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Author: Devika Brendon

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Colombo, Development, Gender, Politics and Governance

Taking Up the Challenge of Women’s Empowerment

In the past several years, we can see that a remarkable change has been occurring in Sri Lanka. A society which is disproportionally dominated by male voices and perspectives, has seen and…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 03/08/202103/12/2021
Colombo, Culture

Cancel Culture and What It Empowers

A brilliant friend of mine at university was upset one day because someone had vandalized her final exam results on the printout the University had pinned up on the board. She had…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 12/09/202012/15/2020
Colombo, Healthcare

What Death Can Teach Us

The title for this article is taken from the motto above the doorway to the morgue. The Latin words translate as “This is a place where Death has much to teach those…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 11/14/202011/25/2020
Elections, International, Issues, Long Reads

US And Them

The United States and Sri Lanka both call themselves democratic societies. Like most of the rest of the world, we have had the U.S.A. held up to us as a model of…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 12/20/201604/28/2021

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