At this particular juncture I will consider actor Malini Fonseka ’s particular appearance in Sri Lankan film called Punchi Baba (1968) and suggest an anti-representational ways of understanding the ...

It ended with a disgusting display of Arab opulence. It is disgusting not because of its financial magnitude and glitter but because of the circumstance in which it took place. A four hundred million ...

May 2024 marked the 15 th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana presided over the annual ‘war-heroes’ commemoration. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was ...

And then the scaremongering – if the NPP government were to fail and suffer defeat at the next election, will it pave the way for the return of the Rajapaksas, yet again, but this time under a new ...

Full text of the Maxwell Paranagama Commission report, officially known as the Presidential Commission of Inquiry Into Complaints of Abductions and Disappearances tabled in parliament on Tuesday; ...

In recent years the History of Sri Lanka has become an important subject, not only because it is in school curriculum, but also because it has been used to shape politics and justify the ...

Sri Lankan security forces have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence to torture suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said in ...

Have the 16 years of war victory celebrations and suppression of commemoration of the war dead among the Tamil people helped achieve unity, reconciliation, and cohesion among diverse communities? How ...

In November 1978, Dr. Colvin R. de Silva did a brief think piece on the ‘Open Economy‘ which he called ‘The New Comprodorism’. He presciently identified the only path forward for the left. He said “It ...

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Two bearded leaders smiled for the camera in Colombo this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by the Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. There was much singing and dancing.

By engaging in timely discussions with the relevant parties, the government can prevent escalation of conflicts into violence and chaos. And such a process will ensure that the promises made during ...