression: Constructing Citizens as Enemies, Fascists, Extremists, Drug Addicts, Terrorists, etc., etc. Chulani Kodikara On 20 May 2022, in an interview with Sky News, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was asked whether it was...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 25, 2022 | Essay
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election: Results and Prospects for Democratic Revival in Sri LankaDevaka Gunawardena Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to the Executive Presidency represents a system in utter decay. But the unsteady structure will not topple with one, final push....
