Corridors of power: Drawing and modelling Sri Lanka’s tryst with democracy
15 – 22 September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free and open to the public. No tickets. Limited seating at venue. Led by the input of Asanga Welikala and…
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PODCASTS from “Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future” exhibition
Curated by Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Editor of – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace” series, theatre and…
Coca-Cola: Apologise and pay compensation for contaminating drinking water
Photo courtesy Sri Lanka Water Board, via On 17th August 2015, local authorities discovered a leakage of diesel into the Kelani river, the source of drinking water for millions of Sri Lankans….
Archives of General Election 2015: #SLGE15 & #GenElecSL
Over eight weeks, archived every single tweet tagged with either #SLGE15 or #GenElecSL. Once a week throughout the campaign period, these archives were released over Twitter for anyone to browse through or…
Letter by President Maithripala Sirisena to Mahinda Rajapaksa
### Dear Mr. Mahinda Rajapasksa, I am writing to you today, in my capacity as the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the leading single political party in the United…
Writing transitions: Changing and changeable texts (Panel discussion)
Today (Sunday, 16th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. What role can and does art in general play…
PANEL DISCUSSION: Transforming politics for transitional justice
Today (Saturday, 15th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. What role does mainstream politics have to play in…
Panel Discussion: The Art of Memorialisation
Today (Friday, 14th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. How do we see our past, and thereby choose…
KEYNOTE: Sights of violence, sites of memory: Reframing the past
Today (Thursday, 13th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. Should sites of violence have new lives and under…
Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future
Photo by Tehani Ariyaratne’s ‘Sanctuary’, part of exhibition ‘Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future’ – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace”…
Open Letter to President on the conduct of Sir Desmond de Silva
04th August, 2015 His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka Your Excellency, We the undersigned members of Sri Lankan civil society write to you pursuant to credible information made available to…
News that matters: Groundviews and Twistilled
After months of planning, development and close collaboration, is pleased to announce that it is now live on Twistilled. Featured as one of Twistilled’s key communities on its homepage, check out and…
General Election 2015 Pre Election Opinion Poll – Top Line Report
Social Indicator, the survey research unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives conducted an island wide pre election opinion poll with the objective of identifying Sri Lankan voter perceptions and attitudes on…
The 100 days programme of President Sirisena: People’s perspectives
On the 23rd April, President Sirisena completed a 100 days in office. On a site – one of many – that has monitored the implementation of the 100-days programme, 10 out of…
The Central Bank Bond Controversy Revisited
By Sam Samarasinghe and Dushyantha Mendis The Ministry of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs has on April 19 issued a press release announcing some findings of the three-member committee that Prime Minister…