Colombo

How the fishing cat became a symbol of wetland conservation in Sri Lanka
Colombo has lost nearly 40 percent of its wetlands due to urbanisation in the last 30 years. Several environmentalists are now fighting to preserve and sustain the remaining wetland patches.
Dhisal Kapuge | Apr 20, 2023

Sri Lanka’s great IMF lie
Decades of looking to the IMF for salvation has yielded only crises. Sri Lanka’s economic crisis demands urgent relief measures for a desperate citizenry and a new, self-sufficient model of development
Ahilan Kadirgamar and Devaka Gunawardena | Feb 20, 2023

Notes on the Sri Lankan struggle
Police brutality and growing public consciousness during the ‘Janatha Aragalaya’.
Marlon Ariyasinghe | Aug 09, 2022

What makes a journalist?
In Sri Lanka, there are many factors shaping mainstream media coverage of citizen-led protests.
Chhetria Patrakar | May 13, 2022


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

The season of discontent
How has COVID-19 impacted civic mobilisation and organising in Southasia?
Alizeh Kohari | Dec 23, 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.

Sri Lanka: Back on the brink
Easter Sunday bombings could create new fissures.
Tisaranee Gunasekara | Apr 26, 2019
