Comment / Paid-only Sri Lanka’s Orwellian mediascape Media workshops are not news in Sri Lanka. But in 2014 three media workshops became news, for all the wrong reasons. By Tisaranee Gunasekara / 25 Jun 2014
Comment / Paid-only Reconstructing Sri Lanka’s North A recent talk on the need for democratic mobilisation of resources and a politics of self-reflexivity in rebuilding Sri Lanka’s social institutions. By Ahilan Kadirgamar / 7 Feb 2014
Comment / Paid-only A requiem for the Jaffna Library Chronicling the fall and resurrection of the Jaffna Public Library, and mourning all that can never be recovered By Sundar Ganesan / 14 Jan 2014
Culture / Paid-only Staging fiction, rewriting history The makers of 'Midnight's Children' are known for their anti-fundamentalist stance, but the production of the film in Sri Lanka raises questions. By Sinthujan Varatharajah / 7 Oct 2013
Politics / Paid-only Sharp relief Filmmaker, researcher, writer and activist Tanuja Thurairajah discusses the need to take a sharp lens approach to Sri Lankan history. By Michael Vurens van Es / 4 Oct 2013
Comment / Paid-only 60 years since the Great Hartal Understanding what Sri Lanka’s Great Hartal meant in the global order of the 1950s, and what its legacy might mean for the country today. By Ahilan Kadirgamar / 12 Aug 2013
Comment / Paid-only Journeys of a digital immigrant A personal account of how technology is changing the life and work of a journalist, and of the Lankan media. By Nalaka Gunawardene / 14 Jul 2013
Archives / Paid-only The making of the marginalised Daniel Bass’ ethnographic look at Sri Lanka’s Up-country Tamils uncovers crucial histories, but underplays the role of socio-economic marginalisation in shaping their identities By Ahilan Kadirgamar / 5 May 2013
Archives / Paid-only Between loaf and halal Sri Lanka tries to shake off entrenched practices that nationalists see as a threat to local food culture By Tharuka Dissanaike / 15 Apr 2013
Culture / Paid-only ‘I bowled left-arm chinaman’ Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more. By Jahnavi Barua / 28 Mar 2013
Comment / Paid-only The Truth Unravelling As international pressure mounts, new evidence from Balachandran’s death leaves the government of Sri Lanka with some tough questions to answer. By Sunanda Deshapriya / 1 Mar 2013
Comment / Paid-only Conditioned by war In Sri Lanka, post-war trauma and a militarised peace have created a violent society, with children the worst affected. By Tisaranee Gunasekara / 13 Feb 2013
