Amita Arudpragasam

Amita Arudpragasam is a writer, researcher and independent policy analyst from Sri Lanka.

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A fisher from the coastal village of Illupaikadavai, in Mannar district, which has seen coastal erosion and loss of fish stocks. Many of those most impacted by the climate crisis in the North and East of Sri Lanka are from farming and fishing communities.

Climate change brings a new emergency to the Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka

Amita Arudpragasam

03 Sep 2024

The North and East saw fewer protests amid Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, but disillusionment with mainstream parties is changing the region’s electoral politics. Photo: Bruno Press / IMAGO

Patronage politics and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s North and East

Amita Arudpragasam

15 May 2023

Himal Southasian

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