Sri Lanka


Reading the Star of Islam
The story of a Ceylonese press on the cusp of World War II.
Ramla Wahab-Salman | Jul 17, 2019

Shifting the blame
A minority is framed again to cover Sri Lanka’s fault lines, in wake of the Easter attacks.
Harini Amarasuriya | Jun 20, 2019

Easter Sunday bombings and its aftermath
In conversation with political scientist Jayadeva Uyangoda on the April 2019 attacks in Sri Lanka. [INCLUDES TRANSCRIPTION]
The Editors | May 15, 2019

Journalists On Trial
A SAMDEN-Himal initiative to track legal attacks on journalists and media groups in Southasia.
SAMDEN and Himal Southasian | May 03, 2019

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

Have we failed our democracies?
Critical reflections from a journalist, an activist and a political scientist on the life of democracies in Southasia.
The Editors | Jan 18, 2019

The Southasian conversation: Arts on the streets
Conversations with a Maldivian photographer and an Afghan artist.
The Editors | Dec 10, 2018

Crossroads in Sri Lankan history
Cosmopolitanism as an antidote to the island's nationalist history.
Tamara Fernando | Nov 05, 2018

Thinking with one’s keyboard
Clichéd journalism on Sri Lanka’s political crisis.
Chhetria Patrakar | Nov 01, 2018
