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Author: Pranith Wirasinha

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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Rusted Metal, Bloodied Minds – Crisis and Struggle

When the GotaGoGama Protest site was attacked by supporters of Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9, a row of tents were destroyed and burned to the ground by the rowdy gang that descended…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 02/17/202302/18/2023
Economy, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Catch of the Day, Year after Year: Mullaitivu Fishermen Battle On

A murder of crows peck at a katta karawala carcass outside a stretch of fishing wadiyas as the sun sets, leaving a long shadow over the Mullaitivu beach. Every now and again…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 01/11/202301/13/2023
Development, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Vavuniya

Bogaswewa: The Story of a Sorry Settlement

“This is the most shameless and ill thought out settlement of people in the history of this country,” says Anura Chandrasekara. He is a farmer, originally from Anuradhapura. He now speaks to…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/08/202201/16/2023
Colombo, Galle, Human Rights, Matale, Matara, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

One Thousand Moons, and a Thousand Moons More

News broke on the morning hours of October 18 that Shehan Karunatilaka had become the first Sri Lankan author since Michael Ondaatje to win the Booker prize. The following hours, days and…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 11/08/202202/10/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict

Mapping Out Colombo’s High Security Zones

The government’s designation of public streets and government buildings in central Colombo as High Security Zones (HSZs) by invoking the Official Secrets Act has led to widespread condemnation at home and abroad…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/29/202210/15/2022
#GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Education, Media and Communications

GotaGoGama: A Learning Curve

GotaGoGama is gone. Gota has returned. Things have regressed in the past two months or so. The nucleus of Sri Lanka’s popular protests have ceased to exist. Its last days were a…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202209/27/2022
Colombo, Political philosophy, Politics and Governance

Stability Versus the Social Contract

Order and stability have been the key words defining the early days of the Wickremesinghe presidency. They are touted as being the mantra that will set Sri Lanka on the path to…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 08/28/202208/29/2022
#GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Photos, Post-War

The Disappeared and the Struggle of Love

“1971 was for a few months. 89 for more than two years, and the war? The war went on for 30 years…10,000 in 1971, 60,000 in 1989 and in the war, of…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 06/05/202206/07/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Ampara, Batticaloa, Culture, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Pandemic, Post-War

We want the Power of Equality, Justice and Love. Not Love for Power.

In late April, women from movements and collectives in the North and East marched into GotaGoGama in Galle Face to voice their concerns and issues in solidarity with the struggle in the…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 05/26/202201/11/2023
Advocacy, International, Media and Communications

Homo Digitalis and the Citizen Journalist

An interesting dimension to the current conflict playing out in Ukraine amidst increasing aggression and spirited defiance, amidst airstrikes, war crimes, sanctions and diplomacy are the varied approaches to the flow of…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 03/17/202203/18/2022
Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith, Trincomalee

Identities deemed Irrelevant: Land Issues in the Kuchchaveli Divisional Area

Censuses of the Trincomalee District taken through the various years will point out a slight numerical majority and minority in its various communities. Yet it is worth noting that no one ethnicity…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 02/19/202202/21/2022
Media and Communications, Photos, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Television President: Visuals and Symbols of Two Years of Gotabaya Rajapaksa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa marked the completion of his second year in office much like how he started his term in November 2019, playing one of his greatest hits for the Sinhala Buddhist…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/02/202112/09/2021
Media and Communications, Religion and faith, Sport

Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Cricket Rivalry: A Breeding Ground for Hate Speech and Islamophobia

Last weekend featured a double header at the T20 Cricket World Cup featuring four South Asian nations. The evening match played under lights was between two countries with a difficult relationship, diplomatically…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 10/26/202110/27/2021
Development, Education, Kilinochchi, Language, Media and Communications, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya

Literacy and the Dimensions of the Digital Divide

Literacy rates in Sri Lanka have hovered in the high 90s for the past decade or so, impressive figures no doubt; enough for the country to be publicised in official publications as…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202109/09/2021
Development, Districts, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Realistic or just Rhetoric? The Ban on Chemical Fertilizer

In early 2021, a survey conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute, found that farmers faced food insecurity as a result of the measures that had been put into place to…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 08/27/202103/22/2022

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