Sri Lanka
Requiem for a remembrance
A review of 'A Passage North' by Anuk Arudpragasam.
Khorshed Deboo | Oct 26, 2021
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.
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