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Politics and Governance

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Colombo, Culture, Language, Politics and Governance

Being Divided to be (Mis)ruled

Language, according to linguists, is what makes us human but the fake identities it creates can urge us to form imaginary barriers between us that have been the bane of humanity. Among…

Susantha Hewa Susantha Hewa on 02/07/2023
Corruption, Economy, Politics and Governance

Mahindagamanaya 3

“We have not abandoned our people, neither will we do so.” Mahinda Rajapaksa (Budget 2023, second reading debate) The seminal event of the 2023 Budget cycle was not Budget 2023. The Budget…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 11/27/202211/27/2022
Colombo, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Creating a New Poor: the Fertiliser Ban that Marked the Beginning of the End

Although Sri Lanka takes pride in being an agricultural economy, the agricultural sector only contributes to 7.4% of the national Gross Domestic Production (GDP) out of which only 5.2% comes from farming. Despite…

Minuri Perera and Shaneendra Amarasinghe Minuri Perera and Shaneendra Amarasinghe on 10/24/202211/02/2022
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Facing Starvation: Averting a Catastrophe

Scrolling through newsfeeds I find at least one article that refers to the number of people who are starving every day in Sri Lanka. My friends who are teachers say that children’s…

Dilshani Ranawaka Dilshani Ranawaka on 10/19/202210/19/2022
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

The Politics of Economic Reform

The recent tax proposals have created quite a ruckus in all quarters of Sri Lanka. While the popular opinion was that economic reforms would be opposed by the poor and the trade…

Rehana Thowfeek Rehana Thowfeek on 10/17/2022
Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice

Geneva Resolutions on Sri Lanka – Past and Future

“How many more years should we come to Geneva?” Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of disappeared journalist, at “informal” consultation on UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, in Geneva, 16th Sept. 2022 Among the many international…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 09/20/202209/20/2022
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

The State Versus The People

The State, knocked down in the early rounds of Aragalaya, is back, sparring and dodging and delivering upper cuts again as if nothing   has happened, as if the struggle is a…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 08/05/202208/05/2022
Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Remember the Riots, Transitional Justice

July 1983 Pogrom: the Black Week that Impacted Sri Lanka Forever

The political leadership of Sri Lanka has yet again demonstrated that even in the midst of the worst socio economic and political crisis the country has faced since independence, they do not…

Lionel Bopage Lionel Bopage on 07/24/202207/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

A Janus Moment

“A wandering fire at a terrible height – can it be a star shining like that? Osip Mandelstam (Poem 101) A walking path bordered by the sea and a bit of lawn…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 07/24/202207/24/2022
Colombo, Politics and Governance

Accidental President Ranil Wickremesinghe Can Deliver A Golden Legacy

Is Ranil Wickremesinghe an Accidental President? His many detractors will believe this is the case. They can point to a politician who was ignored by the electorate; to a party leader whose…

Alvin Sallay Alvin Sallay on 07/21/202208/02/2022
Identity, International, Politics and Governance

Abolishing the Tainted Monarchy: Make Elizabeth the Last?

It was the queen’s diamond jubilee in 2012 and I shuffled past the crowds lining Fore Street in Exeter securing a front row vantage point to watch the burgundy Rolls Royce Phantom…

Zaynab Zubair Zaynab Zubair on 06/04/202206/04/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Supporting Urban Poor Families in Colombo

Low income settlements in Colombo experienced greater food insecurity even before the pandemic with 72% of households being food insecure[1]. Women in low income households in Colombo were more likely to be…

Colombo Urban Lab Colombo Urban Lab on 05/20/202205/20/2022
Colombo, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

Swan Song of the Fourth Estate?

The ballads and chants still peal across the windswept Galle Face Green as the protests continue and Gota Go Gama (GGG) flamboyantly, angrily, uproariously flourishes on what was once the marine esplanade…

Lakshman Gunasekara Lakshman Gunasekara on 05/03/2022
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Resurrecting the People, Challenging Ethnos and De-Ethicizing Buddhism

The people as demos contra ethnos (that is devoid of sectarian ethno-religious identity) have spoken and continue to speak against the depredations visited upon them by this insidious regime of kleptocrats and…

Binendri Perera and Roshan de Silva-Wijeyerante Binendri Perera and Roshan de Silva-Wijeyerante on 04/29/202205/02/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Time for Public Institutions to Heed the People’s Call

The 1978 constitution’s executive presidency that was meant to bring about economic development has dragged the country down to the worst economic crisis we have faced since independence. The weakening of the…

Binendri Perera Binendri Perera on 04/15/202204/18/2022

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