Personal page and articles by Marisa de Silva
Who is “Pulidaran?”: Reflections on International Day of Democracy
Photo courtesy Vikalpa Who is “Pulidaran?” What everyone knows – “On July 15, 2008, Pulidaran reportedly shot Kanapathipillai alias Satchi...
Continue reading »Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Ground realities
Sinhala & Tamil New Year when I was growing up was always a much-awaited annual event in our neighbourhood. We’d...
Continue reading »Proud to be Sri Lankan?
Citizenship, as I know it, is a means by which citizens of a particular country are recognized as entities of...
Continue reading »Soldier: Hero, villain or both?
Each time I see a soldier, my mind shifts into ‘mode chaos’. When I was a kid, things were black...
Continue reading »“Oya Sinhalade? Demalade?” – Questioning a question in post-war Sri Lanka
“Oya Sinhalade? Demalade?” I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve had that question asked from me over...
Continue reading »Ramblings of an outsider in Jaffna – 1
I’ve moved to Jaffna on work. Everyone I know seems to think I’ve done something great and inspiring, to have...
Continue reading »An open letter to the Remote Control Diaspora
Note: Contrary to what you might assume from the title, this is not a general onslaught on the diaspora at...
Continue reading »What must it be like to live behind these Kovil gates?
[Authors note: This is something I wrote a few months ago, that still resonates I believe with our society today.]...
Continue reading »We, The Spectator State
A young boy was drowned in broad daylight this week. Though not a single newspaper carried it, I’m told B....
Continue reading »Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
It was one night some years ago that I realized how deep discrimination against Tamils runs in Sri Lanka. We...
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