by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 18, 2021 | Essay
Tea Smallholders in Sri Lanka’s Organic Fertiliser Crisis Kaushini Dammalage source The plantation economy took root in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) with the onset of British colonialism in the 19th century. The British government in Ceylon took measures to provide the...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 13, 2021 | Essay
Making ‘Delete Nothing’: Making a Feminist Internet Zainab Ibrahim and Sachini Perera Delete Nothing is a trilingual platform that aims to document technology-related gender-based violence (GBV) in Sri Lanka, particularly—but not limited to—the experiences of girls,...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 4, 2021 | Essay
World Class City Abdul Halik Azeez “Here is the City Paranoiac. All these long centuries, growing over the country-side? like an intelligent creature. An actor, a fantastic mimic. Pointsman! Counterfeiting all the correct forces? the eco-nomic, the demo-graphic? oh...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 20, 2021 | Essay
The Insurrectionary JVP and the Sri Lankan State Mick Moore Much has been written about the insurrectionary Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP—Peoples Liberation Front). The main focus has been on the character of the organisation itself, why it emerged, and how it was...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 13, 2021 | Essay
‘The Oddest of Odd Corners’: Rosa Luxemburg’s Afterlife in Ceylon B. Skanthakumar Rosa Luxemburg, the early 20th century Polish-Jewish revolutionary born in Zamosc 150 years ago on March 5th this year, had no reason in her frenetic political, intellectual, and...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jun 28, 2021 | Essay
In Memoriam: Malathi de Alwis (1963 – 2021) and Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021) It is with deep sadness that Polity marks the untimely loss of not one but two great Sri Lankan scholars Malathi de Alwis and Qadri Ismail in the space of five months of each other. As Andi...
