Sri Lanka

Reclaiming space through art
How a group from Colombo resists gentrification through art, archiving and activism.
Amalini de Sayrah | Mar 16, 2021

Sri Lanka’s constitutional ping-pong
The 20th Amendment in historical perspective.
Dinesha Samararatne | Sep 25, 2020

The long wait for justice
On the chronic failures of criminal justice in Sri Lanka.
Bhavani Fonseka | Aug 07, 2020

Vanni: A graphic history
A recent graphic novel highlights the human cost of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
Elijah Hoole | Jun 16, 2020

Prisoners in a pandemic
COVID-19 reveals structural and systemic inequalities in Sri Lanka’s prison system.
Ambika Satkunanathan | Apr 03, 2020

Remaking #MeToo in Sri Lanka
A personal reflection on the limits and possibilities of the social-media phenomenon.
Subha Wijesiriwardena | Feb 25, 2020

Losing a home in Colombo and Lahore
Working-class communities struggle to lead ‘grievable’ lives within state-led redevelopments of their cities.

The marriages in-between
A review of Sidharthan Maunaguru’s 'Marrying for a Future: Transnational Sri Lankan Tamil Marriages in the Shadow of War'.
V V Ganeshananthan | Jan 29, 2020

Attesting the ‘wounded land’
A review of 'Then There Were No Witnesses' by Ahilan, translated by Geetha Sukumaran.
Kavitha Muralidharan | Jan 27, 2020

