Colombo

Police brutality and growing public consciousness during the ‘Janatha Aragalaya’.

In Sri Lanka, there are many factors shaping mainstream media coverage of citizen-led protests.

Tracing the vision of Colombo as a garden city.

How a group from Colombo resists gentrification through art, archiving and activism.

How has COVID-19 impacted civic mobilisation and organising in Southasia?

A personal reflection on the limits and possibilities of the social-media phenomenon.

Working-class communities struggle to lead ‘grievable’ lives within state-led redevelopments of their cities.

Easter Sunday bombings could create new fissures.

Critical reflections from a journalist, an activist and a political scientist on the life of democracies in Southasia.

What you need to know about the political crisis in Colombo.