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Author: Ayesha Zuhair

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70 Years of Independence

Miles to go before we sleep: Reflections on Sri Lanka’s 70th anniversary of Independence

Seven decades have passed since the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ broke free from the bondage of colonial rule. For a country that was subject to one of the longest periods of…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 02/08/201802/08/2018
Colombo, Development, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

On religion, intolerance and economic prosperity

Photo by Dominic Sansoni Some moons back, in the course of a conversation with an overseas-based Sri Lankan academic who was then in Colombo on a short vacation, I was struck by…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 08/01/2017
Issues, Peace and Conflict, Religion and faith

Three years since Aluthgama: Hopes for co-existence remain more elusive than ever

Today marks the third anniversary of the Aluthgama riots, a seismic event in the history of Sri Lanka’s troubled ethnic relations. The dark days of 15th and 16th June 2014, saw marauding…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 06/15/201706/15/2017
Human Rights, International Relations, Issues, Poverty

Modi’s visit to the central hills brings welcome attention to a marginalised community

Last Friday (12 May) Sri Lankans living in the central hills lined its narrow streets to catch a glimpse of that Indian tea-seller who rose to become the Prime Minister of India.…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 05/16/201705/16/2017
Human Rights, Issues, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s “lack of confidence” in the CTF: Revengeful and racist

Justice and Buddhasasana Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has declared that he has “no confidence” in the government-appointed Consultation Task Force (CTF) on Reconciliation Mechanisms (, 07 January 2017, p.1). Minister Rajapakshe’s decision to…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 01/22/201701/22/2017
Culture, Issues, Religion and faith

The veil, ‘radicalisation’ and Lankan Muslims

Featured image courtesy FT.com The so-called ‘radicalisation’ of the Sri Lankan Muslim community has been the subject of a number of opinion pieces that have appeared in both print and social media…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 03/24/201603/24/2016
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Is BBS the new face of Buddhist revivalism?

This is a response to an article written by Udaya Gammanpila which appeared in the two days later (08 July 2014), but it has not been published to date. Photo by Shilpa…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 07/13/2014
Colombo, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Muslims of Sri Lanka: A community under siege?

Photo courtesy CNN June 2014 will go down in the annals of Sri Lankan history as a turning point in ethnic relations, with large scale communal violence being unleashed on a most…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 06/23/2014

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